The Most Common Buzzwords · Vice President level

"In flight"

"In flight" means that a project or initiative is currently underway and has not yet been completed.

Say this instead: in progress

How "In flight" shows up at work

Aviation metaphors are the corporate world's comfort food, and this one is particularly durable. It shows up in status updates to distinguish things that are actually moving from things that are merely planned, though the line between those is often blurry.

Buzzword

We have three in flight initiatives that will be affected by the reorg.

Plain English

We have three in progress initiatives that will be affected by the reorg.

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