desk pilot

noun

A serviceman relegated to menial deskwork, often due to poor physical and mental abilities.

“Ever since Sgt. Armstrong got too fat to pass his PT tests, he got promoted to desk pilot.”

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Meanings

noundesk pilot (plural desk pilots)

plural desk pilots

  1. USgovernmentA serviceman relegated to menial deskwork, often due to poor physical and mental abilities.

    Ever since Sgt. Armstrong got too fat to pass his PT tests, he got promoted to desk pilot.

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APA

desk pilot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desk%20pilot

MLA

“desk pilot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desk%20pilot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desk pilot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desk%20pilot.

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