mitigated speech

is speaking in a deferential way in order to be polite or show deference to authority which, though often necessary, also causes untold problems such as airplane crashes where, due to this phenomenon, are far more likely to happen when the captain that is, the more experienced pilot is in the flying seat.

Mitigated speech is when we speak in a deferential way in order to be polite or show deference to authority. For example, 'If you want your boss to do you a favor, you don't say, 'I'll need this by Monday.' You mitigate. You say, 'Don't bother if it's too much trouble, but if you have a chance to look at this over the weekend, that would be wonderful.'' . .. . The anomaly is this: crashes are far more likely to happen when the captain that is, the more experienced pilot is in the flying seat. Why' The reason is mitigation. The first officer wants to show deference to the authority of the pilot. So if the pilot is making a mistake, he mitigates. . . . 'combating mitigation has become one of the great crusades in commercial aviation in the past fifteen years.

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mitigated speech