pilot

Definition

  • noun: a person who flies an airplane, helicopter, etc.
  • noun: one employed to steer a ship
  • verb: to fly (an airplane, spacecraft, etc.)
  • verb: to act as a guide to
  • often used figuratively
  • synonyms: helmsman, gyropilot, aegis

Examples

  • The education bill was 'piloted' through the House and Senate.

  • a skillful manager who has 'piloted' his team to the playoffs

  • He skillfully 'piloted' the ship into port during the storm.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Very funny. Come on. Congratulations, sell-out! Thank you, thank you. All I'm saying is, it wasn't so much the pilot's skill that landed that plane on the river as much as the mechanics of the aircraft. Are you saying that Captain Sully wasn't a hero? No, no. (..)
    2011 Friends with Benefits
  • (..) No. It's the East River. So we won't be landing on it, then, like that flight, you know, with that captain they keep giving medals to? That pilot was a hero. Asshole. Plane actually did a lot of the work. I think I found the perfect guy to fill that job at GQ. (..)
    2011 Friends with Benefits