Airport Terms
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| A/C (AIRCRAFT) | show 🗑
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| ACM | show 🗑
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| AFT | show 🗑
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| show | A company employee concerned with the handling of ground phases of flight operations.
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| show | A commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers.
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| show | Any surface, such as an airplane wing, designed to obtain reaction from the air through which it moves.
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| show | A condition in the atmosphere that can cause an airplane to loose altitude quickly.
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| show | The velocity of an aircraft.
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| ALIEN | show 🗑
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| show | Alternate Airport
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| show | The instrument used to measure the height of an aircraft above sea level, usually expressed in feet.
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| show | The height of which an aircraft flies above sea level.
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| show | Aircraft on Ground (Grounded due to Maintenance)
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| APOLLO | show 🗑
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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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| show | A flight attendant awarded a line of flying for a particular month.
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| BID SHEET | show 🗑
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| show | A time interval, beginning when the aircraft pulls away from the gate at the departure city and ending when the aircraft comes to a complete stop at the gate of the arrival city.
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| BOARDING PASS | show 🗑
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| BOW (BASIC OPERATING WEIGHT) | show 🗑
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| show | A term used to define any dividing wall in the cabin of an aircraft.
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| BUMP | show 🗑
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| CABIN | show 🗑
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| CANCELLED FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| CAPT or CA (CAPTAIN) | show 🗑
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| show | Small personal items passengers are electing to carry in the cabin of the aircraft during flight. GoJet limits two per passenger.
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| CEILING | show 🗑
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| CFR | show 🗑
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| CFR | show 🗑
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| CHARTER FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| show | Blocks placed in front of and behind aircraft tires to prevent aircraft from rolling in the ramp gate area.
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| CITY CODE | show 🗑
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| show | Departure and arrival cities.
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| COCKPIT | show 🗑
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| COMAIL/COMAT | show 🗑
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| CONCOURSE | show 🗑
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| CONNECTION/CONNECTING FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| show | The rest period required by a crew after a completed trip.
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| CREW SCHEDULING | show 🗑
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| DBA | show 🗑
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| DEADHEAD | show 🗑
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| show | A flight that is operating later than scheduled.
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| DESTINATION | show 🗑
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| show | A flight which may make an intermediate stop or stops before reaching its final destination but requires no change of aircraft.
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| DIVE | show 🗑
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| DOMICILE | show 🗑
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| show | The government agency that governs economic concerns of the transportation industry.
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| DOWNLINE | show 🗑
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| show | The actual aircraft.
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| ETA (ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL) | show 🗑
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| show | The 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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| show | The government agency that regulates the safety of airline operations through specific Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs).
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| show | A flight operated without revenue passengers, cargo or mail. A ferry flight is flown to move the aircraft to a different city either to begin a flight or to undergo maintenance.
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| show | The movement of an aircraft from one location to another, as a scheduled flight, extra section, ferry flight, test flight or training flight.
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| F/O (FIRST OFFICER) | show 🗑
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| FLOOR LEVEL EXIT | show 🗑
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| FUSELAGE | show 🗑
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| show | The front of the aircraft towards the cockpit.
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| show | Small designated area where beverages & meals are served.
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| GATE | show 🗑
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| GATEWAY | show 🗑
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| show | Ground support equipment used to supply on board power (lights, heat, air conditioning, etc.) to the aircraft.
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| show | The speed of aircraft with reference to the surface of the earth.
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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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| show | A system of navigational radios used for guiding aircraft during unfavorable weather conditions such as fog.
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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 | A scheduled stop or stops between the originating city and the final destination.
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| show | The Captain of the flight who is charged with the overall responsibility of security related issues while the aircraft is in flight.
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| JUMPSEAT | show 🗑
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| show | Authorization given to crew members & other eligible personnel to travel in the jumpseat.
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| show | Authorized personnel occupying the jumpseat.
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| show | Velocity of one nautical mile per hour.
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| LAYOVER | show 🗑
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| show | Refers to each flight of the passenger or crew member itinerary.
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| LEGALITIES | show 🗑
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| show | A 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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| MAAS (MEET AND ASSIST) | show 🗑
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| show | A traveler who does not show up for a flight on which he has a reservation & fails to cancel that reservation. Airlines will cancel all further flights on a traveller’s itinerary when a passenger no-shows.
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| show | An airline employee travelling 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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| NRPS (NON-REVENUE POSITIVE SPACE) | show 🗑
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| show | An airline employee traveling for personal reasons, if space is available.
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| show | A flight that takes off at your origin point & does not land until it reaches your final destination point.
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| NTSB (NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD) | show 🗑
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| show | Other Airline.
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| OFFLINE | show 🗑
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| ONLINE | show 🗑
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| show | Changing from one flight to another flight of the same carrier.
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| OPEN TIME | show 🗑
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| ORIGIN (ORIGINATING STATION) | show 🗑
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| OUTBOUND | show 🗑
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| show | The practice by the airlines of confirming more seats on an aircraft than are actually available. Overbooking is designed to protect the airlines from no-shows.
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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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| show | Customer who travels on a scheduled airline flight.
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| show | This passenger had checked his baggage at his origin city & at his destination his did not show up on the flight due to an error on the airline(s) part.
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| PAYLOAD | show 🗑
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| show | The area adjacent to the terminal building for aircraft loading & unloading.
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| RECURRENT TRAINING | show 🗑
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| show | A rewriting of an existing ticket due to a change in fare, class of service or routing.
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| RESCHEDULED FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| show | Flight crew 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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| show | The way travel between the origin & destination is arranged.
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| show | The area used specifically for the landing & takeoff of aircraft.
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| show | A build up of electrical charge on the airplane.
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| show | A flight identified with a flight number & is published in the timetable to originate & terminate at specific station & times.
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| SEQUENCE | show 🗑
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| STANDBY | show 🗑
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| show | Airport office in a city served by GoJet Airlines.
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| show | An 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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| TAXI WAY | show 🗑
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| TERMINATING STATION | show 🗑
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| show | A passenger who has boarded the aircraft at a previous station & remains on board at the immediate 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 Administration
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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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| show | Standard world time. Based on the local time at the Prime Meridian. Used by APOLLO for inputting flight times.
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