cockpit crew
Airplane's front personnel
The cockpit crew are the people who operate an aircraft from the cockpit—typically the pilot, copilot, and flight engineer.
Distinguished from cabin crew, who attend to passengers.
The cockpit crew reported turbulence ahead.
Also called flight crew.
- pilotsThose who fly aircraft
- captainOne who commands
- first officerAircraft's second pilot
- flight deckPilot's control area
- aviatorsThose who fly planes
copilot · uniforms · headsets · throttle · yoke · instruments · takeoff · landing · altitude · airborne · navigation · flight plan · air traffic control · radio · checklists · pre-flight check · wings · epaulettes
- aviation jobspilot, airline pilot, copilot, co-pilot, captain
cockpit crewcabin crew
Aircraft service personnel
flight attendants · stewards · stewardesses · air hostesses · purser
cockpit crewground crew
Aircraft support personnel
ground staff · ground operations · baggage handlers · gate agents · air traffic controllers
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