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| How to Use Briefing Notes Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 How to Use Briefing Notes
 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
 Term or Abbreviation
 Definition
 A/THR
 Autothrottle or Autothrust system
 AAL
 Above Airport Level
 AC
 U.S. FAA Advisory Circular
 ACAS
 Airborne Collision Avoidance System (see also TCAS)
 ACP
 Audio Control Panel (see also DCDU)
 ADC
 Air Data Computer
 AFE
 Above Field Elevation
 AFL
 Above Field Level (e.g., 1000 ft - height AFL)
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 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 AFM
 Airplane Flight Manual (approved by certification authorities)
 AFS
 Automatic Flight System, this includes the flight director (FD), the autopilot (AP), the autothrottle/autothrust system (A/THR) and the flight management system (FMS)
 AGL
 Above Ground Level (e.g., 1000 ft - height AGL, indicated by the radio altimeter or computed by subtracting the terrain elevation from the altitude above MSL)
 AIM
 U.S. FAA Aeronautical Information Manual (previously called Airman Information Manual)
 AIP
 Aeronautical Information Publications
 (published by ICAO member states)
 ALA
 Approach-and-Landing Accident
 ALAR
 Approach-and-Landing Accident Reduction
 ALS
 Airport Lighting System
 ALTN
 Alternate
 AMC
 Acceptable Means of Compliance (for compliance with JAR-OPS 1)
 AOM
 Aircraft Operating Manual (established by operator)
 AP
 Auto Pilot
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 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 APP
 Approach control frequency
 Approach Gate
 A point in space with a defined configuration and energy state
 (see also Stabilization Height and Next Target)
 ARTCC
 Air Route Traffic Control Center (usually referred to as "Center")
 ASAP
 Aviation Safety Action Partnership
 ATC
 Air Traffic Control
 ATIS
 Automatic Terminal Information Service
 ATM
 Air Traffic Management (one of the two components of FANS, see also FANS and CNS)
 BASIS
 British Airways Information System
 BRG
 Bearing (e.g., bearing to a waypoint or navaid)
 CAP
 U.K. Civil Aviation Publication
 CAPT
 Captain (see also PIC)
 CAST
 Commercial Aviation Safety Team (international industry task force led by U.S. FAA)
 Causal Factor
 A causal factor is an event or item judged to be directly instrumental in the causal chain of events leading to an accident (source: Flight Safety Foundation)
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 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 CAWS
 Collision Avoidance Warning System (see TCAS)
 CDU
 Control and Display Unit (see also MCDU)
 CFIT
 Controlled Flight Into Terrain
 Checklist
 See also QRH
 Circumstantial Factor
 A circumstantial factor is an event or an item that was judged not to be directly in the causal chain of events [leading to an accident] but could have contributed to the accident (source: Flight Safety Foundation)
 CNS
 Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (one of the two components of FANS, see also FANS and ATM)
 CONF
 Configuration (e.g., slats, flaps, roll spoilers, ground spoilers, ...)
 CORR
 Correction (e.g., wind or configuration correction on final approach speed)
 CPDLC
 Controller Pilot Data Link Communications
 CRM
 Crew Resource Management
 DA(H)
 Decision Altitude (Height)
 DCDU
 Data Communications Display Unit
 DDG
 Dispatch Deviation Guide (see also MMEL and MEL)
 DIR TO
 Direct route to [a waypoint]
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 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 DIST
 Distance
 DME
 Distance Measuring Equipment
 DNA
 French Direction de la Navigation Aerienne
 ECAM
 Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor
 EFIS
 Electronic Flight Instruments System
 EGPWS
 Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (see also TAWS)
 EGT
 Exhaust Gas Temperature
 ETOPS
 Extended Twins Operations
 F/O
 First Officer
 FAA
 U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
 FAF
 Final Approach Fix
 FANS
 Future Air Navigation System (see also CNS and ATM)
 FAR
 U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations
 FBS
 Fixed Base Simulator
 FCOM
 Flight Crew Operating Manual (established by Airbus) Page 5 of 16
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 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 FCU
 Flight Control Unit (i.e., AP/FD interface)
 FD
 Flight Director
 FDF
 Final Descent Fix
 FFCC
 Forward-Facing-Crew Cockpit
 FFS
 Full Flight Simulator
 FIR
 Flight Information Region
 FL
 Flight Level
 FMGS
 Flight Management and Guidance System
 FMA
 Flight Modes Annunciator
 FMGES
 Flight Management, Guidance and [flight] Envelop [protection] System
 FMS
 Flight Management System
 FOQA
 Flight Operations Quality Assurance
 FSF
 Flight Safety Foundation
 ft
 Feet
 GA
 Go Around
 GAIN
 Global Analysis and Information Network
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 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 GCAS
 Ground Collision Avoidance System
 GND
 Ground control frequency
 GNSS
 Global Navigation Satellite System
 GPS
 Global Positioning System
 GPWS
 Ground Proximity Warning System
 GS
 Glide Slope
 GW
 Gross Weight
 HAT
 Height Above Touchdown
 HF
 High Frequency
 HIRL
 High Intensity Runway Lighting
 HSI
 Horizontal Situation Indicator
 hPa
 Hectopascals
 IAF
 Initial Approach Fix
 IAP
 Instrument Approach Procedure
 IAS
 Indicated Air Speed
 ICAO
 International Civil Aviation Organization Page 7 of 16
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 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 IEM
 Interpretative and Explanatory Material
 (for compliance with JAR-OPS 1)
 IF
 Intermediate Fix
 IFR
 Instrument Flying Rules
 ILS
 Instrument Landing System (see also GS and LOC)
 ILS-DME
 Instrument Landing System with collocated Distance Measuring Equipment
 IMC
 Instrument Meteorological Conditions
 in.Hg
 Inches of Mercury (unit for pressure measurement)
 INFO
 Information service frequency
 IOE
 Initial Operating Experience (Line Training)
 IRS
 Inertial Reference System
 JAA
 European Joint Aviation Authority
 JAR
 European Joint Aviation Regulations
 JAR-AWO
 JAR - All Weather Operations requirements
 JAR-OPS
 JAR Operations requirements
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 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 JSAT
 U.S. CAST Joint Safety Analysis Team
 JSIT
 U.S. CAST Joint Safety Implementation Team
 JSSI
 European Joint Safety Strategies and Initiatives
 kt
 Knots
 LAAS
 GPS Local Area [accuracy] Augmentation System
 LAHSHO
 Land and Hold Short operation
 Lateral Navigation
 FMS managed lateral navigation (i.e., NAV mode)
 LDA
 LOC-type Directional Aid
 LLWAS
 Low Level Windshear Alert System
 LOC
 Localizer
 LOC BCK CRS
 Localizer back course
 LOFT
 Line Oriented Flight [simulator] Training
 m
 Meters
 MAP
 Missed Approach Point
 MCDU
 Multi-purpose Control and Display Unit (see also CDU)
 MDA(H)
 Minimum Descent Altitude (Height)
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 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 MEA
 Minimum Enroute Altitude
 MEL
 Minimum Equipment List (operator' customized version of MMEL)
 METAR
 Meteorological Airport [observation] Report
 MMEL
 Master Minimum Equipment List (approved by operational authority)
 Mode
 Type of guidance used to guide the aircraft towards a target or set of targets, or along a vertical flight path and/or lateral flight path
 "Selected modes" refers to the modes armed or engaged by the pilot on the FCU
 "Managed modes" refers to FMS vertical navigation and lateral navigation
 MSA
 Minimum Safe Altitude or Minimum Sector Altitude
 MSAW
 Minimum Safe Altitude Warning (provided by ATC)
 MSL
 Mean Sea Level (e.g., 1000 ft - altitude above MSL, indicated by the barometric altimeter when set to QNH)
 NATS
 U.K. National Air Traffic Services
 Navaid
 Navigation Aid (e.g., NDB, VOR, VOR-DME, LOC, ILS,...)
 ND
 Navigation Display
 NDB
 Non Directional Beacon
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 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 Next Target
 Any required element or combination of one or more of the following elements:
 A position,
 An altitude,
 An aircraft configuration,
 A speed,
 A vertical speed, and/or
 A power setting.
 NEXT WPT
 The waypoint located after the TO WPT
 nm
 Nautical miles
 NOTAM
 NOtice To AirMen
 OAT
 Outside Air Temperature
 OCA(H)
 Obstacle Clearance Altitude (Height)
 OM
 Outer Marker
 PA
 Passenger Address system
 PAPI
 Precision Approach Path Indicator
 PF
 Pilot Flying Page 11 of 16
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 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 PFD
 Primary Flight Display
 PIC
 Pilot In Command
 PIREPS
 Pilot REPorts
 PNF
 Pilot Not Flying
 The PNF is sometimes referred to as the Pilot Monitoring to enhance his/her role in terms or monitoring, cross-check and backup
 QAR
 Quick Access Recorder
 QFE
 Actual atmospheric pressure at airport elevation
 Altimeter setting required to read a height above airport elevation
 QNH
 Actual atmospheric pressure at sea level, based on actual atmospheric pressure at station
 Altimeter setting required to read an altitude above mean sea level (MSL)
 QRH
 Quick Reference Handbook
 R/I
 Radio / Inertial navigation
 RA
 Depending on context:
 Radio Altimeter, or
 Resolution Advisory (see also TCAS)
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 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 RA DH
 Radio Altimeter Decision Height
 Raw Data
 Raw navigation data: bearing and/or distance from aircraft to the tuned navaid
 REIL
 Runway End Identification Lights
 Reversion
 A mode reversion is a manual or automatic changeover from one AP mode to another mode (usually, a lower level of automation) resulting from:
 - a pilot action (e.g., the selection of a lower level of automation or the disengagement of a mode for manual reversion to the AP basic mode); or,
 - a system built-in condition (e.g., a guidance limit or an active flight envelope protection); or,
 - a failure or temporary loss of the engaged mode.
 RMI
 Radio Magnetic Indicator
 RNAV
 aRea NAVigation (i.e., lateral navigation based on defined waypoints)
 RNP
 Required Navigation [accuracy] Performance
 RVR
 Runway Visual Range
 RVSM
 Reduced Vertical Separation Minima
 SAT
 Static Air Temperature Page 13 of 16
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 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 SDF
 Simplified Directional Facility
 SID
 Standard Instruments Departure
 SOPs
 Standard Operating Procedures
 Stabilization Height
 The height above airfield elevation or the height above touchdown (HAT) at which the aircraft should be stabilized for the approach to be continued; the stabilization height should be:
 - 1000 ft in IMC
 - 500 ft in VMC
 STAR
 Standard Terminal ARrival
 STD
 Standard altimeter setting (i.e., 1013.2 hPa or 29.92 in.hg)
 TA
 Traffic Advisory (see also TCAS)
 Target
 A guidance target (e.g., a speed, heading, altitude, vertical speed, flight path angle, track, course, etc) selected by the pilot on the appropriate panel (FCU, FMS CDU or keyboard)
 TAS
 True Air Speed
 TAWS
 Terrain Awareness and Warning System
 TAWS is the term used by the European JAA and the U.S. FAA to describe equipment meeting ICAO standards and recommendations for ground-proximity warning system (GPWS) equipment that provides predictive terrain-hazard warnings Page 14 of 16
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 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 TCAS
 Traffic Collision Avoidance System (see also ACAS)
 TDWR
 Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
 Weather radar capable of detecting areas of wind shear activity
 TDZ
 Touch Down Zone
 TDZE
 Touch Down Zone Elevation
 TERPS
 U.S. Standard for Terminal Instrument Approach Procedures (FAR - Part 97)
 TO WPT
 Waypoint of the F-PLN flight plan considered by the FMS for immediate lateral navigation guidance (in case of incorrect flight plan sequencing, the TO WPT may happen to be behind the aircraft)
 TOD
 Top Of Descent
 Transition
 A mode transition is a manual or automatic changeover from one AP mode to another mode, resulting from:
 - a pilot action (e.g., the selection of a new mode on the FCU, as appropriate for the task or following an ATC instruction); or,
 - an automatic mode sequencing resulting from a prior mode selection involving several mode changes in sequence (e.g., altitude capture changeover to altitude hold or selected heading changeover to localizer capture then to localizer tracking)
 V APP
 Final Approach Speed
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 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Flight Operations Briefing Notes
 Term or
 Abbreviation
 Definition
 V MCL
 Minimum control speed in landing configuration with the critical engine inoperative
 V REF
 Reference approach speed (also referred to as threshold reference speed or target threshold speed)
 V stall
 Stalling speed (in a specified configuration)
 V/S
 Vertical speed or AP Vertical Speed mode
 VASI
 Visual Approach Indicator
 VDP
 Visual Descent / Decision Point
 Vertical Navigation
 FMS-managed vertical navigation
 VFR
 Visual Flying Rules
 VHF
 Very High Frequency
 VMC
 Visual Meteorological Conditions
 VOR
 VHF Omni Range
 VOR-DME
 Collocated VOR and DME navaids
 WAAS
 GPS Wide Area [accuracy] Augmentation System
 WMO
 World Meteorological Organization
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