one at the controls

NOUN

pilot

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aviator captain flier leader navigator

STRONG

ace aerialist aeronaut bellwether conductor coxswain dean director eagle flyer guide jockey lead scout steerer

WEAK

doyen/doyenne helmsperson one at the wheel steersperson wheelperson

Example Sentences

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one at the controls

"Surely you are not suggesting that we run all night with no one at the controls?"

From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar

With no one at the controls, and the ship set at maximum deflection from her course.

From Astounding Stories, April, 1931 by Various