aircrewnoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˈeə.kruː/us/ˈer.kruː/all the people, including the pilot, who work on an aircraft to fly it or to take care of the passengers
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Air travel: workers on/with aircraft & spacecraft
- air hostess
- air traffic control
- astronaut
- baggage handler
- balloonist
- cabin crew
- co-pilot
- flight attendant
- ground crew
- navigator
- parachutist
- pilot
- purser
- screener
- skipper
- sky marshal
- skycap
- spaceman
- steward
- test pilot
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Examples from literature
- Instead the flight plan was dealt with manually and upon issue to the aircrew at the time of departure was manually typed by the pilot concerned into the aircraft computer units.