The ground crew are the workers who service aircraft between flights. Wave to the ground crew.
They have about forty minutes to turn a short-haul aircraft round completely. Ground crew work in noise that would deafen anybody without the ear protection.
1nounground crewThe workers who service aircraft between flights.
“The ground crew found the fault before the pilots did.”
ground crew is workers.
groundcrew comes from ground + crew.
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