Airline Terms and Abbreviations

Aircraft

AFT Attendant Panel

Additional Crew Member

Area Call Panels

Automated External Defibrillator

Attendant Indication Panel

Auxiliary Power Unit

Aviation Safety Action Program

The back of the aircraft (toward the tail).

An employee who handles the ground phases of the flight.

The velocity of the aircraft.

Gauge that measures the height of an aircraft above sea level expressed in feet.

Air Traffic Control

Period of time beginning when the aircraft moves off blocks until the aircraft blocks in to the gate at the next point of landing.

A month of flying, also referred to as Bid Period.

Any dividing wall in an aircraft.

To remove a passenger due to weight/balance or over sale.

The interior of the aircraft containing passenger seats.

The Pilot In Command (PIC) - Wears four stripes on uniform.

The distance between the ground and the underside of clouds.

A flight where the aircraft and crew are leased by a group or company.

Flying in a set pattern until cleared to land - also called holding.

Traveling from origination to destination with a change of aircraft.

Continuous Duty Overnight, A single duty period that crosses over two days with a reduced rest requiring a day room "stand-up."

Cabin Safety Inspector

Transportation at company direction to or from a duty assignment.

A flight operating behind schedule due to weather, mechanicals, etc.

A Flight between two cities with more than one leg on the same aircraft.

Passengers leaving the aircraft.

A steep descent.

A base where flight crews reside.

Department of Transportation

Being away from the home base or domicile.

A calendar day in which a duty period begins or ends and all calendar days away from base while flying a pairing.

Elapsed time from the time a FA reports for duty or the actual reporting whichever is later, until the time the FA is released from duty following the debrief period.

Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring

Enhanced Aft Attendant Panel

Electronic Flight Attendant Manual

Enhanced Forward Attendant Panel

Emergency Medical Kit

Estimated Time of Arrival

Estimated Time of Departure

Passengers boarding the A/C.

Flight Attendant

Federal Aviation Administration

Forward Attendant Panel

A flight operating without revenue passengers (customers).

The cockpit -The area where the pilots sit.

First Officer - Wears three stripes on uniform.

Front of the aircraft (toward the nose).

The body of the aircraft not including the wings.

Small, designated area containing food and beverage service items.

The area where passengers check-in before boarding the aircraft.

A/C unable to take off due to weather or mechanical difficulties.

The speed of an aircraft with reference to the surface of the earth.

Time spent down-line in between flights at the airport.

Ground Security Coordinator

A child 2-11 yrs. Old whose weight is computed at 85 lbs. For the manifest.

Passenger or flight coming into a station.

Initial Operating Experience

Imaginary line on the Earth separating two consecutive calendar days.

Walkway connecting the gate area and the aircraft.

Collapsible seat designated for a crewmember and/or an ACM.

Junior Assignment, A crewmember involuntarily placed on a duty assignment on a scheduled day off.

Velocity of one nautical mile per hour.

Time spent down-line at a hotel between flights.

A flight segment - Example: DEN-ATL-CVG is two legs.

Law Enforcement Officer

A crewmember that has been awarded a line or assigned a line of time.

To miss a connecting flight due to late arrival at the connecting station.

Manual Release Tool

Passenger with a confirmed reservation that does not arrive for the flight.

A flight that goes to the planned destination without making any stops.

Flight cancelled-will not operate.

National Transportation Safety Board

On-the-job-injury

A city not serviced by an airline on a scheduled basis.

Sequences or portions of sequences that remain unassigned after the bid awards and monthly adjustments.

The company department, responsible for monitoring all ground activities.

An enclosed compartment located above passenger seats for stowage of luggage.

Money paid to a crewmember for time away from base or domicile.

Passenger

Protective Breathing Equipment

Portable Oxygen Bottle

Principal Operations Inspector

Passenger Service Unit

The concrete aircraft parking area at the terminal building.

Recurrent Ground School (RGS). FAA required annual training.

Last scheduled flight arriving in the scheduled destination the following day.

A crewmember available on a 24-hour call.

The period of time free of all Company duty between scheduled duty periods.

The time a crewmember is scheduled to check-in prior to a flight assignment.

Remain Over Night

The area an aircraft uses for landing and take-off.

Safety Management System

A series of segments over one or more days, that ends with a legal rest in domicile.

A passenger up in the aisle during boarding without a seat assignment.

PAX without a confirmed reservation, who goes to the airport in hopes of being accommodated at departure time.

A city serviced regularly by Frontier Airlines.

To secure.

To move an aircraft, under its own power, on the ground.

Paved areas connecting the ramp to the runway.

The station where a flight makes its final stop.

A passenger who remains onboard during an intermediate stop.

Rough, bumpy, or choppy air.

Unable to Contact

Wheelchair