PSA AIRLINES FLIGHT LATEST MAIN ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Originating City - ✔✔Point of Origin; City from which you started
✔✔PAX - ✔✔Passenger
✔✔Pairing - ✔✔Originating city to arrival city indicated on each crew member's
schedule (i.e. DAY-CLT)
✔✔PIC - ✔✔Pilot in Command; the PIC (Captain) is responsible for the operation and
safety of an aircraft during flight
✔✔Potable Water - ✔✔Water that has been purified and certified by local authorities as
safe for drinking
✔✔Pressurization - ✔✔A mechanical process that keeps the atmospheric conditions on
board as near the density on the ground as possible
✔✔PSU - ✔✔Passenger Service Unit
✔✔QIK - ✔✔Software computer system which contains all information pertinent to all
areas of passenger service and flight operations
✔✔Ramp - ✔✔The ground area outside of the airport terminal where airplanes park
✔✔REPO - ✔✔Reposition flight
✔✔RON - ✔✔Remain overnight; pertains to crew members or aircraft
✔✔Runway - ✔✔Paved surface in which airplanes takeoff and land
, ✔✔SIDA - ✔✔Security Identification Display Area; areas of airport in which security
identification badges must be visible on each person
✔✔Sterile Cockpit - ✔✔The critical phases of flight during which crew members are
specifically prohibited from engaging in any activity that is not related to the safe
operation of the flight
✔✔Taxi - ✔✔Aircraft movement on the ground
✔✔Tail - ✔✔The AFT-most section of the airplane
✔✔Takeoff - ✔✔The process in which an aircraft leaves the ground
✔✔Through Flight - ✔✔A flight that travels from a point of origin to a destination with
one or more enroute stops on the same aircraft; passengers may or may not remain
aboard the aircraft at the enroute stops
✔✔Trip - ✔✔A series of flights assigned to a crew member; trips are usually one to four
days in length and begin and end at a FA's domicile
✔✔TSA - ✔✔Transportation Security Administration; former security rules of the FAA
and other security regulations issued by the Transportation Security Administration
✔✔TSR - ✔✔Transportation Security Regulations
✔✔Turbulence - ✔✔Bumpy air
✔✔UM - ✔✔Unaccompanied minor; child between the ages of 5 and 14 years old
traveling alone
✔✔V-file - ✔✔Crewmember files located in each domicile crew room in which company
correspondence is distributed
✔✔Wholly Owned Subsidiary - ✔✔An independent company that operated under a
larger company; PSA Airlines is a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways
✔✔ A/C - ✔✔Aircraft
✔✔A/C L - ✔✔Aircraft Left - The left hand side of the aircraft - Facing the cockpit
✔✔A/C R - ✔✔Aircraft Right - The right hand side of the aircraft - Facing the cockpit
✔✔AFT - ✔✔The rear of the aircraft
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Originating City - ✔✔Point of Origin; City from which you started
✔✔PAX - ✔✔Passenger
✔✔Pairing - ✔✔Originating city to arrival city indicated on each crew member's
schedule (i.e. DAY-CLT)
✔✔PIC - ✔✔Pilot in Command; the PIC (Captain) is responsible for the operation and
safety of an aircraft during flight
✔✔Potable Water - ✔✔Water that has been purified and certified by local authorities as
safe for drinking
✔✔Pressurization - ✔✔A mechanical process that keeps the atmospheric conditions on
board as near the density on the ground as possible
✔✔PSU - ✔✔Passenger Service Unit
✔✔QIK - ✔✔Software computer system which contains all information pertinent to all
areas of passenger service and flight operations
✔✔Ramp - ✔✔The ground area outside of the airport terminal where airplanes park
✔✔REPO - ✔✔Reposition flight
✔✔RON - ✔✔Remain overnight; pertains to crew members or aircraft
✔✔Runway - ✔✔Paved surface in which airplanes takeoff and land
, ✔✔SIDA - ✔✔Security Identification Display Area; areas of airport in which security
identification badges must be visible on each person
✔✔Sterile Cockpit - ✔✔The critical phases of flight during which crew members are
specifically prohibited from engaging in any activity that is not related to the safe
operation of the flight
✔✔Taxi - ✔✔Aircraft movement on the ground
✔✔Tail - ✔✔The AFT-most section of the airplane
✔✔Takeoff - ✔✔The process in which an aircraft leaves the ground
✔✔Through Flight - ✔✔A flight that travels from a point of origin to a destination with
one or more enroute stops on the same aircraft; passengers may or may not remain
aboard the aircraft at the enroute stops
✔✔Trip - ✔✔A series of flights assigned to a crew member; trips are usually one to four
days in length and begin and end at a FA's domicile
✔✔TSA - ✔✔Transportation Security Administration; former security rules of the FAA
and other security regulations issued by the Transportation Security Administration
✔✔TSR - ✔✔Transportation Security Regulations
✔✔Turbulence - ✔✔Bumpy air
✔✔UM - ✔✔Unaccompanied minor; child between the ages of 5 and 14 years old
traveling alone
✔✔V-file - ✔✔Crewmember files located in each domicile crew room in which company
correspondence is distributed
✔✔Wholly Owned Subsidiary - ✔✔An independent company that operated under a
larger company; PSA Airlines is a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways
✔✔ A/C - ✔✔Aircraft
✔✔A/C L - ✔✔Aircraft Left - The left hand side of the aircraft - Facing the cockpit
✔✔A/C R - ✔✔Aircraft Right - The right hand side of the aircraft - Facing the cockpit
✔✔AFT - ✔✔The rear of the aircraft
