The phrase "airline captain" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the pilot in command of an aircraft, particularly in commercial aviation.
Example: "The airline captain announced that we would be experiencing some turbulence during our flight."
Alternatives: "pilot in command" or "flight captain".
A pioneering female airline captain fears for her friends and colleagues.
How much has changed since Yvonne Pope Sintes became Britain's first commercial airline captain in 1972?
A modified think-aloud protocol was used as research design to investigate the reasoning pairs of pilots use to assess the performance of an airline captain in a high-risk situation.
The uniform their father wears still displays the four stripes of a commercial airline captain, but the hat stays home.
Beverley Bass, the airline captain who features prominently, was due to see it for the 16th time on Friday night.
ARNOLD REINER Pensacola, Fla., e-mail (Reiner is a retired airline captain and the former director of flight safety at Pan Am).
Alertness Solutions, a Silicon Valley consultancy, has worked with JetBlue, Qantas and Singapore Airlines, among others "Airline captains are the master jet-laggers," said Dr. Mark R. Rosekind, president and chief scientist at the consulting firm.
It reminds this retired Air Force pilot of often-heard disgruntled comparisons between lower pay for fighter pilots versus higher pay for airline captains.
The lowest car insurance quotes, after airline captains, goes to china restorers and toy makers – admittedly not the most racy of professions.
Initial training takes 13 months, and operators get six weeks a year of refresher training; executives point out to operators that most airline captains receive only one week a year.
An important change since the days of the multiple animal suffocations, he added, is that airline captains are now told when they have animal shipments aboard and can better deal with delays on the ground.
