Wiktionary
n. 1 The leader or the head of a crew. 2 (context sports chiefly US English) the chief umpire, referee or other official.
Wikipedia
Crew chief may refer to:
- In the Military, the crew chief is usually the chief maintainer on an aircraft.
- Crew chief (auto racing), the head person on a race team who directs both the driver and pit crew
- Crew chief (Ford Automobile Product), Part of the Ford Work Solutions Package see Ford Sync
- In emergency medical services, a crew chief is the most senior caregiver on an ambulance
- In baseball, a crew chief is usually the most experienced or senior Umpire (baseball) in a game
- In the National Basketball Association, the crew chief is the lead official (basketball) in a game
Usage examples of "crew chief".
The forward galley had been removed and turned into the crew chief's station.
Margiu tapped the crew chief at the tail and clung to the stanchion as he opened the cone and pushed the lever.
She followed the crew off the ship, and met the crew chief of the refitters in the maintenance access.
Already the crew chief was coiling the wet line that had held the raft to the plane.
As he gave orders to his crew chief to release the sonobuoys along a line his copilot had devised, he watched the cruiser Gridley's close-in weapon system bring down a missile bearing down on her with a shower of rapid fire 20-mm.
At that moment, Simpson's crew chief came over and informed him the power gliders were serviced and ready for launch.
They took scant notice as a Cadillac stretch limousine drove across the runway and stopped at the large truck that served as the blimp's repair shop, crew chief's office, and communications room.
Leyden was the crew chief for Tomcat 202, Batman's and Malibu's aircraft.
Peters tried to get a look forward over the pilot's shoulder, but the cabin partition and the Huey's crew chief blocked his view.