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16G seats
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Seats
ACARS
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Actual Gate Time
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Airports
Adequate Airport (ETOPS)
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Airlines
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Airports
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Airport
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
Air Transportation Oversight System ATOS
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Airlines
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Air Transportation
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Air Transportation Oversight System
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ATOS
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Aviation Oversight System
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Aviation Safety
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FAA
Airbus Repair Manager
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Airlines
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Airbus
Aircraft Maintenance Instructions
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Aircraft
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Airlines
Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM)
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Airlines
Aircraft Maintenance Planning Data (MPD)
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Aviation Maintenance
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Maintenance Program
Aircraft Utilization
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Airlines
Airline Flag Carrier – FAR 121 Flag Operation
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Airlines
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Airline
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Airlines
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FAA
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International
Airstair
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Airlines
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Aircraft
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Airports
Apron
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Airlines
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Airports
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Airports
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ICAO
Apron – Airport
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Airports
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ATC Terms
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Airline
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Airport
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ATC
ARINC
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Aircraft
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Airlines
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Airlines
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Avionics
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Communications
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Systems
ATP (Airline Transport Pilot)
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Airlines
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Airlines
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Licences
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Training
Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)
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Airlines
Available Seat Miles (ASMs)
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Airlines
Bermuda I Agreement
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Airlines
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Airlines
Bermuda II Agreement
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Airlines
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Airports
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Airlines
Block Hour
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Airlines
Break-Even Load Factor (BELF)
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Airlines
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Airlines
CAT I – Category I – Approach
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Airlines
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CAT
CAT II – Category II – Approach
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CAT
CAT IIIb – Category IIIb – Approach
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CAT
CAT IIIc – Category IIIc – Approach
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Airlines
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CAT
Cockpit Voice Recorder
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Airlines
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Avionics
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Systems
Codesharing
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Airlines
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Airlines
Configuration, Maintenance, and Procedures (CMP) Document (ETOPS)
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
Cost per Available Seat Mile (CASM)
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Airlines
Crack Spread
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Airlines
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Airlines
Detailed Inspection (DET)
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Airlines
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Aviation Maintenance
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Inspection
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Maintenance
Dual Maintenance (ETOPS)
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
Equal-Time Point (ETP) (ETOPS)
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
ER (ETOPS)
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival
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Airlines
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ATC Terms
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Airlines
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ATC
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ICAO
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International
ETOPS Alternate Airport
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
ETOPS Area of Operation
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
ETOPS Entry Point
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
ETOPS Significant System
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Airlines
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Aviation Safety
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
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Safety
ETOPS-Qualified Personnel
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
Extended Range Operations with Twin-engine airplanes (ETOPS)
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Airlines
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
Flight Data Recorder
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Aircraft
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Airlines
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Avionics
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flight data recorder
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Systems
Flight-by-Flight Exception (ETOPS)
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
Form 41 Data
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Airlines
General Visual (Surveillance) Inspection (GVI)
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Airlines
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Aviation Maintenance
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Airline
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Inspection
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Maintenance
Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE)
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Airlines
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Airports
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Airports
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Maintenance
IFSD- In-flight shutdown – Engine
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Airlines
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Airlines
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Engines
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Safety
Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA)
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Aircraft
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Airlines
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Airline
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Airworthiness
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FAA
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Inspection
Jet Fuel
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Aircraft
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Airlines
Landing Requirements – Transport Category Aircraft
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Airlines
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Airports
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Landing
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Regulatory
Line Maintenance
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Airlines
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Aviation Maintenance
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Airline
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Line Maintenance
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Maintenance
Load Factor
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Airlines
Locked Out or Tag Out
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Airlines
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Airlines
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Maintenance
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Military
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Safety
Low Cost Base
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Airlines
Maintenance Review Board Report
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Airlines
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Aviation Maintenance
Maintenance Significant Item (MSI)
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Airlines
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Aviation Maintenance
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Air
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Aircraft Maintenance
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MSG-3
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Reliability
Maintenance Steering Group-3 (MSG-3)
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Airlines
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Aviation Maintenance
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Maintenance
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MSG-3
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Reliability
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Safety
Manufacturer’s Service Documents
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Aircraft
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Airlines
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Airline
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Airworthiness
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FAA
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Inspection
Maximum Diversion Time – ETOPS
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
METAR – Aviation Routine Weather Report
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Airlines
Military Interception Signalling
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Airlines
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Emergency Operations
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ICAO
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International
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Military
Minimum Equipment List (MEL)
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Airlines
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Airlines
MMEL – MEL – Minimum Equipment Lists & Definitions
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Aircraft
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Airlines
NOTAM – Notice to Airmen.
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Airports
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ATC Terms
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Airlines
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Airports
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ATC
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FAA
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Navigation
One-Engine Inoperative Cruise Speed (ETOPS)
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Airlines
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ETOPS
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FAA
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ICAO
Operating Revenue
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Airlines
OTS – (Multiple Definitions)
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Airlines
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Airline
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FAA
Passenger Revenue
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Airlines
Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile (PRASM)
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Airlines
Passenger Yield
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Airlines
Primary Hub
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Airlines
Primary Structure
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Airlines
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Maintenance
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Structures
Quality Assurance -QA
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Airlines
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QA
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Quality
Quality Control – QC
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Airlines
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Qualty
Quality System – Aviation
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Airlines
Regional Hub
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Airlines
Reliability – Aviation
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Airlines
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Airline
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Aviation Safety
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FAA
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Safety
Repair Assessment Program
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Airlines
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Airworthiness
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FAA
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Structures
Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs)
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Airlines
Revenue per Available Seat Mile (RASM)
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Airlines
Revenue per Employee
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Airlines
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Airlines
Run-up, Power Run
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Airlines
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Airports
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Airlines
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Airports
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Powerplant
Scheduled maintenance
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Airlines
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Airlines
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FAA
Seat Density
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Airlines
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Airlines
Secondary Hub
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Airlines
SROV – Service Ready Operational Validation
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Airlines
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737
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max
Stage 2 Aircraft
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Aircraft
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Airlines
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Airports
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Airlines
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Airports
Stage 3 Aircraft
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Airlines
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Airports
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Airlines
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FAA
Stage 4 Aircraft
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Airlines
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Airlines
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Airports
Stage Length Adjusted Passenger Revenue per Equivalent Seat Mile (SLA PRESM)
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Airlines
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Airlines
Stage Length Adjusted Passenger Yield (Passenger Revenue Per Revenue Passenger Mile)
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Airlines
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Airlines
Stage Length Adjusted Total Revenue per Equivalent Seat Mile (SLA TRESM)
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Airlines
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Airlines
Stage-Length
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Airlines
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Airlines
Taxiway
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Airlines
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Airports
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Airline
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Airports
Total Revenue per Available Seat Mile (TRASM)
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Airlines
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Airlines
Uncontained Engine Failure
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Airlines
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Airlines
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Engines
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Safety
Unit Cost per Unit of Output
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Airlines
Unscheduled Maintenance
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Airlines
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Airlines
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FAA
VFR – Visual Flight Rules
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Airlines
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ATC Terms
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Airline
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ATC
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Flying
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Navigation
Visual Docking Guidance Systems (VDGS)
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Airlines
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Airports
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Aircraft
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Airlines
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Airports
Wide Body Aircraft
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Aircraft
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Airlines
Zonal Inspection
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Airlines
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Inspection
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Maintenance
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