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commercial pilot

American  

noun

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


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“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

“Well, they’re clearly trying very hard,” said Canadian commercial pilot Brian Beare, 47, touring the museum’s stone-lined passages in early July with his wife and two young sons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024

She would go on to secure a licence as a pilot, a commercial pilot and an engineer all by the time she was 20 years old.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 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

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