Glossary of Terms

	Title	Definition
	FMGC	Flight Management/Guidance Computer.
	FMS	Flight Management System.
	FO	First Officer.
	Formal Qualification	The process that allows the determination of whether a configuration item complies with the requirements allocated to it.
	Formal Qualification Review	Formal evaluation by top management of the status and adequacy of the quality system in relation to quality policy and objectives.
	Formal Verification	The process of evaluating the products of a given phase using formal mathematical proofs to ensure correctness and consistency with respect to the products and standards provided as input to that phase.
	FPL	Flight Plan
	Fracture Mechanics	In materials science fracture mechanics applies the physics of stress and strain, in particular the theories of elasticity and plasticity, to the microscopic crystallographic defects found in real materials in order to predict the macroscopic mechanical failure of bodies. In modern materials science, it is an important tool in improving the mechanical performance of materials and components.
	Frequency	The expected number of occasions of the event per unit time (usually year, or hour, or product lifetime). In reliability analysis this is also known as "failure rate".
	G (gravities)	Expression of force acting on aircraft and its occupants in flight, measured in multiples of earth's gravitational force.
	GAT	General Air traffic
	GAT	General Air traffic
	GAT	General Air traffic
	Glideslope	The vertical guidance portion of an Instrument Landing System. Usually at an angle of 3°, the glideslope produces a straight line of descent to the runway touchdown zone.
	GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)	Standard world time used for navigation regardless of location of ship or aircraft. Now generally referred to as UTC (Co-ordinated Universal Time).

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