Plain English Meaning

Doing something the right way often enough that you eventually do it correctly without having to think about it.

Full Definition

The process by which repeated correct performance of a skill or procedure becomes automatic, requiring less conscious thought to execute. In aviation training, habit formation is the goal of practice: building reliable, correct responses that hold up under stress, distraction, or high workload.

Context Anchor

Seen in flight training discussions about how students learn procedures, cockpit routines, and safe responses through repeated correct practice.

Derivation

From Latin habitus, meaning a or way of being. A is something you have settled into doing. In , the word is used in this older sense — a settled way of performing — not in the casual sense of a quirk or routine.