Airline Terminology
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| show | Vehicle that can fly, i.e. airplane, helicopter or glider
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| ACM | show 🗑
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| AFT | show 🗑
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| show | Company employee concerned w/handling of ground phases of flight operations
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| show | Commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
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| AIRFOIL | show 🗑
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| show | Condition in the atmosphere than can cause an airplane to loose altitude quickly.
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| AIRSPEED | show 🗑
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| show | Non-US citizen
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| ALT | show 🗑
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| show | Instrument that measures the height of an aircraft above sea level (in feet)
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| show | Height of which the Aircraft flies above sea level
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| show | Aircraft on Ground (Grounded due to maintenance)
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| ATC (AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL) | show 🗑
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| AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) | show 🗑
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| BANK | show 🗑
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| BEVERAGE CART | show 🗑
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| BID HOLDER | show 🗑
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| show | Form used to bid on a line of flying for a particular month
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| show | Interval of time beginning when aircraft pulls away from gate and ends when aircraft comes to complete stop at gate at arrival city
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| BOARDING PASS | show 🗑
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| show | The weight of an empty aircraft, plus the weight of the crew, fuel, oil, necessary publications
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| BULKHEAD | show 🗑
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| show | Practice of denying boarding to a confirmed passenger on an overbooked flight
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| show | Interior of aircraft where passengers are seated
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| show | Originally scheduled flight cancelled due to poor weather, mechanical trouble or lack of equipment
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| CAPT or CA (CAPTAIN) | show 🗑
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| CARRY-ON BAGGAGE | show 🗑
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| CEILING | show 🗑
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| CFR | show 🗑
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| CHARTER FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| CHOCKS | show 🗑
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| show | 3 letter designation given to airport cities
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| CITY PAIR | show 🗑
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| COCKPIT | show 🗑
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| show | Company Mail/Company Materials
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| CONCOURSE | show 🗑
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| show | Flights that require a change of aircraft at an intermediate point before arriving at final destination, aka "transfer"
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| CREW REST | show 🗑
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| CREW SCHEDULING | show 🗑
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| DBA | show 🗑
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| DEADHEAD | show 🗑
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| show | Flight operating later than scheduled
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| DESTINATION | show 🗑
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| DIRECT FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| DIVE | show 🗑
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| show | City/station where crew member is based
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| show | Gov't agency responsible for economic concerns of the transportation industry
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| DOWNLINE | show 🗑
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| EQUIPMENT | show 🗑
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| show | Time estimated for aircraft to arrive
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| show | Time estimated for the aircraft to depart
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| F/A (FLIGHT ATTENDANT) | show 🗑
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| F/A JUMPSEAT | show 🗑
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| FAA (FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION) | show 🗑
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| FERRY FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| F/O (FIRST OFFICER) | show 🗑
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| show | All aircraft doors are floor level exits and are used as emergency exits
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| show | Central body portion of aircraft accomodates the payload on the aircraft
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| FWD (FORWARD) | show 🗑
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| GALLEY | show 🗑
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| GATE | show 🗑
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| GATEWAY | show 🗑
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| GPU (GROUND POWER UNIT) | show 🗑
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| GROUND SPEED | show 🗑
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| GSC (GROUND SECURITY COORDINATOR) | show 🗑
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| HOLDING | show 🗑
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| INBOUND | show 🗑
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| ILS (INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEMS) | show 🗑
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| INOPERATIVE (INOP) | show 🗑
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| INTERLINE | show 🗑
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| show | Changing from a flight of one carrier to a flight of another carrier
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| show | Scheduled stop or stops between the originating city and the final destination
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| ISC (INFLIGHT SECURITY COORDINATOR) | show 🗑
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| JUMPSEAT | show 🗑
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| show | Authorization given to crew members and other eligible personnel to travel in the jumpseat
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| JUMPSEAT RIDER | show 🗑
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| show | Velocity of one nautical mile per hour
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| LAYOVER | show 🗑
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| LEG OF FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| show | Rules & regulations used to establish flying times & rest periods
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| show | Series of flights sequenced together to produce a monthly work schedule
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| show | Customer who boards the aircraft at the originating station
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| show | Request for ground personnel to meet & assist a passenger
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| NO-SHOW | show 🗑
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| show | Airline employee traveling positive space on a MUST RIDE status. This crew member needs to travel from one point to another to cover a trip or return to home base
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| show | Airline employee traveling on business holding a confirmed reservations
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| NRSA (NON-REVENUE SPACE AVAILABLE) | show 🗑
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| NON-STOP FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| NTSB (NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD) | show 🗑
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| OAL | show 🗑
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| show | Traveling via another airline or a combination of other airlines
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| show | When travel involved only one carrier
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| show | Any flight time that is not assigned to a crew member
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| ORIGIN (ORIGINATING STATION) | show 🗑
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| OUTBOUND | show 🗑
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| OVERBOOKING | show 🗑
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| show | Storage compartments located over the seats inside an aircraft cabin
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| OVERSALE | show 🗑
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| PAX/PSGR (PASSENGER) | show 🗑
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| PASSENGER COUPON | show 🗑
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| show | Passenger checked baggage at his origin city, but due to airline error, baggage did not show up on flight
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| show | Total weight of passengers & cargo carried on aircraft
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| show | Area adject to the terminal bldg for aircraft loading & unloading
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| show | Required annual training to review regulations, policies, procedures & changes
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| show | Rewriting of an existing ticket due to a change in fare, class of service, or routing
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| show | Change to a crewmembers assigned flight or flights due to unforeseen circumstances, i.e. cancellations, mechanicals, etc
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| show | Flight crew member on standby for duty
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| RESERVE SCHEDULE OR RESERVE DAYS | show 🗑
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| show | Remains overnight
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| ROUTING | show 🗑
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| show | Area used for landing and takeoff of an aircraft
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| ST. ELMOS'S FIRE | show 🗑
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| show | Flight identified w/a flight number and is published in the timetable to originate & terminate at specific stations & times
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| SEQUENCE | show 🗑
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| STANDBY | show 🗑
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| STATION | show 🗑
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| show | Intermediate stopping point on a journey, whether voluntary or involuntary
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| show | To secure baggage into a safe location in flight
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| show | To operate an aircraft under its own power on the ground, except when involved in takeoffs or landings.
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| show | Paved areas connecting the ramp to the runway
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| show | City where the flight ends
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| show | Passenger who has boarded the aircraft at a previous station & remains on board at the intermediate stop to continue on the flight to its destination
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| show | Flights requiring a change of aircraft at some intermediate point before arriving at the final destination. This change can be either online or interline. Also referred to as "connection".
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| show | Transportation Security Adminstration
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| show | Aircraft or flight that is used to operate into a city & originate as a new flight number out of that city
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| show | Children under the age of 12 traveling by themselves, without an adult
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| WAKE TURBULENCE | show 🗑
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| ZULU TIME | show 🗑
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