Definition: (DOD) Aircrews specifically positioned at intermediate airfields to take over aircraft operating on air routes, thus relieving complementary crews of flying fatigue and speeding up the flow rate of the aircraft concerned.
staged crews
From Department of Defense, for About.com
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