Originally Posted by
TED74
Y’all have some pretty low opinions of your co-workers. Do you really think they’re susceptible to errors in execution of their duties based on nomenclature like “mission”? My mission every time I go to Costco is to try leave without too much Nutella. Haven’t hurt anyone yet.
Maybe you haven't hurt anyone, but you do leave with Nutella (and other items for the $100 minimum exit receipt). Mission complete!!
The term "mission" is a subtle suggestion that completing the flight is more important that it really is. It is also leftover military nomenclature used by people in FltOps who still wear callsign nametags on Fridays.