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1
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CC

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Cabin Crew Member

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SCC

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Senior Cabin Crew

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PAX

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Passanger

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PAX

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Passanger

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CAA

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Civil Aviation Authority

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CMD

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Commander

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ICAO

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International Civil Aviation Organisation

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OM

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Operations Manual

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SEP

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Cabin Safety and Procedures Manual/Safety and Emergency procedures manual

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CAM

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Cabin attendant manual

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Operating Crew Member

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crew member carrying out duties during a sector

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CAA

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Civil Aviation Authorities

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AOC

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Air Operator’s Certificate

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Ramp Inspection

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on the spot assessment of air craft’s condition, crew qualifications and documentation

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CAA inspectors/auditors

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act as an expert in relation to approving organisations/individuals, conduct investigations, make sure airlines comply with air regulations standards, demand corrective actions before an air craft departs if their findings have immediate impact on safety

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Findings

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Important outcome during ramp inspection.
Level 1 - Significant non-compliance detected
Level 2 - Any non-compliance detected

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What are the category of the “findings” considering severity?

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Category 1 - Minor influence on safety
Category 2 - Significant influence of safety
Category 3 - Major influence on safety

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Flight time

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The time between an aircraft first moving from it’s parking until it comes to rest in it’s parking position and engines are turned off

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FDP

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Flight Duty Period ?

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What is flight duty period? (FDP)

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It’s a period of time that starts when the crew member is required to report for duty and finished when air craft finally comes to rest and engines are shut down

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Duty period

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A period of time that starts when a crew member is required to report for duty and ends when that person is free of all duty, including post flight duties

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Slot time

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The permission to use the full range of an airport infrastructure on a specific date and time for the purpose of landing or take off

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SBY

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Standby

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Maximum FDP

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Maximum Flight Duty Period: maximum allowed time that a crew member can spend on his flight duty

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Safety

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the state in which possibility of harm to person or property is reduced and mantained under an acceptable level thru a process of hazard identification

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SMS

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Safety management system: systematic approach to maintaining safety

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just culture/no blame curture

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A large portion of unsafe acts are caused by genuine human error and it has no purpose punishing the person

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just culture/no blame curture

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A large portion of unsafe acts are caused by genuine human error and it has no purpose punishing the person

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SMS

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Safety Management System

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SMAS

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Safety assessment and Managment system

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FDR/CVR

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flight data recorder/cockpit voice recorder

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Fatigue

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physiological state of reduced mental or physical performance

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FRM

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Fatigue Risk Management

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Jet lag

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Psychological and Physiological symptoms experienced when we are adapting to a new time zone

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ATC

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Air traffic control

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Jet bridge

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mobile walkway (tunnel) that connects airport and aircraft to get passengers on board

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GPU

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Ground Power Unit

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APU

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Auxilary Power Unit

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MEL

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Minimum Equipment List

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Girt bar

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Metal bar that has evacuation slide attached to it

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Traffic separations rules

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rules that ensure that each air craft maintains a minimum amount of empty space around it at all times

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MEL

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minimum equipment list

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ELT

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Emergency locator transmitter

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PBE

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Protecting Breathing Equipment

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Load sheet

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Document that includes all the calculations of mass and balance of the airplane

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Journey log

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document containing info on aircraft registration, crew members names and assigned duties, date and place of arrival ect

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Journey log

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document containing info on aircraft registration, crew members names and assigned duties, date and place of arrival ect

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Direct view

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direct sight into the cabin from CC seat

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CAT

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Clear Air turbulance

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Outbound

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flight going out of the airport

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Inbound

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flight coming into the airport

52
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PAN PAN

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used incase of non-life threatening urgency

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MAYDAY

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Used incase of life threatening emergency

54
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CRM

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Crew Resource Management: use of all available resources for the flight crew members to ensure safe and efficient operations

55
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SCP

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Special category passengers

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NITS BRIEFING

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Briefing organised in abnormal/emergency situations

57
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RES

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Reserve

58
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LVO

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Low Visibility Operation

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ILS

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Instrument landing system

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RTO

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Rejected Take off

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WCHR

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Wheelchair ramp: passanger that can walk up the stairs and in the airplane but just needs a wheelchair to walk long distaces in the airport

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WCHS

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Wheelchair stairs: passanger that can walk by himself in the airplane but can’t walk up the stairs and needs a wheelchair around the airport

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WCHC

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Wheelchair cabin: passanger who is completely immobile

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WCHC

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Wheelchair cabin: passanger who is completely immobile

65
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PIC

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Pilot in command

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CR

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Controlled Rest

67
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Ditching

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Emergency landing of an Aircraft on water

68
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Ditching

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Emergency landing of an Aircraft on water

69
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LVO

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Low visibility operation

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TUC

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Time of useful contiousness

71
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Class C of fire

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Electrical fire
Extinguished by fire extinguishers

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