English Dictionary

fly by the seat of one's pants

動詞

慣用表現 広義

(idiomatic) To pilot an aircraft without the aid of instruments and without a flight plan, using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment.

日本語の意味

計器などの助けを借りず、直感や感覚のみで操縦すること。 / 直感や経験だけに頼って行動すること。

With the instruments dead and the navigation system offline, the pilot had to fly by the seat of one's pants to guide the aircraft to a safe landing.

計器が作動せず航法装置も使えない状況で、操縦士は計器や飛行計画に頼らず、本能と目視、実務的な判断だけで飛行機を安全に着陸させなければならなかった。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To pilot an aircraft without the aid of instruments and without a flight plan, using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment.

Between world wars, when Douglas Bader was a cocky, teen-age R.A.F. cadet . . . a man could navigate by eye and the nearest railroad track and fly by the seat of his pants.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) To use one's judgment, initiative, and perceptions as events unfold in order to improvise a course of action without a predetermined plan or without the desirable data inputs to decision making.

“Unlike Obama and his methodical process, McCain was flying by the seat of his pants,” the authors observe.

flies by the seat of one's pants （ present singular third-person ）

flying by the seat of one's pants （ participle present ）

flew by the seat of one's pants （ past ）

flown by the seat of one's pants （ participle past ）