Glossary of terms and Abbreviations
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U.K. Civil Aviation Publication
CAPT Captain ( see also PIC )
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 )
Collision Avoidance Warning System ( see TCAS )
CDU Control and Display Unit ( see also MCDU )
Checklist Controlled Flight Into Terrain See also QRH
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 )
Configuration ( e.g., slats, flaps, roll spoilers, ground spoilers, ... )
CORR Correction ( e.g., wind or configuration correction on final approach speed )
Controller Pilot Data Link Communications
CRM Crew Resource Management
Decision Altitude ( Height )
DCDU Data Communications Display Unit
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Dispatch Deviation Guide ( see also MMEL and MEL )
DIR TO Direct route to [ a waypoint ]
Distance
DME Distance Measuring Equipment
French Direction de la Navigation Aerienne
ECAM Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor
Electronic Flight Instruments System
EGPWS Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System ( see also TAWS )
Exhaust Gas Temperature
ETOPS Extended Twins Operations
First Officer
FAA U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Final Approach Fix
FANS Future Air Navigation System ( see also CNS and ATM )
U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations
FBS Fixed Base Simulator
Flight Crew Operating Manual ( established by Airbus Industrie )
FCU Flight Control Unit ( i.e., AP/FD interface )
Flight Director
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FDF Final Descent Fix
Forward-Facing-Crew Cockpit
FFS Full Flight Simulator
Flight Information Region
FL Flight Level
Flight Management and Guidance System
FMA Flight Modes Annunciator
Flight Management, Guidance and [flight] Envelop [protection] System
FMS Flight Management System
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