Omni Air Terminology
Terms
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- A phone call to a flight attendant on the aircraft via telephone, initiated by a pilot or another flight attendant.
- Crew call
- Turbulance with out clouds often found along the edge of the jet stream.
- Clear Air Turbulance (CAT)
- The main body of the aircraft (excluding the wings, tail, assembly, and engines)
- Fuselage
- The total weight of the aircraft, including fuel, passengers, cargo, and equipment
- Gross Weight
- A holding area where passengers wait, prior to boarding the aircraft
- Gate
- Aircraft Kitchen Area
- Galley
- Flying within the "lower 48 states" is considered domestic flying This excludes Alaska & Hawaii
- Domesic
- The time at which a flight is expected to depart a particular station
- (ETD) Estimated Time of Departure
- The time which a flight is expected to arrive at a particular station
- (ETA) Estimated Time of Arrival
- Tme computed from when you report to work until the time you are released from work. You are paid for this time and are responsible to the company.
- Duty Time
- A positioning flight that carries no passengers
- Ferry Flight
- FAR
- Federal Aviation Regulations
- The government agency, which deals with airline & aircraft safety and emergency procedures.
- (FAA) Federal Aviain Administration
- The procedure by which passengers are deplaned in the quickest & most orderly manner for emergency purposes
- Evacuation
- The time it takes to go from one place to anoher by air
- Flight time
- The pilot who is thrid in command. He i responsible for the mechanical and electrical air worthiness of the aircraft
- Flight Engineer (F/E)
- Any location in front or toward the front of the aircraft
- Forward (FWD)
- forward compartment in the aircraft, also known as the cock pit
- Flight Deck
- Units located at Flight attendant jump seats containing various swithches, pilot call button, Fligh attendant call button, reset button, & microphone/telephone instruments
- Flight attendant conrol panels
- An airline emplyee whose work includes providing safety and service to passengers on board the aircraft
- Flight attendant
- Hinged or pivotal portion of the wing used for additional lift, take-off, and landing. They are retractable into the wing when the aircraft is in flight.
- Flaps
- The pilot who is second in command on a flight. His duties are to assist or relieve the captain
- First Officer (F/O)
- Landing of an aircraft on water
- Ditching (think of a ditch)
- The process in which an emergency slide is extended out of its container and ositioned to be inflated
- Deploy
- Samples of passenger emergency equipment (Life vest, oxygen masks) used for safety demonstration purposes
- Demo Equipment
- The procedure in which passengers leave the air craft
- Deplane
- The aircraft's inability to maintain a designated cabin altitude
- Decompression
- Positioning a crew member eithe by commerial or "ferry" flight
- Dead heading
- Office personnel who are responsible for assigning & keeping track of all flight crews and which flighs they will man
- Crew scheduling
- A phone cal to a flight atendant on the aircraft via telephone, initiated by a pilot or anoher flight attendant
- Crew call
- A large "hallway" in an airport which leads to the area where aircrafts are parked. Tenicle-like walk ways lead out in all directions from the main terminal
- Concourse
- The three letter city designator
- City Code
- An aisle running the length of the aircraft between the rows of seats
- Center aisle
- Positioning a crew on a commercial flight, i.e. United, TWA, North West, etc.
- Commerialing
- Area of an aicraft from which the flight crew flies the aircraft. -Restricted to authorized crew members or FAA personnel during flight.
- Cock pit
- Turbulence without clouds often found along the edge of the jet stream
- Clear Air Turbulence (CAT)
- A telephone call made to or by a flight attendant regarding check-in of their flight
- Check-in call
- A revenue flight, which may or maynot be operated on a regular, published schedule. These flights may be operated on or off our regular routes & contracted for carriage of a large group of passenger or freight o meet party's special needs
- Charter Flight
- The person in command of the aircraft, crew members, and passengers on board. -Responsil for safety & well being
- Captain
- The interior of an aircraft here the passengers are seated
- Cabin
- A mechanically simulated altitude maintained in the cabin of the aircraft during flight
- Cabin Altitude
- The process in which passenges enter the aircraft
- Boarding
- Shuddering of the aircraft in flight caused by aerodynamic disturbances
- Buffeting
- That period of time when an aircraft first moves from the ramp blocks for the pupose of flight and ending when the aircraft comes too a stop at the ramp at the next point of landing
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Block-to-Block
-time- - A totally enclosed storage area normally found behind the last row of seats in a cabin
- Bustle
- An interior aircraft wall running across the aircraft to separate one area from another
- Bulk head
- The process by which Flight attendants select the flight schedule or vacaion time & also position worked on aircraft, which is done in seniority order
- Bidding
- The cargo & baggage area beneath the passenger cabins
- Belly
- The process of positioning or attaching a slide to be ready fo emergency use
- Arm
- The person responsible for monitoring all security aspects before flight dparture from a station
- Ground Security Coordinaor (GSC)
- The time required for the aircraft to cover specified distnces across the earth's surface usually expressed in nautical or statue miles per hour)
- Ground Speed
- The period of time an aircraft and/or its crew spend on the ground between flights
- Ground time
- A building where aircraft are sheltered and where mechanics work
- Hangar
- The number of ticketed passengers on board an aircraft, determined by visual count. -Given to gate agents at all stations prior to departure
- Head count
- Winds opposing the process of the aircraft through air
- Head winds
- A flight that is waiting o land, to take off, or for gate to be available in order to park
- Holding
- Nearest the center of the aircraft
- Inboard
- The aircraft, crew, freight, anyone or anything arriving at an airport r coming in from a flight
- Inbound
- An office set up to handle flight attendant business
- In-Flight operaions
- The form used to list food nd equipment boarded in each galley. This form is also used as a deailed report of your flight. The Lead Flight Attendant is responsble for completing the repor and turning it in
- In-flight service report
- A stop at a city or cities between the originating and terminating points of flight
- Intermediate Stops or Stop
- The rules governing the vavigation of an aircraft when the pilot is unable to observe locain and surroundings. When operating IFR the aircraft is flying on "insturments" meanint that the direction of the flight, altitude and attitude of the air
- Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
- Electronic equipment instaled in the aircraft and on the ground allows the aircraft to descend through overcast of landing. Instruments in the cockpit allow the pilot to align the aircraft with the runway descending to the lowest safe altitude, the landi
- Instrument Landing Systems (ILS)
- A phone on he aircraft is sed for communicatin between crewmembers
- Interphone
- All flights operated to, from our outside of the United States
- Internainal Flights
- A Flight attendants first flight after clasroom training. FAA requirement (at least 5 hours in length) that tests onboard competency
- Initial Operating Experience (I.O.E._)
- Enclosed tunel-like passageway between the aircraft and the terminal gate area, which power driven and controlled by an agent
- Jetway
- Seat located iin the cabin of the aircraft and used only by flight attendants for take off and landing
- Jumpseat
- Lavatories
- Lav
- A period of rest time spent at a station other than the bse station, followng the terminatin f flight fo the purpose f rest
- Layover
- The flight attendant responsible to coordinate, ead and direct he activities of the other Flight attendants
- Lead Flight attendant
- The forward edge f the wings
- Leading Edge (of wing)
- The In-flight segment between stops
- "Leg" of a flight
- Container stocked with liquor for passenger service
- Liquor kit
- A log where you write down, keep a record, i.e. flight logbook-record your flight imes fr pay purposes
- Logbook
- Speed in relation to the speed of sound. Mach 1 is 760 miles per hour at sea level
- Mach Speed
- The smallest number of crew members required on each aicraft by the FAA
- Minimum Crew
- Passengers who have not paid for their tickets (usually arline personnel). Any person traveling n a pass is subject to space availaility. Flight atendants should be able to locate non-revs on board in case of lack of space and meal shortage
- Nn-revenue passenge (NRSA or non-revs)
- The office which serves as a combinatin f crew scheduling, cabin service, flight information, includng eather data, inc.
- Operations
- The station here an aircraft begins and is assigned a new flight number. A crew originates at the station where they started their assighnment for the day.
- Originating
- Means away from the fuselage toward the wing tip
- Outboard
- Anyone or anything, i.e. aircraft, crew baggage, levng station or going out on a flight
- Outbound
- An enclsed area directly over a passenger's seat that can be used for carry-on storage
- Overhead Bin
- Informatin given to passengers on board the aircraft
- P.A. Public Address Annoncements)
- Panel in armrest or above seat, containing f/a call button, control for lights, and control for audio
- Passenger Service Unit (PSU)
- A meal expense. Paid from the time you leave your ade until you retun to your base, plus 30 minutes
- Per Diem
- The act of checking serviceablility and location of emergency equipment on the aircraft prior to flight boarding and departure
- Pre-Flight
- A situation expected to happen, i.e. an anticipated emergency landing is one in which an emergency is expeted to occurupon anding and is known prior to that
- Planned
- The act of boarding pasengers hat need to be boarded efore other passengers, i.e. disabled passengers, families with children
- Pre-boarding
- Time before the aircraft leavs the ate
- Pre-departure
- 12 month period of evaluation by the company imediately after employment
- Probation
- Backward movement of an aircraft when it is leaving the gate
- Pushback
- The area in front of the terminal where the aircraft is parked
- Ramp
- A man/woman working the ground operations
- Ramp Agent
- The status of a flight attendant who does not have an assigned schedule. A fight attendant on reserve may be used to ork a trip when someone is sick, on vacation or late for his assigned flight
- Reserve
- Tickets that are paid for or people who pa for airlie tickets
- Revenue (ickets or Passengers)
- Cards located in each passenger seat explaining the location and operation of emergency equipment on the aircraft
- Safety Information Card
- A charter flown on a regular basis, i.e. daily, weekly, bi-weekly
- Scheduled Charter
- Snack tray which holds cream and sgar used when serving coffee or tea
- Seconds Tray
- Stop or stops made during flight
- Segment
- The system used involving al Omni Flight attendants to determine their priority within the ranks of the flight attendants
- Seniority System