IAF—Initial Approach Fix
ILS—Instrument Landing System
LEO—Law Enforcement Officer
LSP—Lightning Strike Protection
NONREV/Non-rev—any airline employee/family member/guest of an employee that is flying for free or for extremely reduced fare. Non-revenue.
NTK—Need to Know
OJT—On the Job Training
Open Jaw—The departure city is not the return city. On a map, it looks like a triangle without points C and A connecting. Passenger flies from city A to city B and their return trip is flying from city B to city C (instead of back to city A) and the travel is over. (PDX-LAX then LAX-SEA)
OPS—Operations. All airlines have differing duties. Usually they communicate with the pilots coordinating inbound/outbound flight needs. Assign parking spots for aircraft, food and beverage delegation, ordering fuel, relaying information to ground agents and inside agents. Communicates with Tower in an emergency. Investigative research for accurate reporting of flights and their daily history for the airline and to report to the DOT. They track flights and relay information and changes to the agents working other positions at the airport.
PA—Public Address
PBX—Private Branch Exchange Used for SAT phones
PDX—Portland International Airport (Portland, Oregon)
PNR—Passenger Name Record, the reservation record
POI—Person of Interest
RAC Room—Ramp Action Center or Re-Accommodation Center
RON—Remained Over Night
SAC—Special Agent in Charge
SAT phone—Satellite phones do not rely on towers, like a regular wireless but instead transmits signals via satellites that orbit the earth.
SFO—San Francisco
SIDA—Secure Identification Display Area-must always be worn visibly in a secured area
SLC—Salt Lake City
SSR—Special Service Request or Special Services
STAR—Start The Airline out Right
TSA—Transportation Security Administration
UM—Unaccompanied Minor. Requires a child of 5-13 years old to be in direct possession at every point by an airline employee until the child is handed over to the receiving parent.
Author Bio
JL LeGerrette has been expressing herself through writing since she was a child through musical lyrics, short stories, and poetry. Her first self-published book was a small collection of short stories and poems that were written over, and about, many years of her life called The Colors of My Life by JL LeGerrette. Read from front to back in order, you see her grow up... with her own set of rules of maneuvering through life and finish with seeing the beauty of her children and a final explanation of her odd sense of “experiencing” life. In her first novel, You’re Clear, you see her vivid imagination take you from controlled environment to chaos in seconds. After raising children and gathering grandchildren like a backyard Spring garden, 0-60 is a way of life. After all, what is life without a little adventure?
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