flight deck
noun
1
: the uppermost complete deck of an aircraft carrier
2
: the forward compartment in some airplanes
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Southwest Airlines began Friday flying its first jet with a secondary barrier to the flight deck designed to prevent intrusions.
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David Shepardson, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
The Abraham Lincoln left San Diego with aircraft on its flight deck on August 12.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
On long-haul flights, pilots sharing a flight deck can’t eat the same food.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2025
Then there’s the flight deck — again, meticulously recreated by the museum’s team, right down to the panel of analog dials and switches that would’ve been familiar to the Comet’s pilots, many of whom cut their teeth flying World War II military aircraft.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
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David Shepardson, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
The Abraham Lincoln left San Diego with aircraft on its flight deck on August 12.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
On long-haul flights, pilots sharing a flight deck can’t eat the same food.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2025
Then there’s the flight deck — again, meticulously recreated by the museum’s team, right down to the panel of analog dials and switches that would’ve been familiar to the Comet’s pilots, many of whom cut their teeth flying World War II military aircraft.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Flight deck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20deck. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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