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  • noun One who is not a pilot.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ pilot

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Examples

  • Beblavý said the ministry should immediately terminate all eight social company pilot projects and examine the issue of state aid in the cases of other so-called nonpilot companies.

    The Prague Post 2010

  • Researchers compared 179 CEOs who hold private pilot's licenses with 2,000 nonpilot CEOs.

    Week in Ideas David DiSalvo 2011

  • The merger of Delta and Northwest would give Northwest's nonpilot unions fresh opportunities to organize Delta's nonunion employees.

    Labor Sees Opportunity in Airline Tie-Ups Melanie Trottman, Susan Carey 2008

  • So I took a course called a Pinch Hitter, an apt metaphor for a nonpilot flying in such circumstances.

    Earning Your Wings 2008

  • He made no comment about the fact I was the first nonpilot air force officer ever to fly in space.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Moon walker Al Bean directed us to prepare a report justifying why nonpilot MS astronauts should be trained as pilots.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Moon walker Al Bean directed us to prepare a report justifying why nonpilot MS astronauts should be trained as pilots.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • He made no comment about the fact I was the first nonpilot air force officer ever to fly in space.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • He made no comment about the fact I was the first nonpilot air force officer ever to fly in space.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Moon walker Al Bean directed us to prepare a report justifying why nonpilot MS astronauts should be trained as pilots.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

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