Flight Lieutenant designated a certain military rank employed within the structure of the Galactic Empire.
The rank of Flight Lieutenant was utilized by the Starfighter Corps. It sat in the hierarchy above the rank of Flight Officer, but was a lower rank than Flight Captain. This rank was considered equal to both the Junior Lieutenant rank in the Imperial Navy and the Lieutenant rank in the Imperial Army.
Rignik, an Imperial pilot, once held this rank not long after the Battle of Hoth. Flight Lieutenants, along with superior ranks, directed pilots to maintain Imperial control through sheer force of numbers.