commercial pilot
Americannoun
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US aviation regulator the FAA said that "the air traffic controller was in contact with both the commercial pilot and Marine One pilot during the loss of separation."
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Among those who had travelled to Delhi was commercial pilot Samrat Khanna, who said he had swapped flying duties to attend the march.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“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
Gerald Cook, an adjunct professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, is a former commercial pilot and flight operations manager who flew for Spirit from 1999 to 2010.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024
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
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