deadhead

Deadheading is a working duty rather than a day off, and is planned into rosters. It is also the reason a flight can be carrying more airline uniforms than the crew list explains.

Nearby in Aviation

• crosswind — A wind blowing across the runway rather than along it.
• de-icing — Spraying an aircraft with heated fluid to remove frost, ice or snow before departure, and to delay its return.
• displaced threshold — A runway threshold moved down the paved surface, so the pavement before it may be taxied on but not landed on.
• diversion — A flight that lands somewhere other than its planned destination.