Airspeak

English Etymology From en air speak. Noun - A controlled form of natural language based on English and designed to facilitate communication between aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers. en Seatrade 13 107 1983 It is always, apparently, the UK, US and Australian aircrews who are criticised for going outside the codified bounds of 'airspeak'. en Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-IV Gunilla Bradley 1994 The advantage of a formalized language is rapid communication and the avoidance of ambiguity in applied settings tough, for instance, the use of "affirm" instead of "yes", and one request for "clearance to bypass your class" testifies to the inappropriateness of "Airspeak" as an acceptable mode of social communication! en English as a Global Language 109 David Crystal 2012 Even within a single language, terminology and phrasing need to be standardized, to avoid ambiguity, and great efforts have been made to develop such a system for English, widely called 'Airspeak'. Synonyms en Aviation English en English