AVIATION ACRONYMS Below are common FAA and industry acronyms and terminology used when dealing with your FSDO.


14 CFR Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations A/FD AC


Airport/Facility Directory Advisory Circular


ACCSS air carrier cabin safety specialists ACE ACO ACR AGL


aerobatic competency evaluator Aircraft Certification Office


airman certification representative above ground level


AIDS AIP


ARFF ASI AST ATC ATP


ATPE CAR


CMO CPL


CPM DH


CTA


DME DOD DPE EIR EIS


ELOS FAA FAR FCC FD


FDC FL


FM


FMCS FMS FOI


FOM FSAS


GOM GPS GTD


Accident Incident Data Subsystem Aeronautical Information Publication


Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Equipment aviation safety inspector aviation safety technician air traffic control


airline transport pilot


airline transport pilot examiner Civil Air Regulations


CASFO Civil Aviation Security Field Office CE CFI


commercial pilot examiner certificated flight instructor Certificate Management Office commercial pilot license


certification project manager decision height control areas


distance measuring equipment Department of Defense designated pilot examiner


Enforcement Investigation Report Enforcement Information Subsystem Equivalent Level of Safety


Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Regulation


Federal Communications Commission flight director


flight data center flight level


flight manual


flight management computer systems flight management system fundamentals of instructing flight operations manual


FSDO Flight Standards District Office FSS FTD


flight training device


general operations manual global positioning system ground training device


HAZMAT hazardous material HF


high frequency


Flight Standards Automation System flight service station


HUD IAP IFO IFP IFR IIC ILS


IMC IRA IRS ISIS ISS


JAR heads-up display


instrument approach procedures International Field Office Instrument Foreign Pilot instrument flight rules inspector-in-charge


instrument landing system


instrument meteorological conditions Instrument Rating Airplane inertial reference systems


Integrated Safety Information Subsystem inertial sensor system


LAHSO land-and-hold-short operations LOA


LORAN long-range navigation MEL NAS NAT NDB


NFDC NM


Joint Aviation Requirements letter of authorization minimum equipment list


National Airspace System


North Atlantic navaid navigational aid non-directional beacon


NDPER National Designated Pilot Examiner Registry NEB


National Examiner Board National Flight Data Center nautical miles


NOTAM Notice to Airmen NTSB OCA OJT PAI


PCA PIC POI


PPM PTRS RVR


SODA STC TAF TC


TCDS TCO TSO VFR VHF VIS VLF


VMC


National Transportation Safety Board oceanic control areas on-the-job training


principal avionics inspector primary category aircraft pilot-in-command


principal operations inspector Procedures Manual


Program Tracking and Reporting Subsystem runway visual range


RVSM Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum SFAR SIC


Special Federal Aviation Regulations second-in-command


Statement of Demonstrated Ability supplemental type certificate terminal weather forecasts type certification


type certificate data sheet training course outline technical standard order visual flight rules


very high frequency


Vital Information Subsystem very low frequency


VOR VHF omni-directional radio range VREF


visual meteorological conditions approach speed


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