Accredited
Given official approval to act: "an accredited college."
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
Association containing a web page a various books and magazines dedicated to Pilots.
Airman Medical Examiner (AME)
A FAA certified examiner responsible for the Medical Exams in which a pilot will receive his/her Student Pilot Certificate.
Alcoholism
Continued Excessive and uncontrollable use of alcoholic drinks.
Chronic Heart Disease
A structural or functional abnormality of the heart, or of the blood vessels supplying the heart, that impairs its normal functioning.
Cognitive Screening Test
Test which shows you have the mental capability of multi-tasking.
Comair Regional AirLines
A subsidiary of Delta, which offers over 800 daily departures to 95 cities from Canada to the Bahamas, the Great Plains to the Atlantic. Comair operates Canadair Regional Jets from its Cincinnati and Orlando hubs.
Crop-Dusting
The process of spraying crops with powdered insecticides or fungicides from an airplane.
Epilepsy
Disorder typically marked by disturbed electrical rhythms of the central nervous system, by attacks of convulsions, and by loss of consciousness.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Absence of discrimination, as in the workplace, based on race, color, age, gender, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Part of the United States Government, and regulates all of the safety standards for all civil aviation.
Flight School
School or organization that offers flight training
Flight Training
Practice by which you get in the airplane and practice various maneuvers.
Ground School Training
Process where you learn about the principles, procedures, and regulations of flight
Huff Daland Dusters
An aerial crop dusting organization, was the first step in the creation of Delta AirLines.
Knowledge Test
60 multiple choice qestion test covering the concepts learned during ground school training.
Leo F. Mullin
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines at its world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia
Medical Exam
The process by which you are physically examined by an Airman Medical Examiner to receive your Student Pilot Certificate.
Practical Test
An oral exam and a flight test, in which you demonstrate your knowledge and proficiency as a pilot.
Recommendation
A favorable statement concerning character or qualifications.
Student Pilot Certificate (medical certificate)
Document received after your medical exam which states that you are eligible to fly solo.
Universal Pilot Application Services (UPAS)
A Service dedicated in helping Pilots get hired. Meant for Resumes and applications for the hiring process.
Visual Flight Rule (FVR)
Means having a visibility of at least three miles, as well as at night.
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