Cropping 4:3 Footage for a 16:9 Timeline

[MikeMoring]

Hey.

Does anybody know how I can crop a 4:3 clip to be edited into a 16:9 timeline. When I import the clip into the 16:9 timeline (I'm using Final Cut Pro, by the way) I obviously get black bars on the left and right sides... I'd like to scale the image so that I get rid of the black bars on the sides (even though I understand that I'm going to have to lose some of the image on the top and bottom).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Epsilon]

Just expand the frame so that the sides fit the 16x9 aspect.