Us Airways Terminology

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Alert Bulletin

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document used to deliver important or time sensitiveinformation that supplements the InFlight EmergencyManual.

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Auxiliary Power Unit(APU)

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A self-contained generator that produces power for groundoperations and for starting the engines.

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Bag Tag

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A printed or computerized tag showing the journey anddestination of a checked article/bag.

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Boarding Bridge, Loading Bridge, Jetbridge

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A semi-stationary bridge used to connect the terminal withthe aircraft for boarding/deplaning (e.g. Jetway).

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Cabin Service Director

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Is the “A” flight attendant on Transatlantic/Transoceanicflights and is responsible for the pre-planning, direction andcoordination of all duties with the other flight attendants.

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Main Cabin Class

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Standard service offered on domestic and internationalflights.

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Code Sharing

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An agreement between two carriers to display or “share”their airline code in availability/schedules.

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Co-mail or COMAT(Company Material)

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Interoffice correspondence, aircraft parts, reports, oraccountable forms circulated throughout the company.

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Connection

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A combination of two or more flights used to transport thecustomer from an origin city to a destination city.

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Control Tower

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Monitors incoming/outgoing aircraft (i.e.: Air TrafficControl).

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Direct Flight

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A flight involving one or more intermediate stops enroutebetween origin and destination with no change of plane

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Duty Free

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A program offered on select international routes whereproducts such as jewelry, perfumes, liquor can be purchasedonboard at tax free prices.

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Electronic Ticketing(E-Ticket)

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A computerized service, which allows a customer topurchase transportation for travel without acquiring a paper,ticket. Also called “ticketless travel.”

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Enhanced EmergencyMedical Kit (EEMK)

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A medical kit that contains lifesaving equipment andmedications that can be used by licensed medicalprofessionals in the event of an inflight medical emergency.

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ETOPS (Extended-range Twin-engine Operational PerformanceStandards)

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an International Civil AviationOrganization (ICAO) rule permitting newer twin-enginecommercial air transports to fly routes that, at some points,are further than a distance of 60 minutes flying time from anemergency or diversion airport.

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Business Class

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A US Airways’ brand for our premium service offered onTransatlantic flights.

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Evacuation

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Emergency egress from an aircraft using all available exitsand assistive devices (i.e.: ropes, wings, slides)

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Extended OverwaterEquipped (EOW) Aircraft

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An aircraft that is equipped with additional equipment suchas rafts, survival kits, life vests, and emergency locatortransmitter beacons in order to fly more that 162 nauticalmiles from land.

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Extra Section

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Refers to a supplemental flight operated for a temporaryperiod of time, in addition to or in place of a regularlyscheduled flight.

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Ferry Flight

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Transfer of aircraft from one point to another withoutpassengers.

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Final Report

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Provides flight specific information for each flight segmentand is obtained from the gate agent prior to each departure.The report is broken into various sections which provideflight attendants with passenger information.

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First Class

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A premium level of service offered on domestic flights.

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Handheld Device (HHD)

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A portable device used to conduct all inflight salestransactions.

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Hub & Spoke Strategy

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Flights are scheduled to maximize connection opportunitiesfor passengers through hub cities to their final destinations.

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Interline

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An itinerary involving flight segments on more than oneairline.

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Intermediate Stop

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A scheduled stop between the origin and destination pointsof a flight, where additional customers may board ordeplane.

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Jumpseat/Pilot

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An extra seat(s) located in the flightdeck of the aircraft.These are reserved for qualified FAA personnel, membersof US Airways pilot group, and pilots of other airlines.

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Jumpseat/Flight Attendant

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Seats located near emergency exits, equipped with shoulderharness and seat belts. These seats are reserved for qualifiedairline flight attendants.

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Line of Flying

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A monthly series of trip pairings (originating and arriving inthe same base location) or a sequence of OFF days for acrewmember.

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Misconnect

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This situation occurs when a customer arrives at theconnecting city after his/her flight departs (usually due to adelayed origin flight).

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Must Ride

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A term applied to flight crews who, for operational reasons,“must” travel on a specified flight.

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Non-Revenue (Non-Rev)

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A term referring to airline or travel industry personneltraveling on a free or discounted ticket.

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Offline

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A generic term used to refer to airlines other thanUS Airways, Inc., US Airways Express, or US AirwaysShuttle.

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Online

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An itinerary, including flight segments on US Airways, USAirways Express, and/or US Airways Shuttle.

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Primary Lineholder

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Sequence of trip pairings operating during one contractmonth. Also known simply as a lineholder.

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Point to Point Strategy

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Flight scheduled directly between primary origin anddestination cities, concentrating on non-stop markets withsufficient “local” demand to profitably fill the aircraft.

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PNR (Passenger Name Record)

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Consistsof the customer name(s), itinerary, telephone numbers,ticket information, and other pertinent travel information.

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Ramp

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Area of an airport where aircrafts are parked and serviced

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Record Locator

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Number given to a passenger by a reservation agent when areservation is booked. The number helps to locate apassenger itinerary.

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Reserve

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Flight Attendants not holding a primary or secondary line offlying. Reserve lines are a series of OFF (DO/GD/INV)days and available (AVL/RV) days for a contract month.

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RON

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Remain Overnight

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Safety Event Report(SER)

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A report completed online to document a safety relatedevent such as CRM/communication issues, decompression,evacuation, fire, smoke or odor in the cabin, medicalemergencies, etc.

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Secondary Lineholder/Relief Lineholder

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Constructed after primary lineholder awards and mayconsist of mixed equipment and/or positions

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Skycap

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A term describing contract personnel available to check incustomers’ luggage on their designated departure flightoutside the terminal building.

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Space Available

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A term applied to a non-revenue customer who is only boarded after allrevenue and space positive customers have boarded.

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Space Positive

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A term applied to airline personnel traveling on companybusiness. The employee is permitted to make confirmedreservations for the flight, but is considered non-revenue.

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Standby

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A customer who will be boarded on a flight subject toavailability of a seat at departure time. Customers withconfirmed reservations are boarded first.

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Stopover

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A term referring to the deliberate interruption of a journeyby the customer and agreed to in advance by the airline.

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Taxi

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To operate an aircraft under its own power, other than inactual take off or landing.

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Central Load Planning (CLP), or Operations Agent

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compiles all necessary information inorder to compute the proper take-off weight for an aircraft.