stick time
English
Etymology
In reference to the control joystick.
Noun
stick time (countable and uncountable, plural stick times)
- (aviation) The amount of time that a pilot has spent flying.
- 2011, Michael D. Mullins, Out of the Mist, Memories of War (page 135)
- Few pilots there matched his stick time.
- 2011, Michael D. Mullins, Out of the Mist, Memories of War (page 135)