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[–] 13 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

At least it's nice to see them sticking with George Carlin's nomenclature.

Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it's a near miss. Bullshit, my friend. It's a near hit! A collision is a near miss. [WHAM! CRUNCH!] "Look, they nearly missed!" "Yes, but not quite."

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Nearly missed, and near miss are totally different things. Near is just description of what kind of miss this is, but it is still a miss. Near miss, far miss, typical miss, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Pretty sure they were referring to the “near collisions” in the article title.

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