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1. Aircraft A/C
2. AAP Aft Attendant Panel
3. ACM Additional Crew Member
4. ACP Area Call Panel
5. AED automated external defibrillator
6. AIP Attendant Indication Panel
7. APU Auxiliary Power Unit.
-A small engine installed in the tail
of an aircraft used to provide
electrical power and air conditioning
while the aircraft is on the
ground.
8. ASAP Aviation Safety Action Program
9. AFT The rear of the aircraft (towards the
tail)
10. Agent An employee who handles the ground
phases of the flight
11. Air Speed The velocity of the aircraft
12. Altimeter Gauge that measures the height of
an aircraft above sea level
expressed in feet
13. ATC Air Traflc Control
14. Block Time Period of time beginning when the
air- craft moves ott blocks until the
aircraft
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blocks in to the gate at the next point of
landing
15. Bid Month A month of flying, also referred to as
Bid Period
16. Bulkhead Any dividing wall in an aircraft
17. Bump To remove a passenger due to
weight/balance or over sale.
18. Cabin The interior of the aircraft containing
passenger seats
19. Captain (PIC) The Pilot In Command - Wears
four stripes on uniform
20. Ceiling The distance between the ground and
the underside of clouds
21. Charter A flight where the aircraft and crew
are leased by a group or
company
22. Circling Flying in a set pattern until cleared to
land - also called holding
23. CDO Continuous Duty Overnight
-A single duty period that crosses
over two days with a reduced rest
requiring a day room "stand-up"
24. CSI Cabin Safety Inspector
25. Deadhead (DH)
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Transportation at company direction to or
from a duty assignment
26. Delayed Flight A flight operating behind schedule
due to weather, mechanicals, etc.
27. Direct Flight Flight between two cities with more
than one leg on the same aircraft
28. Deplane Passengers leaving the aircraft
29. Dive A steep descent
30. Domicile A base where flight crews reside
31. DOT Department of Transportation
32. Downline Being away from the home
base or domicile
33. Duty Day A calendar day in which a duty
period begins or ends and all
calendar days away from base
while flying a pairing
34. Duty Period Elapsed time from the time a FA
reports for duty or the actual
reporting whichev- er is later, until
the time the FA is released from duty
following the debrief period
35. ECAM Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor-
ing
-A system that monitors the state of
crit-
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