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What does IATA stand for?

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International Air Transport Association

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What are the different types of airline carriers?

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Full service
Low cost
Regional
Cargo
Charter
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What does CAA stand for?

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Civil aviation authority

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What does ICAO stand for?

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International civil aviation organisation

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What does PNR stand for?

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Passenger Name Record

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What does ANSP?

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Air navigation service providers

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What does ATK/M stand for?

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Available tonne per kilometre/mile

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What does RTK/M stand for?

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Revenue tonne kilometre/mile

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What does FFP stand for?

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Frequent flier program

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What does CRS stand for?

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Computer reservations system

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What does GDS stand for?

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Global distribution system

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What does AWB stand for?

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Airway bill

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What does ACI stand for?

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Airports council international

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What does AOC stand for?

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Air operators certificate

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What is cabotage?

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Foreign operator carrying passengers between two domestic points of another country

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What is a hub and spoke system?

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Feeds air traffic from small communities through larger communities to destination via connection at larger community

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What is passenger kilometre/mile?

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One passanger transported 1km/mile

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What is revenue passenger?

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The person receiving air transport from carrier

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When was the first unpiloted flight?

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6 May 1896

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When was the first piloted flight?

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17 December 1903 in the Wright Flyer, Orville Wright flew 120 ft in 12 seconds
Wright brothers

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When was the first flight in Australia?

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1909 by Cloin defries

Wilblur Wright airplane

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Who is Glenn H Curtis?

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Received 1st US pilot licence
Established first: flying school in US, firearm use in aircraft, radio communication in flight, dual control, retractable landing gear, sale to us army, military flying school

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Who is Alexander Graham?

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Invented aileron
Cofounded AEA (aerial experiment association)
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When was the C172 released?

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1956

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Who was Igor Sikorsky?
Designed and flew first multi engine fixed wing aircraft in 1913 Founded Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation First mass produced helicopter, Sikorsky R4 in 1942
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When and where was the first international flight?
25 July 1909 | France to England by Louis Bleriot
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When was the first scheduled passenger flight service?
January 1914
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When was the first international flight service?
1 November 1920 between Keywest FL and Havana, Cuba
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When was the first England to Australia flight?
November/December 1919 By ross and Keith smith in a Vickers Vimy Total 135 hours
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First round the world flight?
Wiley post and Harold Gatty (navigator) in 1931, took 8 days | Solo, Wiley post 1933, 7 days
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What was the first jet airliner?
Type 618 Nene Viking 1948
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What was the first commercial jet airliner?
Da havvilland comet 1949, enter service 1952
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First Boeing jet?
Boeing 707 First flight 1957 Entered 1958
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First Douglas jet?
DC8 First. Flight 1958 Service 1959
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First wide body?
Boeing 747
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Supersonic transport?
``` Concorde First flight 1969 Enter service 1976 Retired 2003 Reach Mach 2 ```
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First airbus?
a300 First flight 1972 Entered service 1974
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First entirely computer designed commercial aircraft?
Boeing 777 First flight 1994 Established 1995
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When was the Chicago Conference?
1 November to 7 December 1944
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What were the outcomes of the Chicago conference?
No cabotage Standardisation of customs, immigration rules, ATC rules, documentation National sovereignty over airspace confirmed
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When was QANTAS established?
16 November 1920
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What does QANTAS stand for?
Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services
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When was the jet era?
1960s
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How was REX formed?
Kendall airways (Wagga) and Hazelton (ACT) merged after ANSETT collapsed
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When was Virgin blue formed?
2000 | Brisbane-Sydney-Brisbane
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When did ANSETT collapse?
14 September 2001
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How and when did Jetstsr form?
QANTAS acquired impulse in 2001, relaunched as Jetstar in 2003
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What are human factor?
Refers to any factor that can influence human activity | Focuses on human operation at centre of activity and relationship with others involved
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Where is human factors evolved from?
Engineering Ergonomics Psychology Physiology
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What are the two error types?
Active | Latent
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What are active errors?
Made by front liner operators (pilot) Very common May/may not cause accident/incident
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What are latent errors?
Decisions made by supervisors, managers, designers etc Delayed effect Can lie dormant Can cause accident in combination with active error
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What is the SHELL model?
Software (checklist, manuals) Hardware (machines, tools, equipment) Environment (physical, economic, social/culture,time pressure) Liveware (central component, physical size, shape, sensory, tolerance) Liveware (significant other players)
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How would you use SHELL to analyse errors?
Catalogue relationships according to SHELL Consider underlying error/potential errors within interactions Latent conditions, active errors NOTE: SHELL places individual at centre, can lead to that person being blamed without uncovering underlying problems
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What are the main factors affecting team performance?
Personality (leadership, followership, authority gradient, communication) Stress Fatigue Workload
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What is the difference between steep and flat authority gradient?
Steep: junior copilot submissive to dominant captain Flat: two captains similar experience, no one clearly in command
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What is stress?
Response to unflavoured environmental conditions and how body reacts to demands Stressor=stimulus Stress=response
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What are the two types of stress?
Acute, sudden and unexpected event | Chronic, continues for a long time
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What can continued exposed to stress lead to?
Insomnia Lack of appetite Headache Irritability
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What are some environmental stressors?
``` Noise, greater than 90db Vibration Temperature, less than 15 or greater than 30 Hypoxia Fatigue Humidity ```
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What are some aviation stress?
``` Being checked Monotonous tasks Conflict with crew G force Emergency Away from family Noise/vibration Fatigue ```
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What are some indicators of "flight and fight" response?
Increased blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, sweating, muscle blood flow
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What are the types of memory?
Sensory - stored temporarily then forgotten Long term - max number of non connected items that can be recalled approx 9 Working - recall info stored a long time ago, via repetition and vivid occurrence
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What is the formula for climb gradient?
Thrust minus drag divide by weight times by 100%
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What is minimum angle of glide formula?
-1/L/D max times by 100% L/D MAX = weight / drag times by 100%
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What is load factor?
Lift / weight
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What is the aspect ratio of the wing formula?
(Wing span)squared / wing area
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What is the formula for parasitic drag at point if minimum drag?
Parasite = minimum drag / 2
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What is the rate of climb formula?
[Thrust minus drag divided by weight ] times by 100%
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What is the Mach number formula?
True airspeed divided by speed of sound (590 kts)
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What is the bank angle formula?
Inverse cos 1/n

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