Plain English Meaning

A practice situation set on the ground that mimics a real flying problem, so the student can think it through and make decisions without being in the airplane.

Full Definition

In scenario-based training, a structured ground-based training situation that places the learner in a realistic aviation context without involving actual flight, used to develop knowledge, judgment, and decision-making skills before or alongside in-aircraft training.

Context Anchor

Seen in scenario-based training when an instructor wants a student to practice choices about planning, weather, aircraft problems, or safety before using an airplane in flight.

Derivation

Built from 'nonflight' (not involving actual flight) and 'scenario' (from Italian scenario, meaning a planned outline of a sequence of events). Together: a planned realistic situation worked through outside the .