Please tell me if these statements are true or false and support your answer.
- the definition (dictionary definition) of pilot is outdated and has no
bearing on what the term pilot implies in today's real world
- The majority of people associate the word pilot with aviation. The
connotation of the word has changed. It is borderline fraudulent and misleading for anyone besides an aircraft pilot to refer to themselves as pilots.
2007-01-04 03:39:02 · 15 answers · asked by FieldTactics 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
No. Pilot was originally a nautical term describing a person who could steer a boat through a channel.
2007-01-04 03:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a ship comes into port a "Pilot Boat" is waiting. The Pilot boards the ship and brings it into the port. A local Pilot has knowledge about the port that the ships captain would not be aware of such as shifting shoals, tricky currents etc.
2007-01-04 03:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by mark t 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Race car drivers can also call themselves pilots. The term in Europe for these drivers is pilot.
2007-01-04 03:45:53 · answer #3 · answered by golfinguy79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there are marine pilots as well
Submariners are referred to as pilots. The guys at the wheel, anyway
Believe me, the term "pilot" isn't as glorious as you may think.
2007-01-04 10:07:43 · answer #4 · answered by lowflyer1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was A pilot. Worked in a warehouse, would unload trucks and pilot on the loading dock
2007-01-05 01:19:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Immediately I thought of harbour pilots. There's a Wikipedia article, of course:
2007-01-04 03:43:59 · answer #6 · answered by Jean Talon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the people who bring tankers into a port are also called pilots
2007-01-06 02:34:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take a hovercraft to work everyday, it has a pilot and referred to as the pilot by his crew.
2007-01-05 06:45:54 · answer #8 · answered by RicardoM2M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It only exit in a world where there are people who have lighter skin than them. It started with children wondering why their skin is darker than the white people's skin. Their theory? It's either because they eat a lot of chocolates or their mother ate a lot of chocolates before having them. So then they end up calling themselves chocolates. Eventually they distinguish themselves by dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. I think it's really cute. Vanilla and caramel comes in after they heard that blacks refer themselves as different types of chocolates.
2016-05-23 02:42:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Car racers or rally drivers also use the term "pilot".
2007-01-04 04:56:39 · answer #10 · answered by George 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋