mercial air travel became the most preferable and convenient
             form of long-distance travel. Before the blossoming of commercial air
             travel, the word pilot was still a nautical term. In a 1952 edition of the
             New Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language, pilot is
             defined first as "a helmsman; one who conducts ships into harbors."
             Apparently, the word pilot did not fully come to mean one who captains an
             aircraft until sometime after the mid-1950s. While harbor pilots are still
             gainfully employed, their title has been usurped in the common vernacular.
             In nautical terms, a pilot can refer either to a helmsman, one who is
             part of the ship's crew but distinct from the captain in that his or her
             prime responsibility is to steer or guide the course of the ship. The
             responsibilities of the captain and the pilot are similar so that their
             definitions can become blurred when referring to their roles in guiding a
             ship's course or direction. However, pilots are generally more focused o
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