Pilot ˈpaɪlət Person Noun Airline Fighter/Helicopter Accident Caused

• an airline pilot
• a fighter/helicopter pilot
• the accident was caused by pilot error.
• the pilot bailed out as the aircraft crashed into the ocean.

pilot

1. a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job
• SEE ALSO automatic pilot
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/automatic-pilot
• an airline pilot
• a fighter/helicopter pilot
• The accident was caused by pilot error.
• The pilot bailed out as the aircraft crashed into the ocean.
• He has his own plane and a pilot's licence.
2. a person with special knowledge of a difficult area of water, for example, the entrance to a harbour, whose job is to guide ships through it
3. a single television programme that is made in order to find out whether people will like it and want to watch further programmes
4. a small flame that burns all the time, for example on a gas boiler, and lights a larger flame when the gas is turned on

Word Origin

• early 16th cent. (denoting a person who steers a ship): from French pilote, from medieval Latin pilotus, an alteration of pedota, based on Greek pēdon ‘oar’, (plural) ‘rudder’.