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air crew

air crew

3 3.0
People who work on a plane during a flight, like pilots and cabin staff
  • noun
  • /ɛr kru/
translation icon : tripulación de vuelo
  • The story that exploded into public domain in the pages of the New York Times occurred in 2004 off the coast of San Diego and involved two Navy air crew, commander David Frevor and Lieutenant Commander Jim Slate.
  • pilots and air crew

Like I worked in weapons while he dealt with like parachute parachute stuff, air crew stuff.

Examples

  • In 1986, the average length of service for a woman was 6.9 years in contrast to 14 years for a man, and since it cost about 13 million to train each air crew, women were deemed unsuitable for this role.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Please move to the back and let the air crew go first.

  • The object of my curiosity is: WHO was on that plane besides the assigned air crew?

    Blog text (9)
  • Thus, by 1988, the average length of service for women had lengthened to ten years, with air crew required to stay for only eight.

    Academic text (1996)
  • "Your air crew

    Fiction book (1991)
  • It's where all of the air crews are based and combat troops there are going spending a week to get acclimated and then pushing to Afghanistan.

  • The air crew ensured that all passengers were safely seated before takeoff.

  • During the flight, the air crew provided excellent service and attended to the passengers' needs.

  • The experienced air crew worked seamlessly together to handle the emergency landing.

Synonyms

crew
vsair crew
1.3

A group of people who work together to do a job, like running a ship or making a film

refers specifically to the team operating an aircraft during flight not any work group
aircrew
vsair crew
3 3.5

A group of people who work on a plane during a flight, such as pilots and cabin crew

explicitly lists cabin staff along with pilots as responsible personnel

How Responsible

air crew
3 3.0
towerman
  • Archaic
5.5
signalman
  • Specialized
2 8.1

Surface Forms

air crew singular
air crews plural

Morphology

air + crew

The meaning is directly derived from combining 'air' (aviation/air transport) with 'crew' (a group working together to operate a vehicle), so the phrase denotes the group working on an aircraft. This noun+noun composition follows a transparent, compositional pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Air crew joins air and crew to make a simple picture: a 'crew' is a group of people who work together on a ship or machine. When they work on a plane in the sky, they are the air crew, the people who run the plane during a flight.