Hello Rupert,

> On 08/06/2020 1:58 PM Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 07Aug2020 0845, Thomas RUX wrote:
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> > CT LBB 2 Starships 1977/1981 p. 16 lists six positions of which one is
> > required on starships, non-starships /large interplanetary ships, and
> > small craft with volumes from 10 to 5,000 displacement tons. The
> > required position has the title of Pilot. I am familiar with the use
> > of Pilot as applied to the nautical and aeronautical world. Being a
> > sailor I have a small issue with the individual steering/maneuvering a
> > ship being called a Pilot.
> It does seem a little odd that with everything else in /Traveller/
> following a nautical model, that crew position is named as it would be
> if following an aviation tradition. I could see it for small craft, as
> they are a bit more like aircraft, but calling that role 'coxswain'
> seems a better fit and more interesting. [Which I wrote before reading
> your later comments on small craft and coxswains.]

I knew someone had mentioned coxswains but I could not track you down. Thank you for the information and reminder.

Tom Rux