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pilots in command

pilots in command is the plural of pilot in command.

Meaning of pilot in command

Noun

pilot in command (plural pilots in command)

  1. The pilot in a one-pilot flight crew.
  2. The member of a two-pilot flight crew who has strategic control, is responsible for initiating crew resource management, and has ultimate responsibility for the safety of the aircraft.

Questions about pilots in command

What is pilots in command the plural of?
Pilots in command is the plural of pilot in command.

Words near pilots in command in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pilots in command (page history and authors); pilot in command (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.

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