The pilot in command (PIC) of an aircraft is the person aboard an aircraft who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight. This...

A private pilot licence (PPL) or private pilot certificate is a type of pilot licence that allows the holder to act as pilot in command of an aircraft...

cosmonaut cannot. Higher ranks include pilot cosmonaut, test cosmonaut instructor, and research cosmonaut instructor. Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation...

of flight time in an airplane 100 hours as Pilot In Command 50 hours as Pilot In Command in an airplane 50 hours of Pilot In Command cross-country flight...

pilot's airfield of origin. In the United Kingdom, a pilot must have flown 200 hours for the issue of a CPL, including 100 hours as pilot in command....

certificate. In the United States, those certified as airline transport pilots (unconditional) are authorized to act as pilot in command on scheduled...

(born 31 May 1957) is an Australian Qantas pilot and author who was pilot-in-command of Qantas Flight 32 in November 2010 when the Airbus A380 suffered...

pilot is referred to as the pilot monitoring (PM) or pilot not flying (PNF). Before a flight departs, the pilot in command must decide who the pilot flying...

In aviation, the first officer (FO), also called co-pilot, is a pilot in addition to the captain, who is the legal commander. In the event of incapacitation...

Multi-crew pilot licence (MPL): Can act only as co-pilot in multi-pilot aircraft. Airline transport pilot licence: Can act as pilot-in-command of multi-pilot aircraft...

pilots of an aircrew, commonly referred to as relief pilots, that relieve the primary and active captain and/or first officer (co-pilot) in command of...

corresponding with an individual's "rating;" "pilot/RPA pilot," "senior pilot/RPA pilot," and "command pilot/RPA pilot." Rated personnel that are not aviators...

may act as pilot in command of sailplanes and powered sailplanes.: FCL.105.S  For balloons, holders of an LAPL may act as pilot in command of hot-air...

wings in 1944 to avoid confusion with naval aviator badges. The USAF awards pilot ratings at three levels: Pilot, Senior Pilot, and Command Pilot, to active...

part of the Pilot-in-command as well as the Co-pilot due to non-adherence to laid down procedures, under poor visibility conditions. In 1989, Indian...

the ship." The concept has been explicitly extended in law to the pilot in command of an aircraft, in the form of laws stating that they "[have] final authority...

and variant, the name of the pilot in command, whether the flight was single-pilot or multi-pilot, and for single-pilot flights whether the aircraft was...

Islands Spähpanzer SP I.C., a 1956 West German tank Student Pilot In Command, a student pilot under supervision Lee Spick, an English snooker player This...

aviator and former Royal Air Force officer. He was pilot in command aboard BEA Flight 609 when it crashed in the 1958 Munich air disaster. Thain started his...

The commercial pilot licence allows the holder to act as the pilot in command of an aircraft for valuable consideration in single pilot operations. It...

operation of the aircraft. No flight crewmember may engage in, nor may any pilot in command permit, any activity during a critical phase of flight which...

Captain, the pilot Pilot-in-Command and highest-ranking member or members of a flight crew. First officer (FO, also called a co-pilot), another pilot who is...

(January 1960). An investigation of the accident concluded that the pilot in command of the T-33 failed to see and maintain a safe distance from other air...

pilots are required to obey, or advisories (known as flight information in some countries) that pilots may, at their discretion, disregard. The pilot...

fighter pilot or combat pilot is a military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground combat and sometimes electronic warfare while in the...

certificate is PIC (or pilot in command time), meaning all responsibilities are on the student pilot. There are limitations to this student pilot certificate. Students...

operated by a Boeing 707, registration VT-DMN and named Kanchenjunga. The Pilot-In-Command was an 18-year veteran, Captain Joe T. D'Souza. After leaving Bombay...

minimum a commercial pilot licence, and some require an airline transport pilot licence (ATPL). In the US, the pilot in command of a scheduled air carriers'...

held the proper transport licenses to carry passengers, but only the Pilot in Command (PIC) was type-rated on the King Air. All ten occupants aboard were...

attacks was relayed to the crew. The ACARS reply message from the pilot in command included the letters "HJK", a prompt interpreted as a distress signal...