piloting

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A second man, Afghan national Tajik Mohammed, was given a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to piloting a vessel across the Channel during poor weather conditions in January.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“We have watched this state become essentially unlivable for working-class people. And it makes me deeply angry,” he says while piloting his oyster boat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Customers that have been piloting Amazon Supply Chain Services include consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble, which is using Amazon’s freight network to ship raw materials to production facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Word was already spreading about the physio who was piloting new approaches and saving careers.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

But almost everything else Ratwatte did that made that emergency landing a success fell outside the strict definition of piloting skills.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell