Definition
In a multi-crew or dual-control aircraft, the flight deck position not currently being referenced or used as the primary pilot station. It is the seat and associated instrument panel opposite the pilot flying, typically equipped with its own independent set of flight instruments and controls.
Plain English
The other seat in a two-pilot cockpit, with its own set of instruments and controls. If you are flying from the left seat, the right seat is the other pilot station, and vice versa.
Context Anchor
Seen in instrument failure discussions when a pilot compares information from one side of the cockpit with information available from the other side.
Derivation
Station comes from a Latin word meaning a standing place or assigned position. In aviation, a pilot station is not a broadcast station; it is the place in the aircraft where a pilot sits and operates the aircraft.
Why Pilots Care
Provides an immediate source of redundant instrument data when primary instruments at your station fail.
Intuition Check
Do not read station as a radio station or an airport. Here, station means a specific pilot position in the cockpit.
Example Sentence 1
After the attitude indicator failed on the captain's side, the crew transferred control to the other pilot station, which still had a fully functioning instrument panel.
Example Sentence 2
Both pilots confirmed the heading discrepancy by comparing their instruments with those at the other pilot station.