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Aircraft IT Operations Issue 32: March / April 2018

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Where one acronym has two potential meanings we identify by color and recommend that you check for context

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1-…and symbols A A&D:

Aerospace and Defense (check context)

A&D:

Analysis and Design (check context)

AAtS:

Aircraft Access to SWIM

A/C:

Aircraft

A/P:

Auto-Pilot

AC:

Alternating Current (check context)

AC:

Advisory Circular (FAA term) (check context)

ACARS:

Aircraft Communications, Addressing and Reporting System

ACC:

Active Clearance Control (check context)

ACC:

Airport Control Center (check context)

ACDM/A-CDM

Airport Collaborative Decision Making

ACI

Airports Council International

ACMI:

Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance

ACMS:

Aircraft Condition Monitoring System (Boeing)

ACSP:

Air Carrier Security Program

AD:

Airworthiness Directive

AD / SB

Airworthiness Directive / Service Bulletin

ADD:

Automatic Document Distribution (check context)

ADD:

Automatic Document Detection (check context)

ADEL:

Application Data Enchanced Loading

ADM:

Air Data Module (Airbus)

ADS:

Automatic Dependent Surveillance

ADS-B:

Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast

ADS-C:

Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Contract

AECMA: AEEC:

Association Europeenne des Constructeurs de Materiel aerospatial / European Association of Aerospace Manufacturers Airlines’ Electronic Engineering Committee

AEEC:

Aeronautical Electronic Engineering Committee

AEG:

Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA)

AE:

Annual Emissions (part of EU ETS)

AE MP:

Annual Emissions Monitoring Plan (part of EU ETS)

AEM:

Advanced Emissions Model (part of EU ETS)

AFIRS TM: AFM:

Automated Flight Information Reporting System (from AMA)

AFM:

Aviation Fleet Maintenance

AFS:

Flight Standards Service (FAA)

AFTN:

Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network

AGL:

Above Ground Level

AHEAD:

Aircraft HEalth Analysis and Diagnosis (Embraer)

AHM:

Airport Handling Manual (check context)

AI:

Articificial Intelligence

AHM:

Aircraft Health Management (check context)

AIA:

Administrator for International Aviation

AIA:

Aerospace Industries Association of America

AID:

Aircraft Interface Device (navAero)

AIM:

Aeronautical Information Manual (check context)

AIM:

Aeronautical Information Management (check context)

AIP:

Aeronautical Information Publications

AIR:

AIRcraft Certification Service (FAA)

AJAX:

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

ALAQS:

Airport Local Air Quality Studies (EU ETS model)

ALIS:

Autonomic Logistics Information System (Lockheed for F35)

AMC:

Acceptable Means of Compliance

AME:

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

AMM:

Aircraft Maintenance Manual (check context)

AMM:

Airport Moving Map (check context)

AMMD:

Airport Moving Map Display

AMO:

Authorized Maintenance Organization

AMP:

Aircraft Maintenance Program (check context)

AMP:

Approved Maintenance Program (check context)

AMR:

Aircraft Maintenance Routing

AMRO:

Aircraft MRO

AMT:

Aviation Maintenance Technician

AMTOSS:

Aircraft Maintenance and Task Oriented Support System

ANC:

Air Navigation Commission

ANSP:

Air Navigation Service Provider (check context)

ANSP:

Aircraft Network Security Program (check context)

AO:

Aircraft Operator

AOC:

Air Operator’s Certificate (check context)

AOC:

Airline Operations Center (check context)

AOC:

Aeronautical Operational Control (check context)

AOC:

Airline Operation Control (check context)

AOG:

Aircraft On Ground

AOHA:

Aircraft Operator Holding Account (part of EU ETS)

API:

Application Programming Interface

APIS:

Advance Passenger Information System

APM:

Asset Performance Management

APS:

Advanced Planning & Scheduling

APU:

Auxiliary Power Unit

AQD:

Aviation Quality Database

ARC:

Airworthiness Review Certificate

ARINC:

Aeronautical Radio INC

ARMS:

Airline Resource Management System

ARM:

Aircraft Recovery Manual

AROC:

Aircraft Related Operating Costs

ASAR:

Automatic Storage Automatic Retrieval

ASD:

AeroSpace and Defence (industries association of Europe) (check context)

ASD:

Aviation Systems Directorate (check context)

ASISP:

Aircraft Systems Information Security/Protection (FAA)

ASK:

Available Seat Kilometers

ASM:

Available Seat Miles

ASRS:

Aviation Safety Reporting System

ASTAR:

Airborne Spacing for Terminal Arrival Routes (from NASA)

ATA:

Air Transport Association

ATC:

Air Traffic Control

ATI:

Air Transport Industry

ATIS:

Automatic Terminal Information Service

ATK:

Available Ton Kilometers

ATM:

Available Ton Miles

ATM:

Air Traffic Management

ATMRPP

ATM Requirements and Performance Panel (ICAO)

ATN:

Aeronautical Telecommunication Network

ATQP:

Alternative Training Qualification Programme

A4A:

Airlines for America (formerly ATA – see above)

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Top B BA:

Business Analytics

BAU:

Business As Usual

BC:

Business Case

BFE:

Buyer Furnished Equipment

BI:

Business Intelligence

BITE:

Built-In Test Equipment

BLOB:

Binary Large OBject

BoB:

Best of Breed [system / software solution]

BMF:

Business Management Framework

BPM:

Business Process Management

BPMN:

Business Process Management Notation (check context)

BPMN:

Business Process Modeling Notation (check context)

BPO:

Business Process Outsourcing

BPR:

Business Process Re-engineering

BYOD:

Bring Your Own Device Top

C CA:

Competent Authority (EU ETS)

CAAC:

Civil Aviation Administration of China

CAAS:

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

CAD:

Computer Aided Design

CAGR:

Compound Annual Growth Rate

CALS:

Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support

CAME:

Continued Airworthiness Management Exposition

CAMO:

Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization

CAMP:

Continuing Airworthiness Management Program

CANSO:

Civil Air Navigation Services Organization

CAR:

Civil Aviation Requirements

CAR:

Civil Aviation Rules

CAS:

Commercial Aviation Services (Boeing)

CASS:

Continuous Analysis and Surveillance System

CAWG:

Civil Aviation Working Group (part of ATA e-Business Program)

CBM:

Condition Based Maintenance

CBT:

Computer Based Training

CDA:

Constant Descent Approach (procedures)

CDL:

Common Data Link

CDM:

Clean Development Mechanism (check context)

CDM

Collaborative Decision Making (check context)

CERs:

Certified Emission Reductions

CFIT:

Controlled Flight Into Terrain

CFO:

Chief Financial Officer

CGM:

Computer Graphics Metafile

CI:

Cost Index

CLEEN:

Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (FAA program)

CMC:

Central Mainenance Computer

CMM:

Component Maintenance Manual

CMMS:

Computerized Maintenance Management System

CMRO:

Component MRO

CMS:

Content Management System (change context)

CMS:

Component Management System (check context)

CNS/ATM:

Communication Navigation Surveillance / Air Traffic Management

COBT:

Calculated Off-Block Time

COC:

Customer Originated Changes

CofG:

Center of Gravity

COO:

Chief Operating Officer

CORBA:

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

COTS:

Commercial Off The Shelf [systems]

COW:

Cost Of Weight

CPCP:

Corrosion Prevention and Control Program

CPDLC:

Controller-Pilot Data Link Communication (see also PM CPDLC)

CPFH:

Cost Per Flying Hour

CR:

Change Request

CRCO:

Central Route Charges Office [Euro control]

CRD:

Common Response Document

CRM:

Customer Relationship Management

CRT:

Cathode Ray Tube

CSDB:

Common Source Data Base

CSDD:

Common Source Data Dictionary

CSM:

Customer Supplied Materials

CSS:

Cascading Style Sheet

CTR:

Click Through Rate

CVM:

Customer Value Management Top

D d-ATIS:

digital Automatic Terminal Information Service

DAR:

Data Access Register

DC:

Direct Current

dCI:

Dynamic Cost Index

DCS:

Data Coding Scheme

d2C2I:

Dynamic Delay and Connex Cost Index

DER:

Designated Engineering Repair

DFM:

Design For Manufacture

DGAC:

DGAC:

Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (French: Directorate General of Civil Aviation) (check context) Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (Direction General of Civil Aeronautics; Mexico) (check context) Dirección General de Aviación Civil (Directorate General of Civil Aviation; Guatemala) (check context) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (check context)

DIKW:

Data, Information, Knowledge & Wisdom

DME:

Distance Measuring Equipment

DNS:

Delta Nervous System (Delta Air Lines)(check context)

DNS:

Domain Name System (check context)

DNSSEC:

Domain Name System Security Extensions

DOA:

Design Organization Approval

DOC:

Direct Operating Cost

DoD:

Department of Defense (USA)

DOM:

Document Object Model

dpi:

dots per inch

DQC:

Data Quality Control (check context)

DQC:

Data Quality Center (check context)

DTD:

Document Type Definition

DGAC: DGAC:

Top E E&M:

Evaluation & Management (check context)

E&M:

Electrical & Mechanical (check context)

E&M:

Engineering and Manufacturing (check context)

EA:

Enterprise Architecture

EAM:

Enterprise Asset Management

EASA:

European Air Safety Agency (check context)

EASA:

European Aviation Safety Agency (check context)

EBAA:

European Business Aviation Association

EBIT:

Earnings Before Interest and Taxes

EC:

European Commission

ECCN:

Export Control Classification Number (US Department of Commerce)

ECM:

Engineering Change Management

ECON:

ECONomy mode for flight cost index

EDA:

Electronic Design Automation

eDFDAU:

Digital Flight Data Acquisition Unit

EEA:

European Economic Area

EFB:

Electronic Flight Bag (check context)

EFB

Electronic Flight Book (check context)

EFIS:

Electronic Flight Instrument System

EFU:

Equalized Fleet Utilization

EGNOS:

European Geostationary Overlay Navigation

EGPWS:

Enchanced Ground Proximity Warning System

EHM:

Engine Health Management

ELA:

Electrical Load Analysis

ELB:

Electronic Logbook (Boeing)

EMI:

ElectroMagnetic Interference

EMM:

Enterprise Mobility Management

EMO:

Engineering & Maintenance Organization

EO:

Engineering Order

EOSID:

Engine Out Standard Instrument Departure

EOT:

Equipment Operating Time

EOTI:

Equipment Operating Time Incidents (check context)

EOTI:

Engine Out Taxi In (check context)

EPAS:

Enterprise Performance Analysis System (Seabury Enterprise Solutions)

EPC:

Electronic Products Code

EROPS:

Extended Range Operations

ERP:

Enterprise Resource Planning

ERUs:

Emission Reduction Units

ESB:

Enterprise Service Bus

ESG:

e-Business Steering Group (of the ATA)

ETA:

Estimated Time of Arrival

ETD:

Estimated Time of Departure

ETL:

Electronic Technical Log (TechLog)

ETOPS:

Extended Twin engine OPerationS

ETS:

Emissions Trading Scheme

ETS SF:

ETS Support Facility (Eurocontrol)

EU ETS:

EU Emissions Trading Scheme

EUA:

EU Allowances

EUAA:

EU Aviation Allowances

EWI:

Early Warning Indicators

EZFW:

Estimated Zero Fuel Weight (see also ZFW) Top

F FAA:

Federal Aviation Administration

FAB:

Functional Airspace Block (Single European Sky)

FADEC:

Full Authority Digital Engine Control

FANS:

Future Air Navigation System

FAR:

Federal Aviation Regulation

FBO:

Fixed Base Operator

FCOM:

FSS Radio Voice Communications (check context)

FCOM:

Flight Crew Operating Manual (check context)

FCOM:

Flight Crew Operations Manual (check context)

FD:

Flight Data

FDM:

Flight Data Monitoring

FDR:

Flight Deck Resources

FIM:

Fault Isolation Manual

FIR

Flight Information Region

FIRSTTM: FL:

Fuel Initiative Reporting System Tracker (from AMA)

FMC:

Flight Management Computer (check context)

FMC:

Federal Maritime Commission (check context)

FMC:

Fixed Mobile Convergence (check context)

FMEA:

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

FM:

Flight Model (check context)

FM:

Flight Management (check context)

FM:

Flight Manual (check context)

FMS:

Fuel Management System (check context)

FMS:

Flight Management System (check context)

FOC:

Free Of Cost

FOCA:

Federal Office for Civil Aviation (Swiss)

FOD:

Foreign Object Damage

FODA:

Flight Operations Data Analysis

FOI:

Flight Operations Inspector (part of regulatory structure)

FOM:

Flight Operations Manual

FOQA:

Flight Operations Quality Assurance

FPM:

Flight Plan Manager (Sabre)

fPoC:

functional Proof of Concept

FRAC:

Full Real-life Automated Communication

FRM:

Fault Reporting Manual

FRMS:

Fatigue Risk Management System

FSN:

Fast, Slow, Non-moving (analysis)

FTP:

File Transfer Protocol

FTPS:

File Transfer Protocol Secure

Flight Level

Top G g:

acceleration of gravity

GAGAN:

GPS And Geo-Augmented Navigation (India)

GCC:

Ground services Control Center

Gflop

Gigaflop (Unit of computing capacity equal to one billion (10^9) floating point operations per second)

GH:

General Handling

GNSS:

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

GPRS:

General Packet Radio Service

GPS:

Global Positioning System

GPU:

Ground Power Unit

GS1:

Global not-for-profit Standards organization

GSE:

Ground Services Equipment

GSM:

Global System for Mobile Communications

GUI:

Graphic User Interface Top

H HAZMAT:

HAZardous MATerial

HBC:

High Bandwidth Connectivity

HCC:

Hub Control Centre

HHRR:

Human Health Risk Resources

HIL:

Hold Item List

HTML:

HyperText Markup Language

HUD:

Head Up Display

HUMS:

Health and Usage Monitoring System Top

I IAA:

Irish Aviation Authority

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service

IATA:

International Air Transport Association

IATP:

International Airlines Technical Pool

IBIS:

Integrated Business Intelligence System (IFRSKEYES)

ICA:

Instructions for Continued Airworthiness

ICAO:

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICCAIA:

International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industry Associations

ICR:

Intelligent Character Recognition

IEEE:

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IETM:

Interactive Electronic Technical Manual

IETP:

Interactive Electronic Technical Publication

IFC:

In-Flight Connectivity

IFE:

In-Flight Entertainment

IFE&C:

In-Flight Entertainment & Communications

ILS:

Instrument Landing System

ILS:

Integrated Logistic Support

IMS:

Infrastructure Management Services

INC:

INterChangeable

INRIA:

French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation

IOCC:

Integrated Operation Control Centre

iOS:

i (device) Operating System (Apple)

IoT:

Internet of Things

IP:

Intellectual Property (check context)

IP:

Internet Protocol (check context)

IP:

Initial Provisioning (check context)

IPARS:

International Programmable Airline Reservation System

IPC:

Illustrated Parts Catalog

IPCC:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPD:

Illustrated Parts Data

IPL:

Illustrated Parts List

iQRH:

interactive

IS:

Information Services

iSPEC 2200:

SPECification of standard formats to exchange information between airlines and Suppliers (see also SPEC2000)

ISB:

Integrated Service Bus

ISDP:

In-Service Data Program (Boeing)

IT:

Information Technology

ITP:

In-Trail Procedures (an ADS-B application) Top

J JAA:

Joint Aviation Authorities (European equivalent of FAA)

JAR:

Joint Airworthiness Regulations Top

K KDI:

Key Disruption Indicator

KISSASS:

Keep it Simple, Stable, Available, Scalable and

KPI:

Key Performance Indicators Top

L *LAW:

Landing Weight (Aviation)

LCC:

Low-Cost Carrier

LCCA:

Life Cycle Cost Analysis

L/D:

Lift over Drag ratio

LLP:

Life Limited Part

LLT:

Limited Line Test

LMC:

Line Maintenance Control

LMS:

Learning Management System

ln:

natural logarithm

LOE:

Line-Oriented Evaluation

LOFT:

Line-Orientated Flight Training

LOPA:

LayOut of Passenger Accommodations

LOSA:

Line Operation Safety Audit

LPC:

Licence Proficiency Check (check context)

LPC:

Less Paper Cockpit (Airbus software) (check context)

LPT:

Load Planning Tool

LPV:

Localizer Performance with Vertical (approach procedures)

LROPS:

Long Range Operations

LSAP:

Loadable Software Aircraft Parts

LTS:

Long-Term Storage

*LW:

Landing Weight Top

M M2H:

Machine-to-Human

M2M:

Machine-to-Machine

M&E:

Maintenance & Engineering

MAP:

Modification Approval Process

MAREP:

MAintenance REPort

MBF:

MyBoeingFleet

MCC:

Maintenance Control Center

MCDU:

Maintenance Control and Display Unit

MCS:

Maintenance and Control System

MCTF:

Maintenance Cost Task Force

MDCM:

Multi-Dimensional Configuration Management

MDM:

Mobile Device Management

MDS:

Mobile Device System (Swiss AS)

MEIMS:

Maintenance Error Information Management System

MEL:

Minimum Equipment List (check context)

MEL:

Maintenance Expenditure Limit (check context)

MEERA

Mobile Enabled Engine Repair Application (TAP)

MEQA:

Maintenance & Engineering Quality Assurance

MES:

Manufacturing Execution System

METEO:

Meteorological

MFi:

Made For iPad

MIAM:

Media Independent Aircraft Messaging

MI:

Maintenance Item

MID:

Maintenance Instruction Document

MIMOSA:

Machinery Information Management Open Systems Alliance

MIS:

Maintenance Information System (check context)

MIS:

Management Information System (check context)

MMEL:

Master Minimum Equipment List

MOC:

Maintenance Operations Center

MoD:

Ministry of Defence (UK)

MOQA:

Maintenance Operations Quality Assurance

MOU:

Memorandum Of Understanding

MPAS:

Maintenance Performance Analysis System (Seabury MRO Solutions)

MPD:

Maintenance Planning Document

MPLS:

MultiProtocol Label Switching

MRB:

Maintenance Review Board

MRO:

Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (check context)

MRO:

Maintenance & Repair Organization (check context)

MRR:

Monitoring and Reporting Regulations (part of EU ETS)

MS:

Maintenance Scheduling

MSAS:

Multi-Functional Satellite Augmentation System (Japan)

MSCM:

Maintenance Schedule Condition Monitoring (Lufthansa Technik)

MSG:

Maintenance Steering Group (of ATA)

MSN:

Manufacturer's Serial Number

MTBF:

Mean Time Between Failures

MTBUR:

Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removal

MTCM:

Multidimensional Trellis Coded Modulation

MTOGW:

Maximum Take-Off Gross Weight

MTOW:

Maximum Take-Off Weight

MWD:

Maintenance Workload Due

MWR:

Maintenance Work Request Top

N N:

Newton (unit of force)

NAAs:

National Aviation Authorities

NADP:

Noise Abatement Departure Procedure (1 or 2)

NATO: NATS:

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (in French OTAN Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique) National Air Traffic Services (UK)

NBD:

Network Based Defense

NCO:

Network Centric Operations

n-day:

Day on which cyclic maintenance visits fall due

NDT:

Non-Destructive Testing

NFC:

Not Fully Closed

NFF:

No Fault Found

NFS:

Network File Server

nm:

nautical miles

NoE:

Network of Everything

NOTAM:

NOTice to AirMen

NOTOC:

Notice TO Crew

NPA:

Notice of Proposed Amendment

NPV:

Net Present Value

NRC:

Non-Routine Card

n-tiered:

A program distributed among three or more separate computers

NTO:

No Technical Objection Top

O OAI:

Operationally Approved Information

OASES:

Open Aviation Strategic Engineering System (Commsoft)

OCC:

Operations Control Center

OCR:

Optical Character Recognition

ODA:

Open Document Architecture

OEB:

Operations Evaluation Board (of EASA)

OEM:

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OFMS:

Offline Field Maintenance Solution

OFP:

Original Flight Plan

OHMD:

Optical Head-Mounted Display

OLAP:

On-Line Analytical Processing

OOOI:

Out of gate / take Off / On the ground / In the gate

OOP:

Out Of Phase

OP:

Operating Procedure

OPC:

Operators Proficiency Check

OpSpec:

Operations Specification (sometimes shown as OPSPEC)

OR:

Operations Research

OSD:

Operational Suitability Data

OSP:

Oil Servicing Program

OT:

Operational Technology

OTAN:

Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique (and see NATO)

OTP:

On Time Performance

OTS:

Off-The-Shelf (hardware &/or software)

OZR:

Optical Zonal Recognition (Aircraft Data Systems) Top

P P-F:

interval between Potential failure and Functional failure

PaaS:

Platform as a service

PAO:

Paperless Aircraft Operations (IATA)

pax:

People

PBH:

Power By the Hour (engine management - check context)

PBH:

Priced By the Hour (check context)

PBL:

Performance Based Logistics

PBN:

Performance Based Navigation

PDC:

Pre-Departure Clearance

PDF:

Portable Document Format

PDL:

Portable Data Loader

PDM:

Product Data Management

Pdm:

Predictive Maintenance

PED:

Personal Electronic Device

PEM:

Periodic Engineering Maintenance

PFI:

Private Finance Initiative

PHM:

Prognostic Health Management

PIC:

Pilot In Command (check context)

PIC:

Processor In Command (check context)

PIREP:

PIlot REPort

PIREPS:

PIlot REPorting System - OASES

PKI:

Public Key Infrastructure

PLM:

Product Lifecycle Management

PMA:

Parts Manufacturer Approved

PM CPDLC: PMDB:

Protected Mode Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (see also CPDLC) Product Management Data Base

PMI:

Post-Merger Integration (check context)

PMI:

Project Management Interface (check context)

PMI:

Purchasing, Maintenance and Inventory (Aerosoft) (check context)

PMO:

Project Management Office

PMP:

Project Management Professional

P/N or PN:

Part Number

PO:

Purchase Order

PoC:

Proof of Concept

pRFID:

passive Radio Frequency Identification

PRINCE:

Projects IN Controlled Environments

PRINCE2:

Projects IN Controlled Environments version 2

PRM

PRemature Maintenance

P-RNAV:

Precision Area Navigation

PSO:

Public Service Obligation (often government contract routes)

PSU:

Passenger Service Unit Top

Q QAR:

Quick Access Recorder

QATS:

Quality Assurance & Testing

QC:

Quality Control

QMS:

Quality Management System

QRH:

Quick Reference Handbook Top

R RAIM:

Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring

RAM:

Repair And Maintenance

R&D:

Research and Development

R&T:

Research & Technology

RBS

Readiness Based Sparing

RCM:

Reliability Centered Maintenance

RDB:

Relational Data Base

RDBMS:

Relational Data Base Management System

RDI:

Remote Defect Indicator (check context)

RDI:

Radio Direction Indicator (check context)

RDP:

Radar Data Processing (check context)

RDP:

Remote Desktop Protocol (check context)

RDT:

Remote Desk Top

REDDIG:

South American Digital Network

REQ:

Requisition

RETI:

Reduced Engine Taxi In

RFAC:

Range factor

RFID

Radio Frequency IDentification (check context)

RFID

Radio Frequency Identification Device (check context)

RFP:

Request for Proposal

RFQ:

Request for Quotation

RM:

Resource Management (Sabre)

RNAV:

Area Navigation

RNP:

Required Navigation Performance

RNP AR:

Required Navigation Performance - Authorization Required

RPK:

Revenue Passenger Kilometers

RPN:

Risk Priority Number [risk assessment methodology]

RSPL:

Recommended Spare Parts List

RO:

Repair Order

ROI:

Return on Investment

RTCA:

Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics

RVSM:

Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Top

S S&RL:

Sense and Respond Logistics

SaaS:

Software as a Service

SAE:

Society of Automotive Engineers

SARPs:

Standards and Recommended Practices (ICAO Safety Management)

SAS:

Standard Aviation Solution

SB:

Service Bulletin

SBAS:

Space Based Augmentation System

SBB:

Smart Buffer Fox

SCAP:

Security Certification and Authorization Package

SCAP:

Standard Computerized Airplane Performance

SCF:

Statistical Contingency Fuel

SCM:

Supply Chain Management

SDS:

System Description Manual

SDK:

Software Development Kit

SEP:

Safety Equipment Procedures

SERIES: SESAR:

System Electrical Rating Integration Evaluation Software [Marshall Aerospace Ltd] Single European Sky ATM Research

SETI:

Single Engine Taxi In

SF:

Support Facility (from EUROCONTROL for EU ETS)

SFC:

Specific Fuel Consumption

SFMIS:

Smart Fuel Management Information System

SGHA:

Standard Ground Handling Agreement (IATA)

SGML:

Standard Generalized Markup Language

SI:

Systems Integrator (check context)

SI:

System International (check context)

SID:

Standard Instrument Departure

SIGMET:

SIGnificant METeorological information

SIMID:

Système d’Information de Maintenance Intégré et Distribué (in English, ‘Integrated and Distributed Information System’) Service Level Agreement

SLA: SLM: SMAC:

Service Lifecycle Management (sometimes in-Service Lifecycle management) Social Mobility And Cloud

SME:

Subject Matter Expert

SMS:

Safety Management Systems

SOA:

Service Oriented Architecture

SOAP:

Simple Object Access Protocol

SOC:

Service Oversight Center (check context)

SOC:

Start of Climb (check context)

Social CRM:

Social Customer Relationship Management

SOP:

Standard Operating Procedure(s)

SOX:

Sarbanes-Oxley (Act)

SPEC 2000:

SPECification of standard formats to exchange information between airlines and Suppliers (see also iSPEC2200)

SPO:

Service Parts Optimization

SRM:

Structural Repair Manual

SRU:

Shop Replacement Unit

SQL:

Structured Query Language

SQMS:

Safety & Quality Management Sub-system (Sheorey Digital Systems)

SSD:

Solid State Drive

SSFE:

Selected Seller Furnished Equipment

STAPES:

System for Airport Noise Exposure Studies (EU ETS)

STAR:

Standard Terminal Arrival Route

STC:

Supplemental Type Certificate

STREAM:

Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments by Aircraft Measurements Top

T T&M:

Time & Material (check context)

T&M:

Time & Money (Check context)

TAIU:

Tablet to Aircraft Interface Units

TAT:

Turn-Around Times

TAWS:

Terrain Awareness Warning System

TB:

Turbulence

TB:

Turbine Blade

TBO:

Time-based Operations

TCAS:

Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System

TCCA:

Transport Canada Civil Aviation

TCP:

Transmission Control Protocol

TDR:

Technical Dispatch Reliability

TFAC:

Time factor

TIM:

Tablet Interface Module (UTC Aerospace Systems)

*TK:

Tonne-Kilometre (data – for EU ETS)

*TKm:

Tonne-Kilometre (data – for EU ETS)

TLP:

Technical Log Page

TMA:

Terminal Maneuvering Area

TOBT:

Target Off Block Time

ToC:

Table of Contents

TOW:

Take-Off Weight

TPM:

Technical Procedures Manual

TQC:

Time Quality Cost

TR:

Temporary Revision (check context)

TR:

Tail Rotation (check context)

TRU:

Transformer Rectifier Unit

TSM:

Troubleshooting Manual

TSN:

Time Since New

TSFC:

Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption

TSR:

Time Since Repaired

TSO:

Time Since Overhaul

TTY:

TeleTYpe telex machine

TWLU:

Terminal Area Wireless LAN Unit Top

U UAV:

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UAID:

Universal Aircraft Interface Device (navAero)

ULD:

Unit Loading Device

UMTS:

Universal Mobile Telephone System Top

V V:

Velocity (speed)

VAR:

Value Added Reseller

VDL:

Very high frequency Digital Link

VED:

Vital, Essential, Desirable (analysis)

VHF:

Very High Frequency

VOR:

VHF Omnidirectional Range

VPN:

Virtual Private Network

vQAR:

virtual Quick Access Recorder

VRIO model:

Valuable? Rare? costly to Imitate? exploited by the Organization? (J. Barney) Top

W W3C:

World Wide Web Consortium

WAAS:

Wide Area Augmentation System (US)

WBM:

Weight and Balance Manual

WBS:

Work Breakdown Structure

WBT:

Web Based Training

WDM:

Wiring Diagram Manual

WEFA:

Wireless Extension For ACMS (Sagem)

Wf:

final Weight

Wi:

initial Weight

W-IFE:

Wireless In-Flight Entertainment

Wi-Fi:

Brand term for a wireless network capability

WiMAX:

Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access

WinRT:

Windows RunTime (Microsoft)

WYSIWYG:

What You See Is What You Get

WLAN:

Wireless Local Area Network

WO:

Work Order

WOA:

Windows on Arm (Microsoft)

WSI:

Weather Services International

WYPT:

WaYPoinT Top

X [X]aaS:

[anything] as a Service

XML/xml:

eXtensible Markup Language

XHTML:

eXtensible HyperText Markup Language

XSL:

eXtensible Stylesheet Language

XSLT:

eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations

XSD:

XML Schema Document (see XML)

XST:

Xilinx Synthesis Tool Top

Y Top Z ZFM:

Zero Fuel Mass

ZFW:

Zero Fuel Weight Top

1- … and symbols 3G:

Third Generation mobile communications standards and technology

4G

Fourth Generation mobile communications standards and technology

ð:

Partial derivative of a function with several variables



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