Aircrew members of Thai International Airways

Aircrew members, often just called aircrew, may include pilots, flight attendants, navigators, TACCOs, flight engineers, signallers, observers, (aerial) gunners, weapons specialists, loadmasters, rescue swimmers or divers, and various electronics system operators depending on the age during which the aircraft operated and the type of operations. Flight attendants or cabin crew (historically known as stewards air hosts/hostesses or stewardesses) are members of an Aircrew The title Flight Officer can refer to a functional (occupational job title as an aircrew member or it can refer to a military rank previously used by the U TACCO is the military abbreviation for "TACtical COordinator" (pronounced 'TACK-oh'and is the Aircrew member responsible for coordinating the activities of the part In Aviation, a flight engineer is a member of the aircrew of some Aircraft. In the Armed forces a signaller is a Soldier or Seaman responsible for Military communications and related tasks Observation is either an activity of a living being (such as a Human) which senses and assimilates the Knowledge of a Phenomenon, or the recording of data An air gunner ( AG) is a member of an Air force Aircrew who operates flexible-mount or Turret -mounted Machine guns or Autocannons A Loadmaster is an Aircrew member on Military transport aircraft. Rescue refers to operations that usually involve the saving of Life, or prevention of Injury. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance This article refers to underwater diving by humans For other uses of the term diving see Dive and Diving Underwater diving is General aviation aircraft may have only a pilot. General aviation (abbr GA) is one of two categories of Civil aviation. Large passenger jetliners such as Concorde typically had no more than 7 inflight cabin staff aircrew members and 3 flight deck crewmembers. A jet airliner, sometimes contracted to jetliner, is a passenger Airplane (passenger Aeroplane) that is powered by Jet engines. A jet airliner, sometimes contracted to jetliner, is a passenger Airplane (passenger Aeroplane) that is powered by Jet engines. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A cockpit is the area usually near the front of an Aircraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft Later generation wide body aircraft may have 10 or more flight attendants and at least two pilots. wide-body aircraft is a large Airliner with twin aisles and typically a fuselage diameter of 5 to 6 metres (16 to 20 ft Military aircraft have at least one and possibly as many as 70 crew. A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing Aircraft that is in the current employ of a Military power

Among some of the perils civilian aircrew members face besides aircraft disasters, and turbulence, are aircraft hijackings, homicidal terrorist acts (9-11), hostile government actions (aircraft shoot downs), and the dangers of wartime operations theaters during the activation of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. A civilian under International humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her Country 's Armed forces. An aviation accident is defined in the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 Clear air turbulence weather (CAT sometimes colloquially referred to as "air pockets" is the erratic movement of air masses in the absence of any visual cues such as clouds Hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take over of an Aircraft, by a person or group usually armed Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, Dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II. Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of Chemical substances to kill injure or incapacitate an enemy. In Warfare a theater or theatre is defined as a specific geographical area of conduct of armed conflict bordered by areas where no combat is taking place The Civil Reserve Air Fleet is part of the United States 's mobility resources In one such attack a, former JAT Airways aircrew member and flight attendant, Vesna Vulović, survived a fall of 33,000 feet and survived after an in flight disintegration. Jat Airways is the national Airline of Serbia and the former national carrier of Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade. Flight attendants or cabin crew (historically known as stewards air hosts/hostesses or stewardesses) are members of an Aircrew Vesna Vulović (Весна Вуловић (born 3 January 1950) is a Serbian political activist and former Flight attendant. She is noted as being one of only four other people to have survived a fall of such as distance with no parachute as many military aviators are equipped with. A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag.

Some military aircraft may also have divisions between the flight crew and the mission crew, or tactical crew. The tactical crew of a modern Military aircraft are those people trained and skilled in the use of the aircraft and its Warfare systems during Combat. Large passenger aircraft operators almost always differentiate between the flight crew and the flight attendants (Cabin Crew) usually as a result of varying governmental crew rest requirements. An airliner is a large Fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers This is especially true in the United States, where Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations permit varying crew rest requirements for certain components of the aircrew compliment depending for example if a flight engineer, auxiliary pilot, or relief flight crew has been manned and scheduled on longer range flights. The Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of In Aviation, a flight engineer is a member of the aircrew of some Aircraft. Third Officer is a lesser used civil aviation rank It was primarily used by Pan American World Airways, particularly on its " Clippers " during the infancy Generally cabin crews, are not permitted the same rest requirements as flight crews however, the FAA does stipulate in certain instances extra cabin crew members may be required to be on board an aircraft in the interest of safety, for a flight to be conducted.

In the United Kingdom, the Air Navigation Order, which is an act of parliament, makes clear who the members of the aircrew are. Just because someone is working on the aircraft does not automatically make them part of the aircrew. For example, manufacturer's representatives working on the flight deck to study the operation or behaviour of equipment are not members of the aircrew, since such personnel are not in control of the aircraft and not responsible for the progress of the flight.

There is also an article with historical information on aircrew badges/wings of the United States Army Air Forces, as well as information on those aircrew who worked on the Norden bombsight during World War II. For the United Kingdom equivilant see Aircrew brevet. The Aircrew Badge is a qualification badge of the United States military that The United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF) was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II. The Norden bombsight was a Bombsight used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and the United States Air Force in the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

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Aircrew Badge