private pilot
Noncommercial licensed flyer
A private pilot holds a license to fly aircraft but not for commercial compensation.
Private pilots may carry passengers and cargo, but they cannot be paid for it—the license is for personal or recreational flight.
Getting a private pilot certificate requires training, logged flight hours, and passing written and practical exams.
She earned her private pilot license last summer.
- ground schoolPre-flight aviation education
- flight simulatorAircraft piloting replica system
- preflight checklistSystematic review before departure
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- touch and goDangerously uncertain situation
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Certified airline flight operator
airline pilot · airline captain · charter pilot · cargo pilot · flight officer
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Warplane operator in battle
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