Aviation terminology
Across
- 4. Initial Operating Experience
- 5. A city serviced regularly by Frontier Airlines.
- 6. Money paid to a crewmember for time away from base or domicile.
- 9. Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring
- 11. Time The time a crewmember is scheduled to check-in prior to a flight assignment.
- 13. Time Period of time beginning when the aircraft moves off blocks until the aircraft blocks in to the gate at the next point of landing.
- 15. Forward Attendant Panel
- 16. The concrete aircraft parking area at the terminal building.
- 22. First Officer - Wears three stripes on uniform.
- 23. PAX without a confirmed reservation, who goes to the airport in hopes of being accommodated at departure time.
- 25. Imaginary line on the Earth separating two consecutive calendar days.
- 27. Additional Crew Member
- 29. The interior of the aircraft containing passenger seats.
- 30. A crewmember available on a 24-hour call.
- 31. Protective Breathing Equipment
- 32. A Flight between two cities with more than one leg on the same aircraft.
- 34. Portable Oxygen Bottle
- 36. AFT Attendant Panel
- 38. Sequences or portions of sequences that remain unassigned after the bid awards and monthly adjustments.
- 42. Cabin Safety Inspector
- 43. On-the-job-injury
- 44. A base where flight crews reside.
- 45. Federal Aviation Administration
- 47. To remove a passenger due to weight/balance or over sale.
- 48. Velocity of one nautical mile per hour.
- 52. A passenger who remains onboard during an intermediate
- 54. Department of Transportation
- 55. Ground Security Coordinator
- 56. A flight segment
- 57. The body of the aircraft not including the wings.
- 58. The distance between the ground and the underside of clouds.
- 61. A flight operating without revenue passengers (customers).
- 62. Collapsible seat designated for a crewmember and/or an ACM.
- 68. A child 2-11 yrs. old whose weight is computed at 85lbs. for the manifest.
- 70. The station where a flight makes its final stop.
- 72. Speed The velocity of the aircraft.
- 73. Air Traffic Control
- 75. Auxiliary Power Unit
- 76. Flight Attendant
- 77. Electronic Flight Attendant Manual
- 78. Enhanced Forward Attendant Panel
- 81. Estimated Time of Arrival
- 82. A series of segments over one or more days, that ends with a legal rest in domicile.
- 85. A/C unable to take off due to weather or mechanical difficulties.
- 87. The company department, responsible for monitoring all ground activities.
- 88. Junior Assignment, A crewmember involuntarily placed on a duty assignment on a scheduled day off.
- 89. Elapsed time from the time a FA reports for duty or the actual reporting whichever is later, until the time the FA is released from duty following the debrief period.
- 90. Rough, bumpy, or choppy air.
- 91. Emergency Medical Kit
- 93. The Pilot In Command (PIC) - Wears four stripes on uniform.
- 95. Passenger or flight coming into a station.
- 96. Paved areas connecting the ramp to the runway.
- 101. Transportation at company direction to or from a duty assignment.
- 102. A passenger up in the aisle during boarding without a seat assignment.
- 103. speed The speed of an aircraft with reference to the surface of the earth.
Down
- 1. National Transportation Safety Board
- 2. The period of time free of all Company duty between scheduled duty periods.
- 3. To miss a connecting flight due to late arrival at the connecting station.
- 7. Being away from the home base or domicile.
- 8. Unable to Contact
- 10. Small, designated area containing food and beverage service items.
- 11. Last scheduled flight arriving in the scheduled destination the following day.
- 12. time Time spent down-line in between flights at the airport.
- 14. An enclosed compartment located above passenger seats for stowage of luggage.
- 17. Passenger Service Unit
- 18. Wheelchair
- 19. A steep descent.
- 20. Passenger
- 21. A flight operating behind schedule due to weather, mechanicals, etc.
- 24. Safety Management System
- 26. Flight cancelled-will not operate.
- 28. Manual Release Tool
- 33. Flying in a set pattern until cleared to land - also called holding.
- 35. Principal Operations Inspector
- 37. Area Call Panels
- 39. A flight that goes to the planned destination without making any stops.
- 40. A flight where the aircraft and crew are leased by a group or company.
- 41. Aviation Safety Action Program
- 46. Gauge that measures the height of an aircraft above sea level expressed in feet.
- 49. Front of the aircraft (toward the nose).
- 50. Aircraft
- 51. Any dividing wall in an aircraft.
- 53. A city not serviced by an airline on a scheduled basis.
- 59. Passengers boarding the A/C.
- 60. Passenger with a confirmed reservation that does not arrive for the flight.
- 62. Walkway connecting the gate area and the aircraft.
- 63. The back of the aircraft (toward the tail).
- 64. Deck The cockpit -The area where the pilots sit.
- 65. Recurrent Ground School (RGS). FAA required annual training.
- 66. Month A month of flying, also referred to as Bid Period.
- 67. The area where passengers check-in before boarding the aircraft.
- 69. A crewmember that has been awarded a line or assigned a line of time.
- 71. The area an aircraft uses for landing and take-off.
- 74. Passengers leaving the aircraft.
- 79. Remain Over Night
- 80. Law Enforcement Officer
- 83. Enhanced Aft Attendant Panel
- 84. Estimated Time of Departure
- 86. Time spent down-line at a hotel between flights.
- 92. Continuous Duty Overnight, A single duty period that crosses over two days with a reduced rest requiring a day room "stand-up."
- 93. Traveling from origination to destination with a change of aircraft.
- 94. A calendar day in which a duty period begins or ends and all calendar days away from base while flying a pairing.
- 97. Attendant Indication Panel
- 98. An employee who handles the ground phases of the flight.
- 99. To move an aircraft, under its own power, on the ground.
- 100. Automated External Defibrillator
- 102. To secure.