Word.ws English Dictionary

pilots flying

pilots flying is the plural of pilot flying.

Meaning of pilot flying

Noun

pilot flying (plural pilots flying)

  1. In a two-pilot flight crew, the pilot currently making tactical decisions to ensure the aircraft keeps to the approved route, handling the primary flight controls (the yoke or sidestick, rudder pedals, and thrust/power/throttle levers), and responsible for the secondary controls such as the flaps and autopilot, typically directing the pilot monitoring to operate them. The PF also directs the PM when to run checklists, responding as appropriate.

Questions about pilots flying

What is pilots flying the plural of?
Pilots flying is the plural of pilot flying.

Words near pilots flying in the dictionary

  1. Piloto
  2. Pilotos
  3. pilotries
  4. pilotry
  5. pilots
  6. pilots flying
  7. pilots in command
  8. pilots monitoring
  9. pilots not flying
  10. pilotship
  11. pilotspeak

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pilots flying (page history and authors); pilot flying (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “pilots flying.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pilots_flying. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.