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Princeton's WordNet

  1. copilot, co-pilotnoun

    a relief pilot on an airplane

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  1. co-pilot

    In aviation, the first officer (FO), also called co-pilot, is the pilot who is second-in-command of the aircraft to the captain, who is the legal commander. In the event of incapacitation of the captain, the first officer will assume command of the aircraft. Control of the aircraft is normally shared equally between the first officer and the captain, with one pilot normally designated the "pilot flying" and the other the "pilot not flying", or "pilot monitoring", for each flight. Even when the first officer is the flying pilot, however, the captain remains ultimately responsible for the aircraft, its passengers, and the crew. In typical day-to-day operations, the essential job tasks remain fairly equal. Traditionally, the first officer sits on the right-hand side of a fixed-wing aircraft ("right seat") and the left-hand side of a helicopter (the reason for this difference is related to, in many cases, the pilot flying being unable to release the right hand from the cyclic control to operate the instruments, thus they sit on the right side and do that with the left hand). Other airlines may designate the more senior of two first officers operating a long-haul sector together with a captain in an enlarged crew as the senior first officer. The senior first officer will then sit in the left seat when the captain takes a rest. Many airlines promote by seniority only within their own company. As a consequence, an airline first officer may be older and/or have more flight experience than a captain, by virtue of having experience from other airlines or the military.

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  1. co-pilot

    A co-pilot, also known as a first officer, is a secondary pilot in an aircraft who assists the captain or main pilot in operating and controlling the aircraft. The co-pilot usually shares flight duties with the pilot, such as communicating with air traffic controllers and monitoring instruments. They are typically the second-in-command and may take control of the aircraft if the pilot becomes incapacitated.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of co-pilot in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of co-pilot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of co-pilot in a Sentence

  1. James "ginger" lacey:

    There are not two ways about it, he was a wonderful pilot and an even better shot

  2. An Air Malta spokeswoman:

    He is a pilot and she is a member of the cabin crew, they were joined on the flight by family, friends and colleagues who had been at the wedding.

  3. Michael Hess:

    What's happening in commercial crew is a big deal, crew Dragon, Crew Dragon, was designed and built by SpaceX, not by NASA and traditional contractor partnerships. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will definitely be earning Bob Behnken spacecraft test pilot wings with this mission. Also, the Space Station Program is really looking forward to another way to rotate crews to [ the ] station to perform science and experiments to benefit all.

  4. Timothy Horan:

    It's almost like ... a jet fighter plane that can do mach six or seven versus an automobile, (Jet fighters) can solve problems that an automobile can't, but in most cases, you're not going to use it. And the fighter pilot is still going to need to take a car to the jet.

  5. The SEC:

    Without addressing the merits of petitioners' challenges to the rule or the pilot program, the Commission has determined to exercise that discretion to grant a stay, in part. Pending a decision by the court of appeals.

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