desk pilot

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desk pilot (plural desk pilots)

  1. (US, military) 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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