Append rules for Create/Update

app/Http/Requests/CreateUserRequest.php

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ class CreateUserRequest extends FormRequest
     public function rules(): array
     {
         $rules = User::$rules;
+
         $rules['email'] .= '|unique:users,email';
+        $rules['pilot_id'] .= '|unique:users,pilot_id';
+
         return $rules;
     }
 }

app/Http/Requests/UpdateUserRequest.php

@@ -29,11 +29,8 @@ class UpdateUserRequest extends FormRequest
 
         $user_id = request('id', null);
 
-        // Validate if the pilot ID is already being used or not
-        $rules['pilot_id'] = 'required|integer|unique:users,pilot_id,'.$user_id.',id';
-
-        // Add additional rules for when we're modifying
         $rules['email'] .= '|unique:users,email,'.$user_id.',id';
+        $rules['pilot_id'] .= '|unique:users,pilot_id,'.$user_id.',id';
 
         return $rules;
     }

app/Models/User.php

@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
     ];
 
     public static $rules = [
-        'pilot_id' => 'required|integer|unique:users,pilot_id',
         'name'     => 'required',
         'email'    => 'required|email',
+        'pilot_id' => 'required|integer',
     ];
 
     /**