Bumping: The practice of denying boarding to a confirmed passenger on an overbooked flight.
Carrier: A company that deals in the transporting of passengers or goods.
Bumping
Getting bumped can be good or bad! A bump, if you're lucky can mean a bump up, or upgrade to Business or First Class. However, being bumped usually means you will be unable to fly on the flight your ticket was for as it has been oversold.
Bumping
Practice of removing confirmed passengers from overbooked flights.
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Bumping
The airline practice of denying boarding to confirmed passengers who hold tickets on a specific flight, due to an oversold condition.
BUMPING: On full flights, the practice of removing a confirmed passenger to make room for a passenger with higher priority.
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In rolling just after landing keep the tail as close to the ground as possible without causing undue bumping, so that the maximum resistance of wings may be presented to the air and the machine be slowed up rapidly.
Helicopters with semi-rigid rotors are vulnerable to a condition known as mast bumping which can cause the rotor flap stops to shear the mast.
With Cutlass prices already bumping the ceiling of the budget-buy category, we're going to leave the more expensive 1996 and newer 172s for another day.
MDA: Minimum Descent Altitude: During an instrument approach, this is how far down you're permitted to go before seeing the airport. If you go lower, you risk bumping into something (like the ground!) ...
We may be needing a megabyte or better.
Add gusts, some turbulence and an airsick passenger and we're probably making demands on the mental Skill Department that are bumping up against the max available.
 See also: Flight, Service, Plane, Aircraft, Direct
  
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