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pilot station

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pilot station [′pī·lət ‚stā·shən]
(navigation)
At seaports, the office or headquarters of marine pilots; the place where the services of a pilot may be obtained.
(naval architecture)
Position on the bridge of a ship where the pilot stands to steer or to give directions for steering a ship into and out of a harbor.
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Another major asset at the Port is the fact we have three pilot stations and this system almost guarantees we can get a pilot to a station at any given time.
New radio system makes waves at Port of Liverpool; pounds 1.6m spent ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
This has been done in pilot stations in the USA and France.
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The report added: "The Hawk pilot station comments that this `very close miss' happened, not unusually, at a period of high cockpit workload when they attention of both crews was focused elsewhere.
Aircraft one second from crash disaster by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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