Air Cargo Management Final

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Where was the establishment of airmail balloons in 1783?

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Versailles

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When was the first unmanned balloons launched?

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Had 3 animals (Duck, Rooster, Sheep)

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Contract Mail Act of 1925

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Kelly act first major step at privatizing airlines

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Watres Act of 1930

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Based rates on space/volume, allowed post office to enter contracts

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Air Commerce Act of 1926

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Gave contracts to designated routes, license pilots/aircraft, investigate accidents, and create air navigation systems

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Spoils Conference

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Postmaster brown gave select people the contracts (to large, gentlemen's club airlines)

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Air mail act of 1934

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Gave back airmail to the army, the restructured the bidding for the routes (army could not handle it)

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Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938

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Made the Civil Aeronautics Board

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Who accelerated the Deregulation Act?

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President Carter

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Who was powerful enough to pass the Deregulation act?

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The public

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Who founded UPS and when?

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Jim Kacy in 1907

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What was UPS's original name?

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American Messenger Service

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Who founded FedEx and what was his background?

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Fred Smith, Ex-Marine, Pilot, Yale Grad

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What did Public Law 95-163 do?

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Allowed for larger aircraft to be used with no geographic restrictions

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TSA's Responsibilities?

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Identifying & Evaluating risk associated with air cargo supply chains. Establish security standards and compliance/verification regimes. Maintain effective information sharing mechanisms to re-evaluate risk based decision making.

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What are the 3 current and 1 defunct airline alliances?

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Star, Skyteam, Oneworld and WOW (the defunct)

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What are the characteristics of an AN-225

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AKA Mira, heaviest air cargo plane, larger than an A380, 6 turbofan engines, and 32 landing gears.

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Chracteristics of an AN-22

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Largest turbo prop plane between 1965-1969

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Chractereistics of an AN 124

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AKA Ruslyan, 1985 was the largest air cargo plane ever mass produced

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What are the top 5 air cargo airports in order?

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Hong Kong, Memphis, Shanghai Pudong, Seoul Inchon, Anchorage

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Whats great about Retina recognition

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Identical twins are different, diseases can effect it, most difficult to spoof

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What is threat image projection

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software that shows what the threats are on a screen

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Airport Security TSR 1542

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Controlled access to restricted areas and ID's are exclusive

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MSDS

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Material Safety Data Sheet

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Special Cargo Types

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Dangerous goods, fragile cargo, heavy/outsize, live animals, magnetic, perishable, human remains, valuable/vulnerable

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What does AOG stand for?

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Aircraft on ground

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FTK

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Freight Ton Kilometer

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ETD

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Estimated time of departure

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LTL

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Less-than a truck load

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Zero Fuel Weight

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Basic empty weight + Passengers + baggage + Cargo

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What are the 3 segments of Air Cargo?

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Belly, Express, All Cargo

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Actual Weight

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The actual scale weight of a shipment. See also Dimensional Weight or Chargeable Weight.

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Air Waybill

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The document made out by or on behalf of the shipper, which evidences the contract between the shipper and carrier(s) for carriage of goods over routes of the carrier(s).

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Agent

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A person or organization authorized to act on behalf of a carrier.

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Apron

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Parking area of an aircraft.

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Charges Collect (CC)

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The charges entered on the Air Waybill or shipment record for collection from the consignee against delivery of the shipment.

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Charges Prepaid (PP)

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The charges entered on the Air Waybill for payment by the shipper.

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Commodity

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Cargo contents, e.g. leathers etc.

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Block Time

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A period of actual time between departure and arrival.

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Dolly

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A towed vehicle with a roller platform for hauling ULDs between the cargo terminal and the airplane.

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Density

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The relationship of weight to volume in a unit i.e. lb per ft3 or kg per m3

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Diversion

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A change to the planned destination during the flight.

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Embargo

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Refusal by a carrier to accept goods for transportation, usually applies over a limited period.

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Freight Forwarder

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An agent or company who performs services (such as receiving, trans-shipping or delivering) designed to assure and facilitate the passage of goods.