Refers to a person who flies an aircraft or, by extension, operates a ship or other vehicle. Common in everyday Japanese.
彼は旅客機のパイロットです。
He is a pilot of a passenger plane.
パイロットになるには厳しい訓練が必要だ。
Becoming a pilot requires rigorous training.
He says he wants to become a pilot in the future.
She got her pilot's license at the age of twenty.
The pilot flew the plane safely.
pilot boat