Basic Flashcards
AARC
Aircraft airworthiness review certificate
ACAS
Airborne collision avoidance system
AD
Airworthiness directive
Aerodrome (ICAO)
ADR
Aerodrome
AFM
Aircraft flight manual
AGL
above ground level
AIP
Aeronautical information publication
AIRAC
Aeronautical information regulation and control
AIS
Aeronautical information services
AMM
Aircraft maintenance manual
ANS
Air navigation service
AOC
Air operater certificate
APAPI
Abbreviated precision approach path indicator
APU
Auxiliary power unit
ARC
Airworthiness review certificate
Area chart
ARC
Aerodrome reference code
ASBU
Aviation system block upgrades
ASDA
Accelerate stop distance available
A-SMGCS
Advanced surface movement guidance and control system
ATA
Air Transportation Association
ATC
Air traffic control
ATIS
Automatic terminal information service
ATS
Air traffic services
AT-VASIS
abbreviated T- visual approach slope indicator system
AUR
Airspace usage requirements
A-VDGS
Advance visual docking guidance system
AWO
All-weather operations
CAT
Commercial air transport
Clear-air turbulence
CC
Cabin crew
CDL
Configuration deviation list
CGA
Clear and graded area
CMPA
Complex motor-powered aircraft
CofA
Certificate of Airworthiness
CPDLC
Controller-pilot data link communications
CRC
Cyclic redundancy check
CRM
Crew resource management
CRS
Certificate of release to service
CS(s)
Certification specification(s)
CS-23
Certification Specifications for Normal, Utility, Aerobatic and Commuter Aeroplanes
CS-25
Certification Specifications and Acceptable Means of Compliance for Large Aeroplanes
CS-26
Additional Airworthiness Specifications for Operations
CS-34
Certification Specifications, Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material for Aircraft Engine Emissions and Fuel Venting
CS-36
Certification Specifications. Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material for Aircraft Noise
CS-ACNS
Certification Specifications and Acceptable Means of Compliance for Airborne Communications, Navigation and Surveillance
CS-ADR-DSN
Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Aerodromes Design
CS-APU
Certification Specifications, including Airworthiness Codes and Acceptable Means of Compliance, for Auxiliary Power Units
CS-AWO
Certification Specifications, including Airworthiness Codes and Acceptable Means of Compliance, for All Weather Operations
CS-Definitions
Definitions and abbreviations used in the Certification Specifications for Products, Parts and Appliances
CS-E
Certification Specifications and Acceptable Means of Compliance for Engines
CS-ETSO
Certification Specifications for European Technical Standard Orders
CS-FTL.1
Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Commercial Air Transport by Aeroplane- Scheduled and Charter Operations
CS-FTL.2
Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Commercial Air Transport by Aeroplane - Air Taxi Operations and Aeroplane Emergency Medical Service (AEMS) Operations
CS-GEN-MMEL
Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Generic Master Minimum Equipment List
CS-MMEL
Certification Specifications and Guidance Material for Master Minimum Equipment List
CS-P
Certification Specifications for Propellers
CVR
Cockpit voice recorder
CWY
Clearway
DA
Decision altitude
DAH
Design Approval Holder
DA/H
Decision altitude/height
D-ATIS
Data link- automatic terminal information service
DGs
Dangerous goods
DH
Decision height
DME
Distance-measuring equipment
D-VOLMET
Data link- VOLMET
EASA
European Union Aviation Safety Agency
ELT
Emergency locator transmitter
ER
Essential requirement
ETOPS
Extended range operation
Extended twin engine operation
Extended range operation by twin engined aeroplane
EU-OPS
It stands for Regulation (EC) No 859/2008 of 20 August 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3922/91 as regards common technical requirements and administrative procedures applicable to commercial transportation by Aeroplane. It represents the basis of commercial air transport operations with Aeroplanes, on which CAT operations requirements for Aeroplanes in the current Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 on air operations were built.
EVS
Enhanced vision system
FC
Flight crew
FCD
Flight crew data
FCL
Flight crew licensing
FDM
Flight data monitoring
FDP
Flight duty period
FDR
Flight data recorder
FIC
Flight information centre
FIR
Flight information region
FIS
Flight information service
FL
Flight level
FOD
Foreign object damage/debris