Phrases & Expressions

A Japanese phrase meaning 'eat until you are eighty percent full'.

• Remember hara hachi bu before finishing your meal.
• Practicing hara hachi bu helps prevent overeating.

In air traffic control, to stop and wait before a runway or another given point.

• The controller told the pilot to hold short of runway 27.
• We were told to hold short of the runway while another aircraft landed.

At heights above the transition altitude, where height is given as a flight level based on standard pressure.

• We are now in the flight levels.
• The aircraft climbed into the flight levels.

A privacy property ensuring records cannot be linked to specific individuals.

• Achieving k-anonymity is important.
• The dataset meets k-anonymity standards.

An automated or pilot announcement indicating the decision height or minimum altitude has been reached.

• The system announced 'Minima minima' at the decision height.
• Hearing 'minima minima' means you must decide to land or go around.

A TCAS collision-avoidance alert telling pilots to keep their vertical speed out of the red area shown.

• The TCAS called 'monitor vertical speed' as we climbed through 9,000 feet.
• After the 'monitor vertical speed' alert, the pilot kept the climb rate unchanged.

Used in online forums when the person who started a thread does what others asked or what that person promised.

• He promised photos of his new puppy, and OP delivers!
• Everyone asked for an update, and OP delivers with a long post.

An older air traffic control instruction, similar to 'line up and wait'.

• The pilot acknowledged, 'Position and hold.'
• This phrase has largely been replaced by 'line up and wait'.

Protection for those who face serious harm but don't qualify for refugee status.

• He applied for subsidiary protection due to the conflict.
• The court granted subsidiary protection to the applicant.

A cockpit warning that the aircraft is close to the ground without landing flaps set.

• The "too low, flaps" warning sounded during the approach.
• The crew heard "too low, flaps" because they had forgotten to set landing flaps.