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Straight-Back
The term "straight-back" refers to the chair used to help a passenger who could not walk to his/her airplane seat. It is called "straight-back" because the back is straight (and long). It is narrow so that the width easily fits on the airplane aisle.
The straight-back chair is usually requested by passenger who could not walk to their seats due to temporary or permanent disability. The airline personnel (usually two), lifts the chair with the passenger on it, from the jetway to the passenger's seat. Usually, the passengers are transferred from a wheelchair to the "straight-back" chair.
This chair can be requested in advance but needs to be followed up when the passenger checks in on the day of departure. Notify the airline representative that the passenger is not able to walk from the jetway to the chair.
Deadheading
Airline crew members who are "deadheading" are those that need ride a certain air flight to get to the destination where he/she is going to start his/her assigned flight. For example, Captain Smith in in San Francisco. According to his scheduled, he needs to fly Flight No. 333 with routing from New York (JFK Airport) to Atlanta (ATL Airport). Captain Smith will be deadheading his company's flight from San Francisco (SFO) to fly to JFK. "Deadheading" crew members are classified as "need to fly". They need to have a seat on the flight that will take them to the airport where they will start their working flight.
Vertical Stabilizer
Today, searchers found AF 447 vertical stabilizer at the Atlantic Ocean crash site.
Vertical stabilizers, or fins, of an aircraft, are usually found at the end of the fuselage or body of an aircraft. On aircraft, vertical stabilizers are usually pointed upwards. They are also called the vertical tail. The trailing end of the stabilizer is movable. Before your flight, you will see the rudder at the end of the stabilizer move. That is when the pilots are testing the rudders. The rudder allows the pilot to control the airplane's yaw.
Non - Rev - The term "non-rev" is short for non--revenue. Non-Revenue means passengers on the flight who are
flying either for free, paid taxes only, or paid very minimum amount. They are usually airline employees, families and
friends. You often hear "I am non-revving". That simply means I am flying on this flight as standby, and paying little or
no fees at all.
Layover - A passenger is stopping in one city before continuing his/her trip to another city. For example, you are flying from New York, you stop in Minneapolis for four (4) hours, continued on to San Francisco after four hours. discount airline tickets usually are not allowed for long "lay-overs", meaning more than 4 hours. If you are planning to stay more than four hours (except when something wrong happens to your flight, or because of any weather problem), your ticket can cost more.
For airline crew members, a layover means that they are not spending the night at a hotel in their city of destination. They are there to wait for the next scheduled flight.
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