We'll go closer in the next time, the aircraft commander told himself.
Six months into his tour, Grant made aircraft commander, and still hadn't taken a hit.
As the aircraft commander he is the ultimate responsible for all the decisions taken.
The aircraft commander was still in charge here, no matter how unusual his actions seemed.
Two seconds before the "level" command, the aircraft commander made the decision to go around.
"The aircraft commander has the leeway to make that decision."
That is an invidious choice for an aircraft commander to have to make.
The aircraft commander saw a bright flash in the sky forward of and above his aircraft's position.
Yeah, decision making was important, but that's why God had invented aircraft commanders and crew coordination.
To solve the problem, the aircraft commander shut off all extra electricity for the last hour of the flight.
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