Terms Flashcards
AC
Air Canada
JetBlue
B6
BA
British Airways
LH
Lufthansa
Spirit Airlines
NK
Skywest
OO
QX
Horizon Air
Southwest Airlines
WN
YV
Mesa Airlines
Volaris Airlines
Y4
VS
Virgin Atlantic
ZW
AIr Wisconsin
G4
Allegiant Air
BIS
BIsmarck, ND
BOI
Boise, ID
FAR
Fargo, ND
Jackson Hole, WY
JAC
LAR
Laramie, WY
Little Rock, AR
LIT
OMA
Omaha, NE
SYR
Syracuse, NY
BKG
Branson, MO
BNA
Nashville, TN
Cincinnati, OH
CVG
Cheyenne, WY
CYS
Detroit, MI
DTW
DCA
Washington, DC (National)
GEG
Spokane, WA
IAD
Washington-Dulles, DC
IAH
Houston, TX (intercontinental)
MCI
Kansas City, MO
Harrisburg, PA
MDT
Chicago, IL (O’Hare)
ORD
West Palm Beach, FL
PBI
PDX
Portland, OR
Portland, ME
PWM
PUJ
Punts Cana, DR
RDU
Raleigh, Durham, NC
RSW
Fort Myers, FL
SFD
Louisville, KY
Sarasota, FL
SRQ
TYS
Knoxville, TN
YYC
Calamari, Canada
Birmingham, AL
BHM
BZN
Bozeman, MT
CHS
Charleston, SC
CID
Cedar Rapids, IA
Charlotte, NC
CLT
COS
Colorado Springs, CO
CMH
Columbus, OH
DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
DSM
Des Moines, LA
Durango, CA
DRO
FSD
Sioux Falls, SD
Grand Junction, CO
GJT
GRR
Grand Rapids, MI
GSP
Greenville/Spartanburg, SC
GSO
Greensboro, NC
HRL
Harrington, TX
Huntsville, AL
HSV
JAN
Jackson, MS
LFT
Lafayette, LA
LGA
New York, NY (Laguardia)
MDW
Chicago, IL (Midway)
Milwaukee, WI
MKE
MSN
Madison, WI
Missoula, MT
MSO
MSP
Minneapolis/St. Paul
ORF
Norfolk, VA
Huntsville, AL
HSV
PNS
Pensacola, FL
PSM
Portsmouth, NH
PVD
Providence, RI
PVR
Puerto Vallarta, MX
San Antonio, TX
SAT
SFO
San Francisco, CA
SJD
San Jose Del Cabo/Los Cabo’s, MX
SLC
Salt Lake City, UT
Long Island Islip, NY
ISP
STL
St. Louis, MO
SUX
Sioux City, IA
TTN
Trenton, NJ
BMI
Bloomington/Normal, IL
A/C
Aircraft
AAP
AFT Attendant Panel
ACM
Additional Crew Member
ACP
Area Call Panels
AED
Automated External Defibrillator
AIP
Attendant indication Panel
APU
Auxiliary Power Unit
ASAP
Aviation Safety Action Program
The back of the aircraft (toward the tail)
AFT
Agent
Employee who handles the ground phases of flight
Velocity of the aircraft
Air speed
Gauge that measured height of aircraft above sea level expressed in feet
Altimeter
ATC
Air traffic control
Period of time beginning when aircraft moved off blocks until the aircraft blocks in to the gate at the next point of landing
Block Time
Bid month
Month of flying, also referred to as Bid Period
Dividing wall in aircraft
Bulkhead
Bump
Remove passenger due to weight/balance or oversell
Cabin
Interior of aircraft containing passenger seats
Pilot in command (PIC) - wears four stripes on uniform
Captain
Distance between the ground and underside of clouds
Ceiling
Charter
Flight where aircraft and crew leased by group or company
Flying in set pattern until cleared to land - also called holding
Circling
Traveling from origination to destination with change of aircraft
Connection
CDO
Continuous Duty Overnight - single duty period that crosses over 2 days with reduced rest requiring day room “stand up”
CSI
Cabin Safety Inspector
Transportation at company directions to and from duty assignment
Dead head (DH)
Delayed Flight
Flight operating behind schedule due to weather, mechanicals, etc
Flight between 2 cities with more than one leg on same aircraft
Direct flight
Deplane
Passengers leaving aircraft
Dive
Steep descent
Base wheee flight crews reside
Domicile
DOT
Department of Transportation
Down line
Being away from home base or domicile
Calendar day in which duty period begins or ends and all calendar days away from base while flying a pairing
Duty Day
ECAM
Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring
Elapsed time from the time a FA reports for duty on the actual reporting whichever is later, until time FA is released from duty following the debrief period
Duty Period
EAAP
Enhanced Aft Attendant Panel
EFAM
Electronic Flight Attendant Manual
EFAP
Enhanced Forward Attendant Panel
EMK
Emergency Medical Kit
ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival
ETD
Estimated Time of Departure
Passengers boarding the A/C
Emplane (Board)
FA
Flight Attendant
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
FAP
Forward Attendant Panel
Flight operating without revenue passengers
Ferry Flight
Flight Deck
Cockpit - area where the pilots sit
FO
First Officer - wears 3 stripes on uniform
Front of aircraft (toward the nose)
FWD
Fuselage
Body of aircraft not including the wings
Small designated area containing food and beverage service items
Galley
Gate
Area where pax check in before boarding aircraft
Grounded
A/C unable to take off due to weather or mechanical duties
Speed of A/C with reference to the surface of the earth
Ground Speed
Ground time
Time spent down line between flights at airport
GSC
Ground Security Coordinator
Child 2-11 yrs old who weight is computed at 85 lbs for the manifest
Half weight
Holding
Flight preparing to land, take off, or wait for available gate
Inbound
Pax or flight coming into station
ILS
Instrument Landing System
IOE
Initial Operating Experience
Imaginary line on the earth separating 2 consecutive calendar days
International Dateline
Jetway
Walkway connecting gate area and aircraft
Collapsible seat designated for crew member and or ACM
Jumpseat
JRA
Junior assignment, crew member involuntarily placed on a duty assignment on scheduled day off
Velocity of one nautical mile per hour
Knot
Layover
Time spent down line at hotel before flights
Leg
Flight segment
LEO
Law Enforcement Officer
Line Holder
Crew member that has been awardee a line or assigned a line of time
Miss connecting flight due to late arrival at connecting station
Misconnect
MRT
Manual Release Tool
No show
Pax with confirmed reservation that doesn’t arrive for flight
Non stop
Flight that goes to planned destination without any stops
Flight cancelled - will not operate
No-op
NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board
On the job injury
OJI
Offline station
City not serviced by an airline on scheduled basis
Open time
Sequences or portions of sequences that remain unassigned after the bid awards and monthly adjustments
Operations
Company department, responsible for monitoring all ground activities
Enclosed compartment located above pax seats for stowage of luggage
Overhead bin
Per diem
Money paid to crew member for time away from base
PBE
Protective Breathing Equipment
POB
Portable Oxygen Bottle
POI
Principal Operations Inspector
PSU
Passenger Service Unit
Concrete aircraft parking area at terminal building
Ramp
Recurrent training
Recurrent ground school (RGS) FAA annual training
Last schedule flight arriving at scheduled destination following day
Red eye
Crew member available 24 hour call
Reserve
R-Day
Reserve day - day of availability for sequence assignment or other company duty
Rest period
Period of time free of all company duty between scheduled duty periods
Report time
Time crew member is scheduled to check in prior to flight assignment
RON
Remain Over Night
Runway
Area aircraft used for landing and take off
SMS
Safety Management System
Sequence
Series of segments over one or more days, that ends with legal rest in domicile
Pax up in the aisle during boarding without a seat assignment
Spinner
Pax without confirmed reservation, who goes to airport in hopes of being accommodated at departure time
Stand by
Station
City serviced regularly by frontier
Stow
To secure
Trip trade with open time
Swap
Move an aircraft under its own power on the ground
Taxi
Taxiway
Paved areas connecting the ramp to the runway
Station where flight makes its final stop
Termination
Thru passenger
Pax who remains onboard during an intermediate stop
Rough bumpy choppy air
Turbulence
UMNR
Unaccompanied Minor
UTC
Unable to Connect
WCHR
Wheelchair
What year did Frontier launched
1994
How many destinations does frontier serve
115
What percentage does frontier use more fuel efficient tank other airlines
43%
TRUE/FALSE April 2021 , frontier became publicly traded company under ticker ULCC.
True
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