“Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: 'near miss'. They say that if two planes almost collide, it's a 'near miss'. Bullsh__, my friend. It's a 'near hit'! A collision is a 'near miss'.
[WHAM! CRUNCH!]
"Look, they nearly missed!"
"Yes, but not quite.”
“Near Miss” has always bugged me. It shows the stupidity of the MSM.
Rufus had the most excellent insight.
I think the FAA agrees with you
“The FAA has four levels of severity for runway incursions — A, B, C and D — based on the level of severity. The incident at BWI was ranked as a Category B.
Category B is an incident in which separation decreases and there is a significant potential for collision, which may result in a time critical corrective/evasive response to avoid a collision,” according to the FAA.”
That was definitely a near-crunch.