The Airliner Cabin Environment Air Quality and Safety (1986) / Chapter Skim
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A vehicle designed or used for flight. A turbine-compressor combination used to reduce air temperature by extracting energy from an air stream; part of the environmental control unit.
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Severe restricting pain in the chest, usually caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle. See Auxiliary power unit.
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An air carrier holding a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Department of Transportation, authorized to provide scheduled service over specified routes. The process by which FAA approves all air carriers, pilots, aircraft models etc., to ensure compliance with applicable statutes and regulations.
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Enplanements The number of times that revenue passengers board flights; a passenger who changes from Flight A to Flight B en route to a destination counts as two enplanements. Environmental The total air-conditioning, heating, control ventilation, and pressurization system system on an aircraft, which provides occupants with a suitably controlled atmosphere to maintain comfort and safety; consists of several environmental control units.
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of mercury; stated in digits that represent hundreds of feet, i.e., flight level 255 indicates a Floor proximity escape-route markers Forced expira tory flow barometric altitude of 25,500 ft. Illuminated exit signs near the floor designed to be visible in a smoke emergency.
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Sudden heart failure caused by interruption of blood supply to the heart muscle due to blockage of blood vessels or necrosis (death) of tissue in part of the heart due to this blockage.
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Part 135 Air carriers, primarily commuter airlines airlines and air taxis, that operate under the rules of Title 14, Part 135, of the Code of Federal Regulations. Partial Pressure exerted by a single gas in a pressure mixture of gases; commonly expressed in millimeters of mercury.
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Pressurization The part of an aircraft's environmental system control system that keeps cabin pressure relatively constant, not exceeding the legal maximal equivalent altitude of 8,000 ft. Protective A device worn over the nose and/or breathing mouth that allows the wearer to breathe device relatively clean air for a short time in the presence of smoke and toxic fumes.
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Sidestream Aerosol emitted into the air from a smoke smoldering cigarette. Smoke hood A type of protective breathing device that covers the head and face, to protect the wearer from breathing smoke and toxic fumes.
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Type Approval by FAA of a new aircraft certification design, or significant modification of an existing design, to ensure compliance with all applicable statutes and regulations.
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Ventilation Amount of fresh air (outside air) rate supplied to occupants; measured in cubic feet per minute per occupant.
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