Originally Posted by
scifi
When did they stop using the term 'Co-Pilot.'..?
In about three decades of airline flying for several airlines, I never worked for one that referred to "co-pilots".
Both pilots were fully rated on the aeroplanes. The Pilot 'in command' was the Captain, the other Pilot was the First Officer.
The Pilot flying that sector was the 'Pilot Flying' (PF), the other Pilot was the 'Pilot not Flying' (PNF). That was later improved to PF and Pilot Monitoring (PM). Yes, if you are that 'twitchy' it might seem to be 'policing', but I never had any problem with that common sense term.
The term "Co-Pilot" does hark back to the very early days of aviation where the 'Pilot' was a 'god' and the 'Co-Pilot' was his lackey. Thank goodness those days are way in the past!
It could be argued that now the PM is the 'Co-Pilot' and the PF is the 'Pilot', meaning that the First Officer could be the 'Pilot' and the Captain could be the 'Co-Pilot'.