Airline Terminology
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| show | Vehicle that can fly, i.e. airplane, helicopter or glider
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| show | Additional Crew Member (Jumpseat rider)
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| AFT | show 🗑
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| AGENT | show 🗑
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| show | 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 thru which it moves
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| show | Condition in the atmosphere than can cause an airplane to loose altitude quickly.
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| show | Velocity of an aircraft
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| show | Non-US citizen
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| ALT | show 🗑
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| ALTIMETER | show 🗑
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| show | Height of which the Aircraft flies above sea level
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| AOG | show 🗑
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| show | Controle of local air traffic in the vicinity of an airport by the FAA
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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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| BID SHEET | show 🗑
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| BLOCK-TO-BLOCK | show 🗑
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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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| BUMP | show 🗑
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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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| show | Aircraft & crew leased by a company for an unscheduled flight
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| CHOCKS | show 🗑
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| CITY CODE | show 🗑
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| CITY PAIR | show 🗑
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| show | Aka flight deck, where pilot sits
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| show | Company Mail/Company Materials
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| show | Area of terminal where gates are located, where aircraft arrive/depart from gate and load/deplane passengers
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| CONNECTION/CONNECTING FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| CREW REST | show 🗑
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| CREW SCHEDULING | show 🗑
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| show | Doing Business As
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| show | Transportation of a crew member from 1 point to another in order to cover a trip or return to home base
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| DELAY | show 🗑
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| show | Stopping place where journey concludes
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| show | Flight which may make an intermediate stop or stops before reaching its final destination but requires NO change of aircraft
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| show | Steep descent
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| DOMICILE | show 🗑
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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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| show | Actual aircraft
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| ETA (ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL) | show 🗑
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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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| show | 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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| FWD (FORWARD) | show 🗑
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| GALLEY | show 🗑
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| show | Area in terminal building where passengers gather before boarding an aircraft
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| show | Last departure point from a country before arriving in another country
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| GPU (GROUND POWER UNIT) | show 🗑
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| GROUND SPEED | show 🗑
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| show | Employee charged w/overall responsibility of security related issues while aircraft is on the ground
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| show | Flight that is waiting for instructions to either takeoff, land or park at an available gate
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| show | Aircraft coming into/arriving at a city
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| show | 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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| show | When the routing from origin to destination requires 2 or more different air carriers to accommodate the passenger to their final destination
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| INTERLINE CONNECTION | show 🗑
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| INTERMEDIATE STATION | show 🗑
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| ISC (INFLIGHT SECURITY COORDINATOR) | show 🗑
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| show | Collapsible seat in the cockpit occupied by authorized personnel
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| JUMPSEAT AUTHORITY | show 🗑
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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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| show | -Time spent on the ground between flights when passenger's itinerary involves a connection
-Time spent downline between flight (crew rest)
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| show | Refers to each flight of the passenger or crew member itinerary
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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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| NRPS (NON-REVENUE POSITIVE SPACE) | show 🗑
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| show | Airline employee traveling for personal reasons, if space is available
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| NON-STOP FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| show | Gov't agency that investigates & reports for accidents and recommends solutions to the FAA
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| show | Other airline
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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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| OPEN TIME | show 🗑
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| show | City where the flight begins
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| show | Aircraft that would be departing from a city
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| OVERBOOKING | show 🗑
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| OVERHEAD BINS | show 🗑
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| OVERSALE | show 🗑
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| show | Customer who travels on a scheduled airline flight
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| show | The last coupon of an airline ticket. Coupon is clearly marked & serves as the passenger record for expense reports.
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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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| RAMP | show 🗑
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| show | Required annual training to review regulations, policies, procedures & changes
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| REISSUE/REROUTE | show 🗑
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| RESCHEDULED FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| show | Flight crew member on standby for duty
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| show | Month or day schedule requiring a crew member to be available on a "stand-by" basis in the event of unforeseen scheduling emergencies
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| RON | show 🗑
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| show | How travel is arranged between origin and destination
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| show | Area used for landing and takeoff of an aircraft
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| show | Build up of electrical charge on the airplane
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| SCHEDULED FLIGHT | show 🗑
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| SEQUENCE | show 🗑
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| STANDBY | show 🗑
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| STATION | show 🗑
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| STOP/STOPOVER | show 🗑
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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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| TERMINATING STATION | show 🗑
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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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| UNACCOMPANIED MINOR | show 🗑
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| show | The disturbance in the air caused by the passage of an airfoil
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| ZULU TIME | show 🗑
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