PSA AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANT EVALUATION
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Connection - ✔✔Additional flight(s) required to get between departure city and
destination city (requires a change of planes)
✔✔Cockpit/Flight Deck - ✔✔Pilot compartment of aircraft where flight controls are
located
✔✔Control Tower - ✔✔Located at airports, with government personnel controlling the
airplanes on runways and within sight of the airport
✔✔CRM - ✔✔Crew Resource Management; the effective use of all resources to
achieve safe and efficient flight operations
✔✔Crew Base - ✔✔Airport from which crewmembers begin and end trips; Domicile
✔✔Crew Member - ✔✔A person assigned to perform duty in an aircraft during flight
time.
✔✔Crashpad - ✔✔Shared temporary housing for crew members in domicile
✔✔Deadheading - ✔✔Flight personnel flying on assignment as non-paying passenger
and not performing flight duties
✔✔Decompression - ✔✔Occurs when there is a loss of cabin air pressure
✔✔Destination City - ✔✔City to which you are flying
✔✔Direct Flight - ✔✔Flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of planes
✔✔Ditching - ✔✔An emergency landing on water
, ✔✔Domicile - ✔✔Airport assigned as crew base
✔✔DOT - ✔✔Department of Transportation; ensures safe travel for passengers
✔✔DRS - ✔✔Direct Reference System; computer program used to communicate
company correspondence to line crewmembers
✔✔ETA/ETD - ✔✔Estimated Time of Arrival; Estimated Time of Departure
✔✔FAA - ✔✔Federal Aviation Administration; responsible for the safety of civil aviation
✔✔FAR - ✔✔Federal Aviation Regulation
✔✔FA - ✔✔Flight Attendant; person responsible for the safe and efficient conduct of all
cabin activities during flight
✔✔Ferry Flight - ✔✔A flight without passengers for the purpose of returning an aircraft
to base; delivering an aircraft from one location to another; moving an aircraft to and
from a maintenance base
✔✔FO - ✔✔First Officer; Second in Command
✔✔Forward - ✔✔Front of Aircraft
✔✔Fuselage - ✔✔The body of the aircraft
✔✔Galley - ✔✔the kitchen on a plane
✔✔Gray Water - ✔✔Non-consumable water
✔✔HAZMAT - ✔✔Hazardous Materials
✔✔IOE - ✔✔Initial Operating Experience; a trainee performing the duties of a Flight
Attendant under the supervision of a Check Flight Attendant prior to being assigned
revenue flying
✔✔Jetway - ✔✔A covered walkway from the airport terminal to the aircrafts entrance
✔✔Jumpseat - ✔✔A seat, either in the cabin or cockpit, designated for use by a working
crewmember only
✔✔LAV - ✔✔lavatory the restroom of the airplane
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Connection - ✔✔Additional flight(s) required to get between departure city and
destination city (requires a change of planes)
✔✔Cockpit/Flight Deck - ✔✔Pilot compartment of aircraft where flight controls are
located
✔✔Control Tower - ✔✔Located at airports, with government personnel controlling the
airplanes on runways and within sight of the airport
✔✔CRM - ✔✔Crew Resource Management; the effective use of all resources to
achieve safe and efficient flight operations
✔✔Crew Base - ✔✔Airport from which crewmembers begin and end trips; Domicile
✔✔Crew Member - ✔✔A person assigned to perform duty in an aircraft during flight
time.
✔✔Crashpad - ✔✔Shared temporary housing for crew members in domicile
✔✔Deadheading - ✔✔Flight personnel flying on assignment as non-paying passenger
and not performing flight duties
✔✔Decompression - ✔✔Occurs when there is a loss of cabin air pressure
✔✔Destination City - ✔✔City to which you are flying
✔✔Direct Flight - ✔✔Flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of planes
✔✔Ditching - ✔✔An emergency landing on water
, ✔✔Domicile - ✔✔Airport assigned as crew base
✔✔DOT - ✔✔Department of Transportation; ensures safe travel for passengers
✔✔DRS - ✔✔Direct Reference System; computer program used to communicate
company correspondence to line crewmembers
✔✔ETA/ETD - ✔✔Estimated Time of Arrival; Estimated Time of Departure
✔✔FAA - ✔✔Federal Aviation Administration; responsible for the safety of civil aviation
✔✔FAR - ✔✔Federal Aviation Regulation
✔✔FA - ✔✔Flight Attendant; person responsible for the safe and efficient conduct of all
cabin activities during flight
✔✔Ferry Flight - ✔✔A flight without passengers for the purpose of returning an aircraft
to base; delivering an aircraft from one location to another; moving an aircraft to and
from a maintenance base
✔✔FO - ✔✔First Officer; Second in Command
✔✔Forward - ✔✔Front of Aircraft
✔✔Fuselage - ✔✔The body of the aircraft
✔✔Galley - ✔✔the kitchen on a plane
✔✔Gray Water - ✔✔Non-consumable water
✔✔HAZMAT - ✔✔Hazardous Materials
✔✔IOE - ✔✔Initial Operating Experience; a trainee performing the duties of a Flight
Attendant under the supervision of a Check Flight Attendant prior to being assigned
revenue flying
✔✔Jetway - ✔✔A covered walkway from the airport terminal to the aircrafts entrance
✔✔Jumpseat - ✔✔A seat, either in the cabin or cockpit, designated for use by a working
crewmember only
✔✔LAV - ✔✔lavatory the restroom of the airplane
