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Abbreviations/Definitions Flashcards

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ACCCL

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Accept clearance

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ABI

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Advance boundary information

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ACT

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Activation message used for sending data between centres

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Active flight

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A flight whose plan filed in the database has had its status raised by an active message

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ADPF

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Air defence priority flight

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ADS

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Automatic dependant surveillance

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ADT

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Automatic data transfer (between centres)

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Airspace reservation

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A volume of airspace set aside for special use. Aircraft are not usually allowed to penetrate or fly within a given distance of such airspace unless specifically authorised

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ARINC

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Datalink communications network

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ATA

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At or after

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ATB

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At or before

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ATC/

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ATC remarks appended to a clearance by the controller

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ATLEV

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At flight level

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ATT

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Automatic track tool

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AVANA

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Approval void for aircraft not airborne by (time)

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BAM

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Ballygirreen alerting message

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CADS

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Centralised ADS

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CAR

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ICAO Caribbean region

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CDO

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Clearance delivery officer

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CFRS

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Centralised FMC waypoint reporting system

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CLA

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ORCA message type for confirming received clearance

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CLR

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East/West clearance (estimate) message between shanwick, gander and Reykjavik

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CLX

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ORCA message type for issuing clearance

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CMC

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Canadian met centre

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Communications envelope

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The parts of a message before and after the data content, which ensure that it will be handled correctly by the communication system

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Conflict probe

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The system check into conflict detection software

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CPDLC

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Controller pilot data link communications

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CPRA

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Conflict prediction and resolution area

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Datum line

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A line across oceanic airspace used to define an area where specified levels may be used which do not accord with the appropriate allocation of levels to a direction of flight (SAATS definition only)

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EBS

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Electronic briefing system

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ERA

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En route assistant

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EST

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Estimate message

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EUR

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ICAO European region

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FANS

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Future air navigation systems

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FDD

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Flight data display

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FEP

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Front end processor

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FLAS

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Flight level allocation system

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FMC

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Flight management computer

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FMG

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Forward message

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Formation flight

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A flight of more than one aircraft which by prior arrangement between the pilots operates as a single aircraft. With regard to navigation and position reporting for that portion of the flight conducted within MNPS airspace, the wing aircraft are required to maintain a distance of not more than one nautical mile laterally or longitudinally with a vertical displacement of not more than 100 feet from the flight leader

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FSM

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Flight service message

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GAATS

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Gander automated air traffic system

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GDD

A

Geographical data display

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GNE

A

Gross navigational error

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Iberian tracks

A

Eastbound or westbound tracks routeing between New York and Santa Maria which do not enter shanwick or gander

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Inactive flight

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A flight whose plan, filed in the database, has not had its status raised by an active message

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MANCL

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Manual clearance, to provide the ability to over ride a conflict

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MASPS

A

Minimum aircraft system performance specification

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MARSA

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Military assumes responsibility for separation of aircraft

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MECS

A

Message entry and correction system

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MFO

A

Message for output

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Moving airspace reservation

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An airspace reservation whose position in space changes with time

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MFS

A

Message for STIP (Paris flight plan centre)

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MNPS

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Minimum navigation performance specification

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MRSP

A

Manual reversion strip printer

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MSFL

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Minimum safe overflying level

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MTP

A

Minimum time path

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NARTEL

A

North Atlantic radio telecommunications

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NATCMA

A

North Atlantic Central monitoring agency

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NAT tracks

A

North Atlantic organised tracks

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New York tracks

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Eastbound OTS tracks that are separated from the main OTS by more than one degree at 30W (FLAS definition)

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NCGW

A

NavCanada gate way

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NDA

A

Next data authority (CPDLC message)

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OCA

A

Oceanic control area

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OCM

A

Oceanic clearance message

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ODL

A

Opposite direction level

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ORCA

A

Oceanic route clearance authorisation

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OTS

A

Organised track system

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PASLEV

A

Passing/leaving flight level

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PCM

A

MET forecast activation message

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Random flight

A

A flight not flying in accordance with the organised track structure. A random flight may cross, join or leave an organised track

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RBK

A

Read back message from shanwick radio

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RCL

A

Request clearance message

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REA

A

Reservation entry authorisation

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REDOS

A

Rapid extraction of database for operational systems

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RLM

A

Route loading message

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RMG

A

Recall message

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RMK/

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Remark field to provide additional information

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RPE

A

Revised estimate message

79
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RPT

A

Repeat message to originator

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RQP

A

Request flight plan message

81
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RVSM

A

Reduced vertical separation minima

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SAM

A

ICAO South American region

83
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SELCAL

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Code used by HF radio stations to alert flight to receive a message

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SEP

A

System engineering position

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SIGMET

A

Significant met information notified by the met office

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SITA

A

Datalink communications network

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SMG

A

Send message

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SO

A

Support operator

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Stationary airspace reservation

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An airspace reservation whose position in space remains fixed with relation to the surface of the earth

90
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TAM

A

Technical acknowledgment message

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TAS

A

True air speed

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Temporary airspace reservation

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A defined volume of airspace which by agreement between the competent ATS authority and a requesting agency is temporarily reserved for exclusive use by the requesting agency

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TIN

A

System time initiated action

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TLM

A

Track loading message

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TMI

A

Track message identification

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VCS

A

Voice communications system

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SOTA

A

Shannon oceanic transition area

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NOTA

A

Northern oceanic transition area

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BOTA

A

Brest oceanic transition area

Oceanic (5 decks)

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