(1) Loots on laevaliikluse piirkonna olusid tundev isik, kes annab kaptenile nõu laeva navigeerimiseks. Loots ei või olla lootsitava laeva laevapere liige ega teenindatava sadama kapten., (1) A pilot is a person who is familiar with the circumstances of the given area of vessel traffic and who advises the master of a ship on navigation of the ship. A pilot shall not be a crew member of the piloted ship or the master of the serviced port., defineeritakse kõikide Eesti õigusaktide ulatuses, defined within the scope of all Estonian legal instruments