Third officer is a rarely used civil aviation rank. It was primarily used by Pan Am,[1] particularly on its Clippers flying boats during the infancy of extended range airline routes. The third officer would serve as a relief pilot and aircrew member, and could move between pilot, co-pilot, radio officer, and flight engineer positions to provide a rest period for the primary crews.
The position of third officer is rare in modern civil aviation. Modern airliners only require two pilots, the captain and the first officer.[2] Where relief crew are required for long haul flights, additional captains and first officers will be carried. Junior first officers undergoing training are sometimes known as second officers.
^Lowery, John. . FlightJournal.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007.
^"First-Hand:Evolution of the 2-Person Crew Jet Transport Flight Deck". ETHW. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
^"Clipper Eclipse". Check-Six.com. from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^"Fifteen Killed in Crash of Pan-Am Plane in Syria". The Emporia Gazette. Emporia, Kansas. 19 June 1947. p. 8. from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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