Neither the man nor the pilots gave their account/accounts

If the man was expected to give one account, and the pilots were expected to jointly give one account, then you could write

Neither the man nor the pilots gave their account of the crash.

If the man was expected to give one account, and each of the pilots was expected to give an account, then you could write

Neither the man nor any of the pilots gave their account of the crash.

Holy cow Lay, how oft Con beats me to the punch

Hope you like them phrases, very collo in every way

Thanks, contrex.

What is Holy cow? I don't like shorthand. It's good for texting only.

Tang, means "Wow!"

But Tang ain't that what we're doing

History of "Holy Cow": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_cow_(expression)