ABP - Answers -Able-Bodied Person: A passenger selected by the flight attendant to
assist during an emergency situation.
AED - Answers -Automated External Defibrillator
AFT - Answers -The rear or toward the rear of the aircraft
Aircraft - Answers -The vehicle used to travel through the air.
Aircraft Left - Answers -The left side of the airplane from the seated, passenger position,
facing forward.
Air Marshall - Answers -An armed federal law enforcement officer traveling aboard a
flight as an anonymous passenger for the purpose of extra security.
Airspeed - Answers -The speed of an aircraft in relation to the air it is passing through.
Aisle Chair - Answers -Wheelchair capable of fitting down the narrow aisles of a plane.
Altitude - Answers -Height above sea level, usually measured in feet.
ARM - Answers -Prepare aircraft door for departure/emergency mode.
ATC - Answers -Air Traffic control
B - Answers -Bravo
Ballast - Answers -weight added to an aircraft to keep it in proper weight and balance.
Belly - Answers -Lower deck of an aircraft,typically where mail and cargo are stowed.
Bidding - Answers -Seniority based procedure used to assign schedules and routes to
crew members
Block Time/ Block to Clock - Answers -The time between when the blocks, or chocks
are pulled from behind the aircraft wheels for take-off to the time the blocks/chocks are
re-inserted at the termination of the flight.
, Boarding - Answers -The process of getting all the passengers on board an
aircraft,stowing carry-on bags and taking their seats
Bulkhead - Answers -Wall or partition dividing the cabins in an aircraft.
BBB - Answers -Bodies, bins, bags
C - Answers -Charlie
Cabin - Answers -Passenger seating section of an aircraft
Captain - Answers -Pilot in charge of entire aircraft, and all on board. Sits in the left, or
port side of the cockpit.
Ceiling - Answers -The distance in feet from the ground to the lowest cloud
Comat - Answers -Airplane equipment, communication, or supplies shipped via
company aircraft from one station to another.
Commissary - Answers -Food or beverage service
Configuration - Answers -Arrangement of seats onboard an aircraft.
Crash Pad - Answers -Flight Attendant commuter apartment at domicile.
Crew - Answers -Company employees working aboard an aircraft
Crew Resource Management - Answers -Annual meeting between Flight Attendants
and Pilots to discuss better, safer service for passengers and airline.
Crew Scheduling - Answers -The department responsible for scheduling and tracking all
crew members
D - Answers -Delta
Deadhead - Answers -Transportation of crew members from one location to another to
start a trip or return to domicile.
Decompression - Answers -Failure of the cabin pressurization system, during flight,
causing the air inside the cabin to equalize the air outside the cabin results in oxygen
masks dropping from the ceiling.
Defibrillator - Answers -Electronic device used to reestablish a regular heartbeat.
Delay - Answers -Aircraft held after its original departure time, usually due to
mechanical, weather or traffic
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