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The pilot was found in the cockpit by Jack, Kate, and Charlie, in the episode Pilot, Part 1. He was unconcious when they found him, but woke up when Kate leaned over him. Jack gave him water, and the pilot said he was dizzy. He was bleeding from his nose and right ear, and his right eye was bruised and swollen shut. He asked how many survivors there were, to which Jack replied there were forty-eight. He became concerned when Jack said that it had been sixteen hours since the crash and nobody had come yet.

He recounted the plight of Flight 815: "Six hours in, our radio went out; no one could see us. We turned back to land in Fiji. By the time we hit turbulence, we were a thousand miles off course. They're looking for us in the wrong place."

He then showed Jack and Kate where the transceiver was, and crawled out of the front cockpit windows to look around after the same noise from the night before occurred again. Sounds of The "Monster" approached, and he the pilot was ripped upward from the cockpit through a windshield, kicking and screaming. The fuselage shook, then fell flat on its belly. Moments later, blood splashed across the front of the plane. Shortly thereafter Kate and Charlie found the pilot, dead, mangled in a tree.

Trivia

In a deleted flashback scene (depicted in extras on Disc 7 of Season 1 DVD collection), the pilot had a conversation with Claire at the airport restaurant before the flight. He promised her a "smooth ride". During the same extra, he stated that his father's name was Bernard. This being a deleted scene, it may not necessarily be canon.
The pilot was added in later into production as Jack had originally been planned to be killed off in "Pilot". The pilot's body that was found hanging in the tree was also originally intended to be Jack's. ^{[source needed]}
He was the first crash survivor to be killed by the monster and it took until Day 72 when the monster found its second victim, Eko.

Unanswered questions

Why did the monster kill the pilot? In "The Cost of Living", the monster's behavior includes confronting its victim with a person from the victim's past, but it apparently killed the pilot without warning.

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-'''The pilot''' was found in the cockpit by [[Jack]], [[Kate]], and [[Charlie]]. He was unconcious when the three found him, but woke up when Kate leaned over him. Jack gave him water, and the pilot said he was dizzy, probably from a concussion; he was bleeding from his nose and right ear, and his right eye was bruised and swollen shut.  He asked how many survivors there were, to which Jack replied there were forty-eight.  He became concerned when he found out that it had been sixteen hours since the crash and nobody had come yet.
+'''The pilot''' was found in the cockpit by [[Jack]], [[Kate]], and [[Charlie]], in the episode [[Pilot, Part 1]]. He was unconcious when they found him, but woke up when Kate leaned over him. Jack gave him water, and the pilot said he was dizzy.  He was bleeding from his nose and right ear, and his right eye was bruised and swollen shut.  He asked how many survivors there were, to which Jack replied there were forty-eight.  He became concerned when Jack said that it had been sixteen hours since the crash and nobody had come yet.
 He recounted the plight of [[Flight 815]]: "Six hours in, our radio went out; no one could see us.  We turned back to land in Fiji.  By the time we hit turbulence, we were a thousand miles off course.  They're looking for us in the wrong place."
 He then showed Jack and Kate where the [[transceiver]] was, and crawled out of the front cockpit windows to look around after the same noise from the night before occurred again.  Sounds of [[The "Monster"]] approached, and he the pilot was ripped upward from the cockpit through a windshield, kicking and screaming.  The fuselage shook, then fell flat on its belly.  Moments later, blood splashed across the front of the plane.  Shortly thereafter Kate and Charlie found the pilot, dead, mangled in a tree.
-In a deleted scene, the pilot had coffee with [[Claire]] before the flight.  He promised her a "smooth ride" (depicted in a [[Flashback Talley|flashback]] scene in extras on Disc 7 of [[Lost:_The_Complete_First_Season_%28DVD%29|Season 1 DVD collection]]).  During the same extra, he stated that his father's name was Bernard.  However, since we know from "[[S.O.S.]]" that [[Bernard]] was a bachelor before meeting [[Rose]], this may be just a coincidence.  This being a deleted scene, it may not necessarily be [[canon]].
 ==Trivia==
+*In a deleted [[Flashback Talley|flashback]] scene (depicted in extras on Disc 7 of [[Lost:_The_Complete_First_Season_%28DVD%29|Season 1 DVD collection]]), the pilot had a conversation with [[Claire]] at the airport restaurant before the flight.  He promised her a "smooth ride". During the same extra, he stated that his father's name was Bernard. This being a deleted scene, it may not necessarily be [[canon]].
-* The pilot was added in later into production as [[Jack]] had originally been planned to be killed off in "Pilot".  The pilot's body that was found hanging in the tree was also originally intended to be Jack's.
+* The pilot was added in later into production as [[Jack]] had originally been planned to be killed off in "Pilot".  The pilot's body that was found hanging in the tree was also originally intended to be Jack's.  {{Source needed}}
 * He was the first crash survivor to be killed by [[the monster]] and it took until Day 72 when the monster found its second victim, [[Eko]].
 ==Unanswered questions==
-* Why did the monster kill the pilot?  In "[[The Cost of Living]]", the monster's behavior includes confronting its victim with a person from the victim's past, but it apparently killed the pilot unprovoked and without warning.
+* Why did the monster kill the pilot?  In "[[The Cost of Living]]", the monster's behavior includes confronting its victim with a person from the victim's past, but it apparently killed the pilot without warning.
-* The Monster might have killed the Pilot simply because he could have easily helped the remaining survivors to escape the island. His probable knowledge of surviving in case of a plane crash and how to communicate with the outside world could have interfered with whatever the "Monster" was planning.
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