Mick F wrote:A pilot of an aircraft full of passengers is obviously a pilot.
He's still be a pilot when he's tucked up in bed at home.
He'd be a pilot down the pub or even on the golf course.
People who knew him, would describe him as a pilot.
He would describe himself as a pilot.
Possibly, but a commercial passenger plane pilot might not consider themselves in the same terms as someone who has just got their private pilots license for a Cessna.
And quite rightly so...