FLIGHT ATTENDANT END OF COURSE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Grounded - ✔✔An aircraft unable to take off due to weather or mechanical
difficulties
✔✔Ground Speed - ✔✔The speed of an aircraft with reference to the surface of the
earth
✔✔Ground Time - ✔✔Time spent downline in between flights at the airport
✔✔GSC - ✔✔Ground Security Coordinator
✔✔Half weight - ✔✔A child 2-11 years old whose weight is computed at 85 pounds for
the manifest
✔✔Holding - ✔✔A flight preparing to land, take off or wait for an available gate
✔✔Inbound - ✔✔Passanger or flight coming into the station
✔✔ILS - ✔✔Instrument Landing System
✔✔IOE - ✔✔Initial Operating Experience
✔✔International Dateline - ✔✔Imaginary line on the Earth separating two consecutive
calendar days
✔✔Jetway - ✔✔Walkway connecting the gate area and the aircraft
✔✔Jumpseat - ✔✔Collapsible seat designated for a crew member and or an ACM
✔✔JRA - ✔✔Junior Assignment, a crew member involuntarily placed on a duty
assignment on a scheduled day off
✔✔Knot - ✔✔Velocity of one nautical mile per hour
✔✔LS (L/S) - ✔✔Late Show
✔✔LSC - ✔✔Late Sick Call
✔✔Layover - ✔✔Time spent downline at a hotel between flights
✔✔Leg - ✔✔A flight segment Ex: DEN-ATL-CVG is two of these
, ✔✔LEO - ✔✔Law Enforcement Officer
✔✔Line Holder - ✔✔A crew member that has been awarded a line or assigned a line of
time
✔✔Misconnect - ✔✔To miss a connecting flight due to late arrival at the connecting
station
✔✔MRT - ✔✔Manual Release Tool
✔✔MT (M/T) - ✔✔Missed Trip
✔✔No Show - ✔✔A passenger with a confirmed reservation that does not arrive for the
flight
✔✔Non-stop - ✔✔A flight that goes to a planned destination without making any stops
✔✔No-Op - ✔✔Flight cancelled-will not operate
✔✔NTSB - ✔✔National Transportation Safety Board
✔✔OJI - ✔✔On-the-job-injury
✔✔Offline Station - ✔✔A city not serviced by an airline on a scheduled basis
✔✔Open Time - ✔✔Sequences or portions of sequences that remain unassigned after
the bid awards and monthly adjustments
✔✔Operations - ✔✔The company department, responsible for monitoring all ground
activities
✔✔Overhead Bin - ✔✔An enclosed compartment located above passenger seats for
stowage of luggage
✔✔Per Diem - ✔✔Money paid to a crew member for time away from base
✔✔PAX - ✔✔Passanger
✔✔PBE - ✔✔Protective Breathing Equipment
✔✔POB - ✔✔Portable Oxygen Bottle
✔✔POI - ✔✔Principal Operations Inspector
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Grounded - ✔✔An aircraft unable to take off due to weather or mechanical
difficulties
✔✔Ground Speed - ✔✔The speed of an aircraft with reference to the surface of the
earth
✔✔Ground Time - ✔✔Time spent downline in between flights at the airport
✔✔GSC - ✔✔Ground Security Coordinator
✔✔Half weight - ✔✔A child 2-11 years old whose weight is computed at 85 pounds for
the manifest
✔✔Holding - ✔✔A flight preparing to land, take off or wait for an available gate
✔✔Inbound - ✔✔Passanger or flight coming into the station
✔✔ILS - ✔✔Instrument Landing System
✔✔IOE - ✔✔Initial Operating Experience
✔✔International Dateline - ✔✔Imaginary line on the Earth separating two consecutive
calendar days
✔✔Jetway - ✔✔Walkway connecting the gate area and the aircraft
✔✔Jumpseat - ✔✔Collapsible seat designated for a crew member and or an ACM
✔✔JRA - ✔✔Junior Assignment, a crew member involuntarily placed on a duty
assignment on a scheduled day off
✔✔Knot - ✔✔Velocity of one nautical mile per hour
✔✔LS (L/S) - ✔✔Late Show
✔✔LSC - ✔✔Late Sick Call
✔✔Layover - ✔✔Time spent downline at a hotel between flights
✔✔Leg - ✔✔A flight segment Ex: DEN-ATL-CVG is two of these
, ✔✔LEO - ✔✔Law Enforcement Officer
✔✔Line Holder - ✔✔A crew member that has been awarded a line or assigned a line of
time
✔✔Misconnect - ✔✔To miss a connecting flight due to late arrival at the connecting
station
✔✔MRT - ✔✔Manual Release Tool
✔✔MT (M/T) - ✔✔Missed Trip
✔✔No Show - ✔✔A passenger with a confirmed reservation that does not arrive for the
flight
✔✔Non-stop - ✔✔A flight that goes to a planned destination without making any stops
✔✔No-Op - ✔✔Flight cancelled-will not operate
✔✔NTSB - ✔✔National Transportation Safety Board
✔✔OJI - ✔✔On-the-job-injury
✔✔Offline Station - ✔✔A city not serviced by an airline on a scheduled basis
✔✔Open Time - ✔✔Sequences or portions of sequences that remain unassigned after
the bid awards and monthly adjustments
✔✔Operations - ✔✔The company department, responsible for monitoring all ground
activities
✔✔Overhead Bin - ✔✔An enclosed compartment located above passenger seats for
stowage of luggage
✔✔Per Diem - ✔✔Money paid to a crew member for time away from base
✔✔PAX - ✔✔Passanger
✔✔PBE - ✔✔Protective Breathing Equipment
✔✔POB - ✔✔Portable Oxygen Bottle
✔✔POI - ✔✔Principal Operations Inspector
