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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pilot pilot" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a pilot who is also a pilot of a specific type of aircraft or in a metaphorical sense, such as a pilot program led by a pilot.
Example: "In our new initiative, we have appointed a pilot pilot to oversee the testing of the program."
Alternatives: "test pilot" or "lead pilot".
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And yet a space weather forecaster we know at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration often tells a story of a conversation he had with a pilot: Pilot: "What do you do for a living?" Forecaster: "I forecast space weather".
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"It's a nightmare," said Kit Darby, who retired a year ago as a United pilot and runs a pilot job fair business, Air Inc.
Minimum qualification for a pilot: An airline transport pilot licence.
There were also three Nepalese crew members — a pilot, co-pilot and flight attendant.
His older brother, Dick, was an Air Force combat pilot and a pilot on the Voyager flight.
It has a four-man crew that includes a pilot, co-pilot and two weapon systems officers (pronounced "Wizzo").
But it was very clear for us that it's like a pilot and a co-pilot".
For the US team, it show's a pilot and a co-pilot struggling at cross-purposes.
And the Hueys are too small to carry a pilot, a co-pilot, a flight engineer, and a full tactical-response team.
But Scott told me that I would know that I was a pilot — a true pilot — if I wanted to go up in the air again.
There are so many people who've been in a pilot but then the pilot fails and the show disappears.
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