Aviation 400|154 Questions And Answers |Success Guaranteed
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An airlines success can depend on many factors. Influencing government policies, laws, and taxes can assist with profitability. - ️️True
an integrated carrier is also known as an "express carrier" - ️️true
Aviation forecasting attempts to quantify demand in a future time period - ️️Tr...
Aviation 400|154 Questions And Answers
An airlines success can depend on many factors. Influencing government policies, laws, and taxes can
assist with profitability. - ✔ ✔ True
an integrated carrier is also known as an "express carrier" - ✔ ✔ true
Aviation forecasting attempts to quantify demand in a future time period - ✔ ✔ True
aviation skills are unique, costly and time consuming to develop - ✔ ✔ true
Based in Washington, DC, the _________is the leading organization for companies that rely on general
aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful. The association
represents more than 11,000 companies and provides more than 100 products and services to the
business aviation community. - ✔ ✔ NBAA
Because of the proliferation of airline hub and spoke systems since________________, flying business
aircraft directly between airports has become a big advantage. - ✔ ✔ Fractional ownership
Beginning in 1926, the US Postal Service had regular nightly mail service from New York to Cheyenne,
Wyoming. - ✔ ✔ False
Boeing designed and built the B-247. The airliner had advantages over competitors that included what
important features? - ✔ ✔ Retractable landing gear and de-ice boots
By July of 1979 smaller airlines were being gobbled up by larger ones. What was the major cause of
airline mergers? - ✔ ✔ To reduce costs and increase market share
Causal Forecasts are based upon a statistical relationship between a forecast [dependent] and one or
more explanatory [independent] variables - ✔ ✔ True
Civilian helicopter service began in 1947. Who was first to provide scheduled service? - ✔ ✔ Los
Angeles Airways
Code-sharing allows major carriers to expand advertising/visibility into regional's area - ✔ ✔ True
Considerable financial outlays are required to enter the airline market or expand market share. - ✔ ✔
True
Considering the history of aviation manufacturing, what was the peak year for general aviation
deliveries? - ✔ ✔ 1978
, continental airlines 1983 chairman petitioned for reorganization under chapter 11 bankruptcy code, one
of the changes he made was what? - ✔ ✔ fire all 12,00 employees and invited 4,000 back to work for
barely half their former wage
Crew scheduling department takes into consideration several factors when scheduling crews for flight
routes - ✔ ✔ flight and duty times
Define one of the four basic types of schedule types - ✔ ✔ skip stop
Dependent [forecast] variables are influenced by: - ✔ ✔ cyclical and seasonal variations
Deregulation brought intense competition to the airline industry. - ✔ ✔ True
Destinations priced by region are known as what type of fare action? - ✔ ✔ Zone Pricing
during the "consolidation era" of the mid-80s, airline management continued to approach negotiations
from position of strength what with pay freezes, b-scales and containment of fringe benefits - ✔ ✔
true
During the depression, what aircraft type was considered the first modern airliner? - ✔ ✔ B-247
Each airline reformulates/adjusts portions of its fare structure daily to meet demand or respond to
market forces - ✔ ✔ True
Express and air freight has the most potential for growth with a projected growth rate of 15.2% over 20
years - ✔ ✔ false 6.2
External load work is dominated by what type of aircraft? - ✔ ✔ Helicopters
Flight crew expenses including salaries, traveling expenses, pensions, insurance are known as? - ✔ ✔
Direct operating costs
Flight operations ensure scheduled flights are conducted safely and efficiently what are factors being
considered? - ✔ ✔ ground support de ice
adverse weather
runways
aircraft fuel capacity
navigation systems
atc policies
Focus on fuel efficient designs comes with high capital cost. - ✔ ✔ True
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