The phrase "aging pilots" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to pilots who are getting older, often in discussions about aviation safety, regulations, or workforce demographics.
Example: "The aviation industry is facing challenges due to the increasing number of aging pilots who are nearing retirement age."
Alternatives: "older pilots" or "senior pilots".
An aging pilot admits he sees ghosts in the sky and on the ground below him.
PAGE B1 UNDER AN UNBLINKING EYE The Air Force is betting that Global Hawk unmanned drones are ready to replicate the abilities of aging, piloted U-2 spy planes to sweep up intelligence from commanding heights, and do it more safely and for much longer stretches.
In a cracked and wheezy baritone, the (evidently) aged pilot began to intone an improvised ditty in praise of his own carrier: "Oh, I love to fly Air Nigeria!
Perhaps the most inspiring of the recent experiments is one involving aging human pilots.
Aug. 4. A related article is on page 4. SPACE COWBOYS -- Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner play aging Air Force pilots determined to go into space -- finally.
When new-age pilots are broadened to environments with less-than-enthusiastic teachers and students, things can fall apart.
There was also no record-keeping body at the time of her trip recognizing any feats by under-age pilots.
The accident and its associated publicity led to federal legislation to prevent similar "record" attempts by under-age pilots from taking place in the future.
While the coast-to-coast flight was promoted as a "record" attempt because of Dubroff's young age, there was no known body recognizing record flights by under-age "pilots" at the time of her flight (the Guinness Book of Records had officially discontinued its "youngest pilot" categories seven years earlier, because of the risk of accidents).
Wayne (far left, with Claire Trevor and Robert Stack) plays an aging airline pilot, wracked with guilt over a fatal plane crash.
