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ground staff

Noun

Meaning

(aviation) staff employed by an airline, or an airport, that work on the ground, as opposed to aircrews.

(sports) staff employed by a sports club to maintain their sports ground.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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According to RAM’s financial report from 2018, the suspension of bonuses would save the airline MAD 154 million ($16.7 million) for flight crews and MAD 67 million ($7.3 million) for ground staff. Source: Internet

Asked about Mellon, the ex-United and Jam Tarts gaffer added: “He was at Hearts as a kid – I played in the same reserve team as him as a young lad, he was on the ground staff way back in 1983. Source: Internet

From the ticket office manager to the corporate suite sales guy and the ground staff to the kit man, everyone has their gripes and ambitions, their axes to grind and their favours to bestow. Source: Internet

The ground staff take over and the players go off. Source: Internet

West Indies were unable to begin their second innings, as rain associated with a tropical weather system drenched the Jamaica capital, keeping ground staff busy for the next two hours before umpires Aleem Dar and Ian Gould suspended play for the day. Source: Internet

The package also included the overhaul of a L-39 jet trainer along with six single-seat Mig-21 fighter jets and two double-seat MiG-21 trainer aircraft, as well as a full training programme for ground staff and pilots. Source: Internet

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