Jan 23, 2010 07:23
14 yrs ago
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English term
flight operations
English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
*** oversaw finance, HR, IT, and flight operations for the company.
The company produces ethanol. Why does it involve flight operations?
The company produces ethanol. Why does it involve flight operations?
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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The movements of the company's aircraft
So my answer is the same as Teresa's really, except that hers was in German.
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JaneD
: without more context, seems the most probable
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Thank you.
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Trudy Peters
: That's my understanding as well
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Thank you.
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Sheila Wilson
: The problem is that this seems a tiny (3-4 employees perhaps?) company, if this person is responsible for so much. Such small cos. don't normally have flight operations' responsibilities
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "It doesn't fit in the context, but this is the bese answer I can find."
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Japan
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Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
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operation of capital
flight here means capital, so in this context it means operating or maneuvering the company's capital.
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Note added at 36 mins (2010-01-23 08:00:02 GMT)
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Tranferring of capital to avoid losses.
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Note added at 37 mins (2010-01-23 08:01:16 GMT)
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http://www.yourdictionary.com/finance/capital-flight
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Note added at 36 mins (2010-01-23 08:00:02 GMT)
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Tranferring of capital to avoid losses.
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Note added at 37 mins (2010-01-23 08:01:16 GMT)
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http://www.yourdictionary.com/finance/capital-flight
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Sheila Wilson
: You need to look more carefully at your link, Yasutomo. The flight there refers to capital that flees a country
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Teresa Reinhardt
: This would be an extremely unusal term
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I believe that's why the asker has posted this question, being unable to relate manufacturing of ethanol and flight operations.
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Teresa Reinhardt
United States
United States
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English
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Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, English to German, English, and 1 more.
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Flugbetrieb
I'm going to guess that they have corporate jets that someone has to be responsible for. And since the person already has quite a wide range of responsibilties...
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
: Sorry to disagree with you Teresa, but this is an English monolingual question.
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flight testing operations/flight operations for ethanol testing
The below website is a report on ethanol fuel.
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/35/34811.pdf
In the first paragraph, it mentions how "the use of ethanol in flight training operations would best establish the economic viability of ethanol while avoiding distribution problems."
Apparently there is a lot of testing of ethanol through flight testing to determine its performance, reliability, etc.
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/35/34811.pdf
In the first paragraph, it mentions how "the use of ethanol in flight training operations would best establish the economic viability of ethanol while avoiding distribution problems."
Apparently there is a lot of testing of ethanol through flight testing to determine its performance, reliability, etc.
9 hrs
oversees air traffic movements...
In a company that's involved with aircraft, flight operation techs are critical:
http://www.hometravelagency.com/dictionary/flight-operation-...
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flight operation officer. The person at an airport or other location who oversees those activities specifically related to air traffic.
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http://www.hometravelagency.com/dictionary/flight-operation-...
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Note added at 9 hrs (2010-01-23 16:50:11 GMT)
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flight operation officer. The person at an airport or other location who oversees those activities specifically related to air traffic.
To look up another word, click here.
The Travel Industry Dictionary is provided courtesy of www.HomeTravelAgency.com
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