That comment by the pilot made me wonder if he really knew the truth about what had happened to them (or in part at least) and that they were all about to lie to the entire world.
I thought the rabbit feet were a nice touch. Especially since, aren't there some scenes where rabbits are used by Dharma for experiments within the Orchid station? (I just read about that on here somewhere...)
Rabbit feet and Jesus statues... they've got everyone covered in this episode.
j/k