"Whilst"

[Adverseyawn]

It's truly ironic that The Emirates Group Language Guide has the word "whilst" in its 'Glossary of words to avoid'.

This in spite of the fact that the Flight Ops documentation is littered with this archaic and chronically overused word.

[Payscale]

You have too much time on your hands. I want to be on your fleet

[JAARule]

One dept not knowing what the other dept is doing regarding supposed fundamentals, maybe ironic by not surprising in this show.

Somebody should be called into the office for tea and biccies on a day off for that.

[Mr Good Cat]

I'm a thicko.

And I was never much good at English at school.

Could somebody please explain why the word 'whilst' is a threat to the safety of my flight?

What should I be using instead?

[ETOPS]

You can use "while" as a simple alternative.

[BigGeordie]

I've been here over a decade and didn't even know there was such a thing as an "Emirates Group Language Guide". Hard to believe given the quality of some of the literature that comes out of EGHQ.

Do we have an SVP of Language?

[BobDole]

Would that really surprise you?

[ExpatBrat]

Ed used to write us memos littered with the word "whilst" and I always had the feeling he was just signing something put in front of him since no American would ever use the word.

[motojet]

Actually, one has to adapt whilst in the sandbox. Things like Roster instead of Schedule, Leave instead of Vacation. Tea and Biscuits instead of Tapdance.

[Semaphore Sam]

Too Twue, we 'Muricans wouldst never use "whilst". Sam

[halas]

Many years ago l remember there was an article in Pravda (Safa) that the word "Revert" should not be used in communications, as in please revert to my email.

It's been used so many times that l think there is someone making this stuff up to justify their position whilst no one listens.

Ooops

halas

[Emma Royds]

Obviously the majority of our Indian colleagues missed that article.

[sandboxpilot180]

That is funny

[DCS99]

I'm banning the word AVAIL.
Give me a Platinum Najim.
Thank you.

[scandistralian]

Use of the word 'same' as in; "please send same..."

Also, why do people in this part of the world ask for your 'good' name?

The industry-wide use of increasingly complex English needs to be challenged.

Plain English campaign, spread the word;
Home

[Praise Jebus]

"Going Forward" , first entered the EK language in the era of a talking horse and has now permiated all levels of Flight Ops. A phrase as superfluous as Ed was... Makes me laugh when pilots in management positions use the term presumably in an attempt to sound more "corporate". The exact opposite is of course achieved..... Should be banned along with "The Business".....

[777boyindubai]

I refer to the same

[777boyo]

You are all Miscreants, and will all be Charge-Sheeted!

[olster]

In FZ the buzz phrase was ' please be guided accordingly'. Hilarious.

[ExpatBrat]

Could also do with a few thousand less occurrences of "robust", "happy" and "pedantic".

Not to be "anal", sorry....