experienced, licensed, professional, qualified, trained
inexperienced, trainee
instructor
airplane (AmE), bomber, fighter, glider, helicopter, jet
aerobatic
private
airline, civilian, commercial
combat, military
air-force, navy
downed
automatic
The aircraft was set on automatic pilot.
She worked on automatic pilot, her hands carrying out the necessary movements. (figurative)

fly (sth)
crash (sth)
bail out, eject
The pilot bailed out as the aircraft crashed into the ocean.

error
The air crash is thought to have been caused by pilot error.

Pilot is used with these nouns as the object:
aircraft, boat, helicopter, jet, plane, scheme, ship

Pilot is used with these nouns:
episode, experiment, programme, project, scheme, study, survey