Day 1 Basics
What does OTP stand for?
Answer: On-time performance
Who performed the first flight?
Answer: Wright Brothers, Dec. 17, 1903
What are the 4 forces on an airplane?
Answer: Lift, drag, thrust, weight
All airlines are privately owned.
True or False? Answer: False
Who developed SARPs?
Answer: ICAO
What does CATSA stand for?
Answer: Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
What country first deregulated airlines and when?
Answer: USA, 1978
What principle explains heavier-than-air flight?
Answer: Bernoulli’s principle
What year did the first jet airliner fly?
Answer: 1949
What convention regulates liability for international carriage?
Answer: Warsaw Convention
What are the aviation categories?
Answer: Civil and military
What are the 3 major airline alliances?
Answer: Star Alliance, SkyTeam, OneWorld
What is seat pitch?
Answer: Distance from the back of one seat to the back of the next
What are the 4 airline route categories?
Answer: International, domestic, transborder, regional
What is Load Factor?
Answer: RPK divided by ASK
What are WestJet and Air Canada’s IATA codes?
Answer: WS and AC
Define codeshare.
Answer: Airlines sell/market the same flight under their own codes, but one airline operates it
What are the 5 parts of an airplane?
Answer: Fuselage, wings, tail/empennage, landing gear, engine/powerplant
What are the 3 levels of decision-making?
Answer: Strategic, tactical, operational
What are the two duopoly manufacturers?
Answer: Boeing and Airbus
Define ATC.
Answer: Air Traffic Control, managing airside vehicle and aircraft movement on the ground and in the air
What are Freedoms of the Air?
Answer: Commercial aviation rights allowing airlines to enter/land in another country’s airspace
What is ICAO’s definition of airmanship?
Answer: Good judgment plus knowledge, skills, and attitudes to accomplish flight objectives
List 4 strategies airlines use to reduce losses.
Answer: Cut schedules, reduce fares, lay off employees, cut salaries/benefits
Aircraft ownership can account for up to what % of direct operating cost?
Answer: 35%