A/C - Answers Aircraft
AAP - Answers Aft Attendant Panel
ACM - Answers Additional Crew Member
ACP - Answers Area Call Panel
AED - Answers Automated External Defibrillator
AIP - Answers Attendant Indication Panel
APU - Answers Auxiliary Power Unit
ASAP - Answers Aviation Safety Action Program
AFT - Answers The back of the aircraft (toward the tail)
Agent - Answers An employee who handles the ground phases of the flight
Air Speed - Answers The velocity of the aircraft
Altimeter - Answers Gauge that measures the height of an aircraft above sea level expressed in feet
ATC - Answers Air Traffic Control
Block Time - Answers Period of time beginning when the aircraft moves off blocks until the aircraft
blocks in to the gate at the next point of landing
Bid Month - Answers A month of flying, also referred to as Bid Period
Bulkhead - Answers Any dividing wall in an aircraft
Bump - Answers To remove a passenger due to weight/balance or oversale
Cabin - Answers The interior of the aircraft containing passenger seats
Captain - Answers The Pilot In Command (PIC) - Wears four stripes on uniform
Ceiling - Answers The distance between the ground and the underside of clouds
Charter - Answers A flight where the aircraft and crew are leased by a group or company
Circling - Answers Flying in a set pattern until cleared to land - also called holding
Connection - Answers Traveling from origination to destination with a change of aircraft
, CDO - Answers Continuous Duty Overnight, A single duty period that crosses over two days with a
reduced rest requiring a day room "stand-up"
CSI - Answers Cabin Safety Inspector
Deadhead (DH) - Answers Transportation at company direction to or from a duty assignment
Delayed Flight - Answers A flight operating behind schedule due to weather, mechanicals, etc.
Deplane - Answers Passengers leaving the aircraft
Dive - Answers A steep descent
Domicile - Answers A base where flight crews reside
DOT - Answers Department of Transportation
Downline - Answers Being away from the home base or domicile
Duty Day - Answers A calendar day in which a duty period begins or ends and all calendar days away
from base while flying a pairing
Duty Period - Answers 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
ECAM - Answers Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring
EAAP - Answers Enhanced Aft Attendant Panel
EFAM - Answers Electronic Flight Attendant Manual
EFAP - Answers Enhanced Forward Attendant Panel
EMK - Answers Emergency Medical Kit
ETA - Answers Estimated Time of Arrival
ETD - Answers Estimated Time of Departure
Enplane (Board) - Answers Passengers boarding the A/C
FA - Answers Flight Attendant
FAA - Answers Federal Aviation Administration
FAP - Answers Forward Attendant Panel
Ferry/Ferry Flight - Answers A flight operating without revenue passengers (customers)
Flight Deck - Answers The cockpit - The area where the pilots sit