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Dos 60 pilotos destacados ou escalados, só 12 estão a voar

English translation: Out of the 60 pilots on call, only 12 are actually flying.


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Portuguese term or phrase:Dos 60 pilotos destacados ou escalados, só 12 estão a voar
English translation:Out of the 60 pilots on call, only 12 are actually flying.
Entered by: Marlene Curtis
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12:53 Apr 9, 2009
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Aerospace / Aviation / Space
Portuguese term or phrase: Dos 60 pilotos destacados ou escalados, só 12 estão a voar
destacados ou escalados?
wildhorse100
Out of the 60 pilots on call, only 12 are actually flying.
Explanation:
An office with a view - NWjobs As with a regular schedule, pilots on call cannot consume alcohol within 12 hours, or on the same calendar day, as a potential flight. On-call pilots must ...
blog.marketplace.nwsource.com/careercenter/an_office_with_a_view.html - 24k
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:12
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obrigado
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5Of the 60 pilots on the schedule, only 12 are actually flying.
aoliveira09
4 +3Out of the 60 pilots on call, only 12 are actually flying.
Marlene Curtis
4Only 12 of the 60 pilots on the schedule are actually flying
Paul Dixon


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Of the 60 pilots on the schedule, only 12 are actually flying.


Explanation:
Diria assim.

aoliveira09
United States
Local time: 02:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Arthur Godinho
1 hr
  -> Obrigada!
agree  nacala
1 hr
  -> Obrigada!
agree  rhandler
1 hr
  -> Obrigada!
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
1 hr
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Claudio Mazotti
4 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Out of the 60 pilots on call, only 12 are actually flying.


Explanation:
An office with a view - NWjobs As with a regular schedule, pilots on call cannot consume alcohol within 12 hours, or on the same calendar day, as a potential flight. On-call pilots must ...
blog.marketplace.nwsource.com/careercenter/an_office_with_a_view.html - 24k

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 39
Grading comment
obrigado

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria José Tavares
23 mins
  -> Thanks Maria José! My son is a pilot and I hear the jargon all the time...
agree  Brigith Guimarães
2 hrs
  -> Muito grata!
agree  Mary Palmer: My brother-in-law (my sister's husband) is a pilot as well (British Airways) and I even asked him about this when I called them in England to wish them a Happy Easter..."on call" is correct.
10 hrs
  -> My son works for Omni International transporting the troops throughout Europe and the Middle East. What a coincidence!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Only 12 of the 60 pilots on the schedule are actually flying


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Paul Dixon
Local time: 03:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Apr 14, 2009 - Changes made by Marlene Curtis:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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