Airline term abbreviations
Terms
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- PSU
- Passenger Service Unit
- MCD
- Main Cabin Door
- NVS
- Noise vibration system
- PA
- Public Announcement
- PTT
- Push to talk
- ELS
- Emergency lighting System
- POB
- Portable Oxygen Bottle
- AED
- Automated External Defilibrator
- EEMK
- Enhanced Emergency Medical Kit
- PBE
- Protective Breathing Equipment
- R1
- Forward right exit
- L1
- Left right exit
- R2
- Aft right exit
- L2
- Aft left exit
- RON
- Remain overnight
- DOT
- Department of Transportation
- FAA
- Federal Aviation Administration
- ATC
- Air Traffic Control
- NTSB
- National Transportation Safety Board
- ATA/RAA
- Air Transportation Association/Regional Airline Association
- DHS
- Department of Homeland Security
- TSA
- Transportation Security Administration
- ABP
- Able-Bodied person
- CA
- Captain
- CG
- Center of Gravity
- DH
- Deadhead
- Demo
- Demonstration
- DISP
- Dispatch
- FA
- Flight Attendant
- FAIF
- Flight Attendant Information File
- FCIF
- Flight Crew Information File
- FO
- First Officer
- FWD
- Forward
- ILS
- Instrument Landing System
- IOE
- Initial Operating Experience
- INOP
- Inoperative
- ITM
- Instant Travel Machine
- JS
- Jumpseat
- NON-REV
- Non-Revenue
- N/S
- No show
- OAG
- Official Airline Guide
- OPS
- Operations
- QT
- Quick Turn
- SA
- Space Available
- UM
- Unaccompanied Minor
- VFR
- Visual Flight Rules
- A/C
- Aircraft
- ACM
- Additional Crew Member
- COB
- Carry-on bag
- ETA
- Estimated Time of Arrival
- ETD
- Estimated Time of Depature
- FAM
- Flight Attendant Manual
- FAR
- Federal Aviation Regulation
- FLT
- Flight
- INFLT
- Inflight
- LHS
- Left Hand Side
- MDT
- Mountain Daylight Time
- MEL
- Minimum Equipment List
- MST
- Mountain Standard Time
- MTX
- Maintenance
- PAX
- Passenger
- PDT
- Pacific Daylight Time
- PSI
- Pounds per Square Inch
- PST
- Pacific Standard Time
- RES
- Reservations
- RHS
- Right Hand Side
- UTC
- Unable to Contact
- XLD
- Cancelled