Pilot ˈpaɪlət Caused Error Person Noun Bre Airline

• an airline pilot
• a fighter pilot
• the accident was caused by pilot error.
• the air crash is thought to have been caused by pilot error.

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 pilot
• The accident was caused by pilot error.
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
• See related entries: People in sea travel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/people_in_sea_travel/pilot_4
3. a single television programme that is made in order to find out whether people will like it and want to watch further programmes
• See related entries: TV shows
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/tv_shows/pilot_2
• = pilot light
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pilot-light

Extra Examples

• The air crash is thought to have been caused by pilot error.
• The aircraft was set on automatic pilot.
• The pilot bailed out as the aircraft crashed into the ocean.

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’.