The phrase "able to pilot a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone's capability or skill in operating a vehicle, aircraft, or similar mode of transportation.
Example: "She is able to pilot a small aircraft, which she learned to do during her flight training."
Alternatives: "capable of operating a" or "qualified to fly a".
Anderson was able to pilot a remarkable turnaround at Delta Airlines — literally from bankruptcy to becoming one of the pillars of the industry oligopoly.
"Through flash charging, we are able to pilot a new generation of electric buses for urban mass transport that no longer relies on overhead lines," said Claes Rytoft, ABB 's acting Chief Technology Officer, in a press release.
In this project, the "UM scan" diagnostic served as a starting point to understand the current situation and to develop an UM quantification project able to pilot a design action plan for sustainably redeveloping the area in 2034 (Gladek et al. 2015).
Building on Jones' previous work the current study was able to pilot a classification system which was piloted by one reviewer (SB) and quality assured by another reviewer (AY).
However, by adopting the Standards approach and letting multiple evidence sources inform one another, we were able to pilot test a form of the CRU scale that produced more valid score interpretations, then would have been used, if a traditional approach to validity assessment was undertaken.
Working with community partners and the landowner, City Administration was able to pilot the HIA in a greenfield development area to meet the walkability and wellness goals of the Municipal Development Plan.
"In a sense, to be able to pilot one of these Big Bird, even if I am not a real professional pilot," he wrote of his goals.
Hundreds of thousands of citizens will be able to pilot planes.
The private jet scorching through at the end hints that we'll be able to pilot aircraft again.
"We saw that there was a difference in the systems and that [pilots] would need to understand the new information in order to be able to pilot using the new system," said Annelise Pereira, spokeswoman for Brazil's Civil Aviation Authority.
Oh, and you'll be able to pilot Han Solo's red-hot bucket of bolt's itslef, the Millennium Falcon.
