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What does IATA stand for?

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International Air Transport Association

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What are the different types of airline carriers?

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Full service
Low cost
Regional
Cargo
Charter
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What does CAA stand for?

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Civil aviation authority

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What does ICAO stand for?

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International civil aviation organisation

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What does PNR stand for?

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Passenger Name Record

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What does ANSP?

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Air navigation service providers

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What does ATK/M stand for?

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Available tonne per kilometre/mile

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What does RTK/M stand for?

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Revenue tonne kilometre/mile

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What does FFP stand for?

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Frequent flier program

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What does CRS stand for?

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Computer reservations system

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What does GDS stand for?

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Global distribution system

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What does AWB stand for?

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Airway bill

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What does ACI stand for?

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Airports council international

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What does AOC stand for?

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Air operators certificate

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What is cabotage?

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Foreign operator carrying passengers between two domestic points of another country

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What is a hub and spoke system?

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Feeds air traffic from small communities through larger communities to destination via connection at larger community

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What is passenger kilometre/mile?

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One passanger transported 1km/mile

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What is revenue passenger?

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The person receiving air transport from carrier

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18
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When was the first unpiloted flight?

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6 May 1896

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When was the first piloted flight?

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17 December 1903 in the Wright Flyer, Orville Wright flew 120 ft in 12 seconds
Wright brothers

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When was the first flight in Australia?

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1909 by Cloin defries

Wilblur Wright airplane

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Who is Glenn H Curtis?

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Received 1st US pilot licence
Established first: flying school in US, firearm use in aircraft, radio communication in flight, dual control, retractable landing gear, sale to us army, military flying school

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Who is Alexander Graham?

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Invented aileron
Cofounded AEA (aerial experiment association)
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23
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When was the C172 released?

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1956

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Who was Igor Sikorsky?

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Designed and flew first multi engine fixed wing aircraft in 1913
Founded Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
First mass produced helicopter, Sikorsky R4 in 1942

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When and where was the first international flight?

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25 July 1909

France to England by Louis Bleriot

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When was the first scheduled passenger flight service?

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January 1914

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When was the first international flight service?

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1 November 1920 between Keywest FL and Havana, Cuba

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When was the first England to Australia flight?

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November/December 1919
By ross and Keith smith in a Vickers Vimy
Total 135 hours

29
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First round the world flight?

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Wiley post and Harold Gatty (navigator) in 1931, took 8 days

Solo, Wiley post 1933, 7 days

30
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What was the first jet airliner?

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Type 618 Nene Viking 1948

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What was the first commercial jet airliner?

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Da havvilland comet 1949, enter service 1952

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First Boeing jet?

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Boeing 707
First flight 1957
Entered 1958

33
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First Douglas jet?

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DC8
First. Flight 1958
Service 1959

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First wide body?

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Boeing 747

35
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Supersonic transport?

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Concorde
First flight 1969
Enter service 1976
Retired 2003
Reach Mach 2
36
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First airbus?

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a300
First flight 1972
Entered service 1974

37
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First entirely computer designed commercial aircraft?

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Boeing 777
First flight 1994
Established 1995

38
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When was the Chicago Conference?

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1 November to 7 December 1944

39
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What were the outcomes of the Chicago conference?

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No cabotage
Standardisation of customs, immigration rules, ATC rules, documentation
National sovereignty over airspace confirmed

40
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When was QANTAS established?

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16 November 1920

41
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What does QANTAS stand for?

A

Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services

42
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When was the jet era?

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1960s

43
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How was REX formed?

A

Kendall airways (Wagga) and Hazelton (ACT) merged after ANSETT collapsed

44
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When was Virgin blue formed?

A

2000

Brisbane-Sydney-Brisbane

45
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When did ANSETT collapse?

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14 September 2001

46
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How and when did Jetstsr form?

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QANTAS acquired impulse in 2001, relaunched as Jetstar in 2003

47
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What are human factor?

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Refers to any factor that can influence human activity

Focuses on human operation at centre of activity and relationship with others involved

48
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Where is human factors evolved from?

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Engineering
Ergonomics
Psychology
Physiology

49
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What are the two error types?

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Active

Latent

50
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What are active errors?

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Made by front liner operators (pilot)
Very common
May/may not cause accident/incident

51
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What are latent errors?

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Decisions made by supervisors, managers, designers etc
Delayed effect
Can lie dormant
Can cause accident in combination with active error

52
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What is the SHELL model?

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Software (checklist, manuals)
Hardware (machines, tools, equipment)
Environment (physical, economic, social/culture,time pressure)
Liveware (central component, physical size, shape, sensory, tolerance)
Liveware (significant other players)

53
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How would you use SHELL to analyse errors?

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Catalogue relationships according to SHELL
Consider underlying error/potential errors within interactions
Latent conditions, active errors
NOTE: SHELL places individual at centre, can lead to that person being blamed without uncovering underlying problems

54
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What are the main factors affecting team performance?

A

Personality (leadership, followership, authority gradient, communication)
Stress
Fatigue
Workload

55
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What is the difference between steep and flat authority gradient?

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Steep: junior copilot submissive to dominant captain
Flat: two captains similar experience, no one clearly in command

56
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What is stress?

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Response to unflavoured environmental conditions and how body reacts to demands
Stressor=stimulus
Stress=response

57
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What are the two types of stress?

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Acute, sudden and unexpected event

Chronic, continues for a long time

58
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What can continued exposed to stress lead to?

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Insomnia
Lack of appetite
Headache
Irritability

59
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What are some environmental stressors?

A 
Noise, greater than 90db
Vibration
Temperature, less than 15 or greater than 30
Hypoxia
Fatigue
Humidity
60
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What are some aviation stress?

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Being checked
Monotonous tasks
Conflict with crew
G force
Emergency
Away from family
Noise/vibration
Fatigue
61
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What are some indicators of “flight and fight” response?

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Increased blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, sweating, muscle blood flow

62
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What are the types of memory?

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Sensory - stored temporarily then forgotten
Long term - max number of non connected items that can be recalled approx 9
Working - recall info stored a long time ago, via repetition and vivid occurrence

63
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What is the formula for climb gradient?

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Thrust minus drag divide by weight times by 100%

64
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What is minimum angle of glide formula?

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-1/L/D max times by 100%

L/D MAX = weight / drag times by 100%

65
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What is load factor?

A

Lift / weight

66
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What is the aspect ratio of the wing formula?

A

(Wing span)squared / wing area

67
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What is the formula for parasitic drag at point if minimum drag?

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Parasite = minimum drag / 2

68
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What is the rate of climb formula?

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[Thrust minus drag divided by weight ] times by 100%

69
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What is the Mach number formula?

A

True airspeed divided by speed of sound (590 kts)

70
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What is the bank angle formula?

A

Inverse cos 1/n

Intro To Aviation (4 decks)

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