Plain English Meaning
The dangerous urge to push on and get home, even when the smart choice is to land, wait, or turn back.
Full Definition
A hazardous attitude in which a pilot's strong desire to reach the destination overrides sound judgment, leading them to continue a flight in the face of deteriorating weather, mechanical concerns, fatigue, or other warning signs that would normally call for a diversion, delay, or cancellation.
Context Anchor
Seen in aeronautical decision-making discussions, especially when using the PAVE checklist to examine outside pressures before or during a flight.
Derivation
A coined informal term combining 'get home' with the suffix '-itis,' borrowed from medicine where it means 'inflammation of' or, more loosely, 'a condition or affliction.' The wording deliberately frames the as a kind of that .