General Airline Terminolgy, with Airbus Specifics
Terms
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- A/C
- Aircraft
- A/C Left
- The Port or Captain's side of the a/c
- A/C Right
- The Starbord or F/O's side of the aircraft
- ABP
- Able Bodied Person
- ACM
- Additional/Auxiliary Crewmember. A company employee who occupies a crew seat of an aircraft at the direction of the company.
- AFT
- The tail section of the airplane
- Air start
- Machine used to start aircraft engines when the APU (auxiliary power unit) is inoperative
- AOG
- Aircraft on Ground. The aircraft is not scheduled to fly on a particular day.
- ASI
- Aviation Safety Inspector. FAA Official used as an overall safety inspector for the airlines.
- APU
- Auxiliary Power Unit. A small turbine engine in the tail of the aircraft that powers a generator that provides electrical power when the engines are off.
- ART
- Annual Recurrent Training
- ATC
- Air Traffic Control
- ATD
- Actual Time of Departure
- ATS
- Air Trasportation Supervisor. Flight Attendant qualified to qualify Flight Attendants on IOE and administer check rides.
- Base Station
- Domicile city in which a crewmember lives.
- Bulkhead
- Any dividing wall in the a/c cabin
- Cabin
- Interior of the a/c occupied by passengers
- Calandar Day
- The period of elapsed time, using Coordinated Universal Time or local time, that begins at miding and ends 23 hours later at the next midnight.
- Captain
- Pilot In Command of a/c ( left seat )
- Check Flight
- A flight in which crewmembers are evaluated by a supervisor (ATS)
- Circuit Breaker
- A device which takes the place of a fuse in breaking an electrical current incase of an overload.
- Comp.
- Complimentary, given free
- CPR
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Crewmember
- A person assigned to perform duty in an a/c during flight
- CRO
- Complaint Resolution Officer. A CRO is a specially trained company associate who is quite familiar with DOT 382 and FAR 121.585 ( Exit Row Seating) and with specific policies and procedures regarding these regulations.
- CSA
- Customer Service Representative
- CSI
- Cabin Safety Inspector. FAA official who specifically deals with Flight Attendants and procedures within the cabin.
- CX
- Cancelled
- Deportee
- A person who has been legally admitted into a country by its authorities, or one who has entered the country illegally, and is at some later date formally removed from that country.
- Deplane
- A passenger leaving the aircraft
- D/H
- Deadhead, repositioning of crewmembers
- Ditch
- Emergency landing into water
- Domestic
- Transportation between two points in the continental U.S.
- DOT Hazmat
- The hazardous materials regulations issued by the Materials Regulations Transportation Bureau of the Department of Transportation.
- Dispatch
- The function of the Operations Control Center ( OCC ) which releases flights, trackts the a/c from point A to point B and assigns the airplanes to the flight path.
- Duty Period
- The period of elapsed time between reporting for an assignment by the domestic, flag, or supplemental air carrier or commercial operator. The time is calculated using either Coordinated Universal Time or local time to reflect the total elapsed time.
- Early Departure
- Authorization for a flight to depart earlier then scheduled.
- EDT
- Estimated Departure Time
- Empennage
- The entire tail section of the aircraft
- ETA
- Estimated Time of Arrival
- Evac
- Evacuation
- Ext.
- Extinguisher
- F/A
- Flight Attendant
- FAM
- Flight Attendant Manual
- FCOM
- Flight Crew Operating Manual
- Ferry Flight
- A non-revenue flight. Usually no pax or cargo.
- FIDS
- Flight Information Display System. Overhead monitors located throughout the airport displaying flight departure and arrival information.
- FLT
- Flight
- Flight Crewmember
- any crewmember whose primary duty station is the cockpit.
- Flight Deck
- Interior of the a/c occupied by the Captain and First Officer
- FWD
- Forward
- F/O
- First Officer
- Fuselage
- The body of the aircraft (not including wings and tail)
- Gateway
- The Passenger's first point of arrival into a foreign country or last departure city before bording a flight to a foreign destination
- GMT
- Greenwich Mean Time
- GOM
- General Operations Manual
- Ground Power Unit ( GPU )
- A mobile machine used to supply electrical power to an aircraft
- Headwind
- The wind blowing in the opposite direction of the aircrafts movement
- H.O.T
- Hands-On Training
- I-94 Form
- A form that is filled out by aliens entering the U.S. (not including citizens of the U.S. or Canada, permanent resident aliens, or holders of an immigrant visa). this records their arrival and departure.
- IAW
- In Accordance With
- Inadmissible
- A passenger who is refused admission to a country by its authorities (due to a lack of documentation, improper documentation, or a decision by such authorities that the refusal is in the best interest of that country.)
- Inboard
- Position closest to the center of the fuselage
- Inflight
- Department which governs the Flight Attendant group.
- INFO
- Information
- INOP
- Inoperative
- Instructor
- A person trained and designated by USA 3000 to instruct its personnel.
- Interline
- Involving at least two different airlines.
- IOE
- Initial Operating Experience. Training flight time required by the FAA after classrom experience (For F/A,s five hours)
- Irregular Operations
- Any non-standard operation
- Jet Blast
- Engine ehaust power while engines are still running
- Jumpseater
- A pilot/flight attendant using jumpseat privilege for access to a company flight.
- JSA
- Jump Seat Authority
- Lav
- Lavatory
- Landing
- The act of terminating a flight and bringing the a/c to rest on the runway.
- Landing gear
- The understructure, which supports the weight of the aircraft at rest.
- Layover Station
- The place at which a crew rests and awaits next flight
- Leading Edge
- the forward edge of the wing.
- Left
- Port or Captains usual side of the aircraft.
- LOA
- Leave of Absence
- Log
- A flight-by-flight record of all operations of an airplane, engines, crew , flight time, area of operations and other pertinent information.
- MX
- Mechanical problem or maintenance
- Medical Certificate
- Document signed by passenger's physician stating that pax is able to travel
- MedLink
- Organization which provides medical advice and direction to inflight crews and ground operations for airlines regarding onboard/in-flight medical issues.
- MEL
- Minimum Equipment List
- N/A
- Not applicable/authorized
- Non-Rev
- Non Revenue. A non-paying pax
- N/S
- no show. When you have not reported to work without calling or have not allowed enough time when calling in sick
- North America
- Area that includes the Caribbean area, Mexico, and the United States excluding the Panama Canal Zone.
- NTSB
- National Trasportation Safety Board
- OT
- On Time
- OTS
- Out of Service
- Outboard
- Position farthest from the center of the fuselage
- OWE
- Over wing exit
- PA
- Public Address/Announcment
- PAX(PSGR)
- Passengers
- PBE
- Protective Breathing Equipment
- PED
- Portable Electronic Device
- PIC
- Pilot In Command
- Port
- Left (facing foward) or Captains usual side of the aircraft.
- Preflight
- Inspection of cabin interior and emergency equipment prior to the passenger boarding.
- Pressurization
- Mechanical process that keeps the atmospheric pressure inside the aircraft similar to that on the ground
- PSA
- Passenger Service Agent
- PSI
- Pound per Square Inch
- PSU
-
Passenger Service Unit. Area above pax seats that include
• An F/A call button
• No Smoking/Fasten Seat Belt signs
• Pax reading lights
• gasper vents
• fixed drop down oxygen system - Push Back
- Rearward movement of the aircraft by tug on the ground.
- Quick Donning
- Mask as determined by the administrator and the mask manufacturer that will not interfere with crew communication, or distrub eyeglasses and without delaying the flight crewmember from proceeding with his assigned duties.
- Ramp
- The area on the airport where airplanes are parked for the purposes of loading and unloading.
- REGS
- Regulations
- Reserve
- Pilot or Flight Attendant who is "on call" for duty
- Rest Period
- A period free of all restraint or duty for USA 3000 conducting domestic, flag, or supplemental operations.
- Revenue
- A passenger who is paying a quoted fare from the airline for their ticket.
- Recurrent Training
- Annual review training required for all crewmembers and dispatchers.
- Revision
- A permanant change t othe manual
- Right
- Starboard or first officer's usual side of the a/c
- RON
- Remain overnight
- Runway
- Area used for takeoff and landing.
- Starboard
- Right (facing forward)or first officer's side of the a/c
- Sterile Flight Deck
- AKA Sterile Cockpit. The critical phase of flight when all communication with the flight deck must cease, except in the event of an emergency. This critical phase includes all operations under 10,000 feet including taxi, take-off, and landing except level cruise.
- STM
- Station Manager
- Tailwind
- The wind blowing in the same direction of the aircraft's movement.
- Tarmac
- Area on ramp where aircraft park and are serviced.
- Taxi
- Movement of the aircraft under its own power on the ground.
- TDY
- Temporary Duty in an area other then origionally assigned domicile.
- Through Flight
- AKA Direct Flight. A flight involving one or more stops where passengers remain onboard the aircraft during the stopover(s). The flight keeps the same flight number.
- Tow
- Movement of the a/c on ground by means of a tug.
- UNMR
- Unaccompanied Minor. A minor traveling alone. Must be at least 5 years of age, other restrictions apply.
- USA
- 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Wt./Bal.
- Weight and balance is used to define how the a/c weight is calculated in accordance to baggage, weight of a/c, fuel and pax
- WX
- Weather
- WX/CX
- Weather Cancellation
- AAP
- Aft Attendant Panel- A panel near the 2L door from which the aft flight attendants may control lighting settings, as well as silence aural warnings in the aft cabin
- ACP
- Area Call PAnel. These panels are a series of four lights in the ceilings near the fligth attendant stations which identify the area of a passenger/crew call in the cabin.
- AIP
- Attendant Indication Panel. Similiar to a caller ID system, the AIP is a digital read-out identifying the specific location of a call placed or received from a particular flight station.
- BRT
- Bright (100% intensity) Cabin Lighting
- CAUT
- Caution
- CIDS
- Cabin Intercommunication Data System. A system of computerized directors which control the cabin functions on board the airbus.
- CLG
- Ceiling
- CLR
- Clear
- DEU
- Decoder/Encoder Unit. A part of the CIDS system.
- ECAM
- Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring. This system monitors all functions of the aircraft and reports back to the flight deck crew any irregularities which may occur.
- EMER
- Emergency
- FAP
-
Forward Attendant Panel. This panel is located at the 1L door and is made up of four components.
• Lighting Module
• Entertainment/Announcement Module
• Water/Waste Module
• Miscellaneous Module - IND
- Indication
- INT
- Interphone
- LSU
- Lavatory Service Unit
- MRT
- Manual Release Tool
- PES
- Passenger Entertainment System
- PNL
- Panel
- PTP
- Programming and Test Panel (for MX use only)
- PTT
- Push To Talk
- WDO
- Window