pilot

[pahy-luht] / ˈpaɪ lət /

NOUN

person who guides aircraft, ship, or other vehicle

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 controls one at the wheel steersperson wheelperson

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Krivunecs adds: "I believe currently the Baltics is the best place for the pilot project. If we show the success of this competition, it might trigger different discussions."

From BBC

Finding no engineering jobs he considered suitable in the Philippines, he began training as a pilot for Philippine Airlines.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pilot episode of “The X-Files” spinoff “The Lone Gunmen,” featured a pilot who hijacks an airplane and flies it into the World Trade Center six months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Additionally, multiple Copilot products are garnering attention as more respondents indicated Copilot piloting and production under way.”

From Barron's

Planes "may have flown 'deaf' for a short while... but under no circumstances was there a flight safety problem," he said, with pilots still having their radar.

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