Talk:Bar pilot

Merge done[edit]

Don't add discussion here, see Talk:Maritime pilot --Michael Daly 06:35, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal[edit]

This page and harbour pilot are both short and very similar (containing much of the same text). They should either be extended to discuss the specifics of each type of pilotage, or merged. I propose either merging the two as “Pilot (maritime)” or merging both into pilotage. -Ahruman 10:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed - a pilot is a pilot. When looking for the general term pilot, I was surprised to find more than one definition. One page with sections on specializations. I'm on the fence WRT merging with pilotage - there could be arguments for and against. Michael Daly 21:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed - I would suggest to merge them both into a page to be called Maritime pilot. Pilots usually call themselves "maritime pilots" as can be seen from the name of their largest association IMPA: International Maritime Pilots' Association. A nice improvement of this page would be to distinguish the various kinds of Maritime Pilots as follows:

Sea Pilots (e.g. [1]),
Bar Pilots (e.g. [2],
River Pilots (e.g. [3] and [4]),
Canal Pilots (e.g. [5] and [6]),
Harbour & Docking Pilots (e.g. [7]).

However, some pilotages perform all these activities within a single group of pilots (e.g. [8]. Artreve 13:31, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:Maritime pilot --Michael Daly 06:35, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]