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- noun Plural form of
copilot .
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In a general sense, according to the document released early Thursday on the BEA's Website, the copilots informed the captain they "had lost control of the airplane and had tried everything" to regain safe flight.
Investigators Detail Pilot Lapses In 2009 Air France Crash Andy Pasztor 2011
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Unable to figure out their dangerous predicament, the copilots failed to make verbal callouts of essential items such as speed, altitude or the angle of the plane's nose.
Investigators Detail Pilot Lapses In 2009 Air France Crash Andy Pasztor 2011
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Investigators also said that starting with the early struggle to control the aircraft, "there was no explicit task-sharing between the two copilots."
French Investigators Urge Pilot-Training Review Max Colchester 2011
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As it turned out, according to investigators, the more senior of the copilots apparently became distracted in the middle of the emergency by repeatedly trying to summon the captain back to the cockpit.
Investigators Detail Pilot Lapses In 2009 Air France Crash Andy Pasztor 2011
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The report found that the two copilots had no training for dealing with unreliable air speed indicators at high altitude, or in flying the plane manually under such conditions.
French Investigators Urge Pilot-Training Review Max Colchester 2011
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Separately, the agency is working on the broadest rewrite of training rules in decades, and it also has proposed revising experience requirements for new copilots.
Panel Seeks an Upgrade in Airline Pilot Training Andy Pasztor 2011
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He has movie set experience, and Michelle copilots their deftly navigated tours.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: We're the Tops: New Orleans Tours Give an Inside View Karen Dalton-Beninato 2012
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He has movie set experience, and Michelle copilots their deftly navigated tours.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: We're the Tops: New Orleans Tours Give an Inside View Karen Dalton-Beninato 2012
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The report also recommends giving new copilots an opportunity to observe routine line operations from the jump seat.
Panel Seeks an Upgrade in Airline Pilot Training Andy Pasztor 2011
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That lapse, according to the report, "may have led to the non-optimal task-sharing observed between" the copilots.
Investigators Detail Pilot Lapses In 2009 Air France Crash Andy Pasztor 2011
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