- generation of operational safety statistics;
- maintenance of a flight safety database
Equivalent Terms: Flight Safety Programme, Accident Prevention Programme, Safety Programme Accountable Executive
The senior management official designated by an operator as having overall accountability for the operational performance of the organisation.
Equivalent Terms: Accountable Manager Action Document
An Engineering Instruction, Engineering Order, Engineering Request or a Special Instruction raised by Technical Service Department or Engineering to define the operator or AMO’s requirements resulting from airworthiness service literature (i.e. ADs, SBs).
Equivalent Terms: Engineering Order (EO), Engineering Instruction (EI), Engineering Request (ER)

Advanced Qualification Programme (AQP)
An FAA programme that is an alternate method of qualifying and certifying, if required, flight crew members, cabin crew members, flight dispatchers/flight operations officers (FOOs), instructors, evaluators, and other operations personnel.

Advisory Circular (AC)
Information issued by an authority that describes a change (e.g. improvement) to aircraft operations and the means of accomplishment.
Aeronautical Information Publications (AIP)
A publication issued by or with the authority of a state and containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation. It is designed to be a manual containing thorough details of regulations, procedures and other information pertinent to flying aircraft in the particular country to which it relates. It is usually issued by or on behalf of the respective civil aviation administration.

Aeronautical Product
Any material, compound, fluid, component or part manufactured specifically for fitment to an aircraft, engine or component.
Equivalent Terms: Consumable, Aircraft Part, Aircraft Component Aeroplane Flight Manual (AFM)
The operating manual for a type of aircraft produced by the aircraft manufacturer and approved by the applicable CAA that contains operational data, specifications, limitations, procedures and information specific to the aircraft type.