Throws out an unlucky pilot, perhaps? (6)

I believe the answer is:

ejects

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'throws out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for ejects that I've seen before include "Squirts" , "Throws out, of a building perhaps" , "exiles" , "Casts out" , "Expels, forces out" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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