Phrases & Expressions

From a time so long ago that it cannot be remembered or known.

• This tradition exists since time immemorial.
• They've lived here since time immemorial.

A sensation of pitching up or down caused by acceleration or deceleration.

• The somatogravic illusion can be disorienting during takeoff.
• Pilots must rely on instruments to counter the somatogravic illusion.

The legal principle of following previous court decisions (precedents) when ruling on similar cases.

• The court must follow stare decisis.
• This case is a clear example of stare decisis.

Growth achieved through high customer retention and engagement.

• The goal is to achieve sticky growth with our new feature.
• Sticky growth means customers keep coming back.

Problems or risks that are not known to exist.

• We must plan for unknown unknowns.
• The project faced many unknown unknowns.

An instruction for an aircraft to taxi to the end of a runway, turn around, and then align itself for takeoff.

• The controller instructed the small plane to backtrack and line up.
• We saw the jet backtrack and line up for departure.

An instruction from air traffic control to a pilot, meaning the permission to take off is no longer valid.

• The tower had to cancel takeoff clearance due to sudden fog.
• Did they cancel takeoff clearance for our flight?

To receive permission from Air Traffic Control to leave a holding pattern and continue on the flight path.

• We were finally cleared out of hold after a long delay.
• The aircraft was cleared out of hold and given a new heading.

Permission granted to cross an active runway.

• You are cleared to cross runway 09.
• The pilot read back that he was cleared to cross runway 27.

An ATC instruction to climb to a stated level and stay at that level.

• The controller told us to climb and maintain flight level 280.
• After takeoff we were told to climb and maintain five thousand feet.