commercial pilots
Airline cockpit crew
Commercial pilots are licensed aviators who fly aircraft for compensation, as distinguished from private pilots who fly recreationally.
The term covers a range of roles—airline captains flying passenger jets, cargo pilots, charter operators, crop dusters, and helicopter tour guides.
She worked as a commercial pilot for a regional airline.
Becoming one requires extensive flight hours and certification.
- jetlinerLarge commercial passenger aircraft
- airline captainChief pilot of aircraft
- turbopropTurbine-powered propeller engine
- ICAO standardsGlobal aviation technical requirements
- flight planningPre-departure navigation work
air ambulance · navigation skills · seaplane · flight hours · holding pattern · flight instructor · simulator training · first officer · flight deck · cargo plane · regional jet · fuel management · cross-country flight · private jet · safety audits · helicopter · layovers · glider
- Aviation Peopleaviation pioneers, flight attendants, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yeager
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