Talk:Cockpit error

Expand, merge or redirect

This page is a mere dictionary definition (something which Wikipedia is not). It explains the meaning and usage of a slang phrase. I can't find any encyclopedic content on this page that rises past what I would expect to read in a truly great unabridged dictionary. The definitions and usage discussions belong over in Wiktionary where folks with the right skills, interests and lexical tools can more easily sort out the meanings and origins.

Options to fix the page here include:

1. Expand the page with encyclopedic content - that is, content that goes well beyond the merely lexical.
2. Redirect the page to a more general page either on the appropriate sub-genre of slang or, in this case, to the more general discussion of pilot error.
3. Transwiki the contents to Wiktionary and replace the page here with a soft-redirect to Wiktionary (usually done using the {{wi}} template).

Pending a better answer, I'm going to boldly execute option 2. The phrase may occasionally be used as slang in a non-aviation context (as noted in some of the examples) but they are no different than when someone uses the phrase "pilot error" in a non-aviation context. The meaning is still clear that it's "an error caused by the person at the controls, not by the tool". Similar examples include the US Army's "headspace and timing error" (a reference to adjustments that have to be made to the .50-cal machine gun) or the ubiquitous but more derogatory "ID-ten-T error". I do not see enough non-lexical content here to support a stand-alone article. Rossami (talk) 21:43, 12 March 2008 (UTC)