General Knowledge ATM Written Flashcards
What is RIL stands for?
Runway Intersection Lights
Lets pilot know that there is another high speed traffic on the intersecting runway.
Color is RED
uninhabited region
is a place where no people live permenantly
circadian low meaninng
the hours between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m
consistent and restorative sleep.
without: sleeping problems, including insomnia
supplemental operations
usually a for-hire operation that doesn’t fall under the normal operations of the 121 carrier and are generally unscheduled operations.
deadhead operations
one who is traveling to a destination to be repositioned as part of an on-duty assignment.
pyrotecnic signal
payroteknik
visual distress signal which is widely used even amidst today’s highly advanced ship navigation and communication systems.
unaugmented flight crew
unagmentet
Extra flight crew in flight
flightcrew members to work in shifts and rest during the flight.
What is the following?
Take off Hold Light (THL)
Difference between RIL and THL?
Takeoff Hold Lights (THL): Red unidirectional lights in a double-longitudinal row, located parallel to runway centerline lighting.
Runway Intersection Lights (RIL): Similar to THLs, but located on a runway, prior to intersection with another runway.
What is FAROS System
Aircraft or vehicle on a runway, PAPI will start flash to let the pilot on approach know
For the line check requirements, do you need to fly the different types of the planes?
No, One is good.
What does ETOPS stand for?
Extended-range twin-engine operational performance standards
CRM includes:
All resources; Hardware; information, human
what us FOD?
Foreign Object Damage
What is (RVSM)
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
What is the use of RVSM?
reduces the vertical separation of aircraft from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet from FL290 to FL410
(TODA)
Takeoff distance available
(TORA),
Takeoff run available
ASDA
Accelerate-Stop Distance Available
LDA
Landing Distance Avaliable
REIL
Runway End Identifier Lights
CFIT
Controlled Flight Into Terrain
Braking Action Advisories are in affect meaning?
When tower controllers receive runway braking action reports which include the terms “medium,” “poor,” or “nil,” or whenever weather conditions are conducive to deteriorating or rapidly changing runway braking conditions, the tower will include on the ATIS broadcast the statement,