# The pilot seat is already taken

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-pilot-seat-is-already-taken/329281>\
**Category:** General Issues\
**Created:** [September 22, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-pilot-seat-is-already-taken/329281 "2021-09-22T17:17:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chris\_Castillo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chris_castillo/32/289606_2.png) [@Chris\_Castillo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chris_Castillo)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-pilot-seat-is-already-taken/329281/1 "2021-09-22T17:17:10Z")

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I was doing the tutorial just as the server was shutting down and I got booted off the server. I’m trying to log in now and I keep getting the message “The pilot seat is already taken”

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Simas\_Santos](https://imageserver.eveonline.com/Character/1_512.jpg) [@Peter\_Simas\_Santos](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Peter_Simas_Santos)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-pilot-seat-is-already-taken/329281/2 "2021-09-26T12:22:59Z")

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The same thing happened to me, did you find out how to solve it?

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**Author:** ![Thea\_O\_Connor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/thea_o_connor/32/290217_2.png) [@Thea\_O\_Connor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Thea_O_Connor)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-pilot-seat-is-already-taken/329281/3 "2021-09-27T11:23:29Z")

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Same here, any help?

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**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-pilot-seat-is-already-taken/329281/4 "2021-09-27T12:32:15Z")

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There is a way to get help. Visit [eveonline.com](http://eveonline.com) and submit a support ticket or in game press F12 to submit a bug report.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-pilot-seat-is-already-taken/329281/5 "2021-12-26T12:32:48Z")

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