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commercial pilot

American  

noun

  1. an airplane pilot licensed to transport passengers, goods, etc.


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Mr Murray says that, after the Aldershot project, he had hoped Riding Sunbeams would go on to build a full-scale commercial pilot.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

“These types of technologies are going to be an incredible enhancement,” Jim Webb, Boeing’s chief commercial pilot, said in September at a pilot union conference in Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

It’s her first book that doesn’t take place aboard an airplane, though it begins when a commercial pilot suffers a fatal heart attack.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

After the war, he applied to be a commercial pilot, but was told he was barking up the wrong tree.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

“I had people here visiting with me last week that said they were afraid to fly home that Friday,” says Kathleen Bangs, an aviation safety analyst and former commercial pilot.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2024