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Old 20th Mar 2018, 13:03
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Originally Posted by Old Farang

..Why does the press keep referring to the unfortunate pilot as being a "trainee"?
A person undergoing training is a trainee, by definition.

I have 17,000+ hour ATP pilots in the simulator for recurrent training. They are referred to as trainees, or students.
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