Crew

A crew is a body or a group of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command. Traditional nautical usage strongly distinguishes officers from crew, though the two groups combined form the ship's company. Members of a crew are often referred to by the title crewman or crew-member.

Crew also refers to the sport of rowing, where teams row competitively in racing shells.

Types

 * For a specific sporting usage, see rowing crew.
 * For filmmaking usage, see film crew.
 * For live music usage, see road crew.
 * For analogous entities in research on human judgment and decision-making, see team and judge–advisor system.
 * For stagecraft usage, see stage crew.
 * For video production usage, see television crew.
 * For crews in aviation and the airline industry, see groundcrew and aircrew.
 * For crews in human spaceflight, see astronaut.
 * Tank crew
 * Boat crew