non-flying

Airlines typically operate with one pilot as the "flying pilot" on a particular flight and the other as the "non-flying pilot," or "monitoring pilot," who handles radio transmissions, calls out checklists, readies cockpit instruments and double-checks the flying pilot.

Imagining a Day When Airliners Are Flown Solo Scott McCartney 2010

There are issues with using an independent agency to do air traffic because the risks to the general non-flying population are so much greater in the US.

Matthew Yglesias » Nav Canada 2009

And dragons in particular tend to have flying (so non-flying creatures can't damage you).

Kicking The Dog SVGL 2009

While we didn't feel that bites were an issue, we did notice that were dozens of little bat poops (just like those of non-flying mice) all over the covers, and we hoped that we hadn't been sleeping with our mouths open.

The mysteries of rabies Boing Boing 2009

**In RAF slang, an “erk” was a non-flying member of the air force, usually one of the ground staff.

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

That violates basic aviation rules, which prohibit discussions of non-flying matters during certain phases of flight.

Buffalo Crash Sparks Debate 2009

SPENCER: Well, the way it works in a cockpit, you have one pilot that's the flying pilot that is the one manipulating the controls, monitoring the systems and the non-flying pilot is always working the radios and listening for the call signs of the aircraft.

CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2009 2009

Why should non flying taxpayers subsidise multi-billionaires to the tune of hundreds of pounds extra tax p.a. each non-flying taxpayer?

Heathrow-stock Newmania 2007

Nuffin rong wiv dat – eben teh non-flying kind scare me!

Sorry, the monkeys are all on vacation… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

Southwest pilots incur far fewer non-flying paid hours than do pilots at other airlines.

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