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Flight Operation: // Ground Handling

This document outlines a 4 month course on flight operation and ground handling. The course aims to teach students how to coordinate ground operations between landing and take-off, including refueling, catering, loading luggage and freight while following all safety and security procedures. It will cover topics such as airport operations, meteorology, regulations, aircraft types, cargo procedures, and computerized traffic management. The goal is to prepare students for supervisory roles in airlines, ground handling, and other airport services.

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Flight Operation: // Ground Handling

This document outlines a 4 month course on flight operation and ground handling. The course aims to teach students how to coordinate ground operations between landing and take-off, including refueling, catering, loading luggage and freight while following all safety and security procedures. It will cover topics such as airport operations, meteorology, regulations, aircraft types, cargo procedures, and computerized traffic management. The goal is to prepare students for supervisory roles in airlines, ground handling, and other airport services.

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FLIGHT OPERATION

// GROUND HANDLING
4 MONTHS

Audience - Airlines, ground handling and other services providers


- Airport authorities
- Ground-operation professionnals at a supervisory level
FLIGHT OPERATION
// GROUND HANDLING

PURPOSE
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
• Coordinate the various actions on a flight between landing and take-off: filling fuel, catering, boarding, freight & luggage loading (etc.)
• Make sure all safety and security rules are applied during ground operations
• Fill in and hand in all necessary documents to the PIC (Pilot In Command)
• Preparing and signing load sheets.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
General information
• The airport Flight management – practice
• Air traffic • Preparing a flight
• Basics about aeronautics and aerodynamics • Hand-in the pre-flight planning package
• Analyzing information given to the crew
Meteorology • Coordination of the various tasks when landing
• Weather conditions – air vs. ground temperature – air pressure – • Editing the manual loading plan
weather disturbances - hazardous events • The post-flight report

Human factors Dangerous goods


• Self-knowledge – Managing stress – Communication: the basics – • Awareness training session about transport of dangerous goods (IATA
Collective work – Feedback Cat 10)

Current IATA regulations Technical English


• Technical words about the airport
Short- medium- & long-haul aircrafts • Understanding & talking
• Boeing B737 – B747 – B767 – B757 – B777 – B787
• Airbus A318 – A319 – A320 – A321 – A330 – A340 - A380 Airport safety & security
• Prohibited items
Traffic operations - initial level • Verification of conformity at check-in and boarding
• Loading bulk cargo hold • Boarding cards
• Manual loading plan • Safety & security operators (international, national & local)
• Aircraft weight & balance • How to act with any abandoned baggage, package or container
• Types of messages • Safety & security objectives
• Types of transit fares
Traffic operations - advanced level • Performance measurement systems
• Loading electric bulk cargo hold • The importance of involving the team
• Specific messages • Reduction of costs in the long run
• Required servicing procedures
• Low-cost airlines & air charters Co-activity
• Reminder of ramp regulations
Loading procedures • Traffic risks inside the airport zone
• Priorities • Operators on the ground
• Preparation for the flight • Precautions to be taken
• Cargo hold loading steps • Rules to abide
• Loading limitations
• Fly-away kits On-job training
• Codes • Coordinate flight operations
• Masses • Pre-flight
• Prepare load plan
Cargo procedures • Prepare load sheets and documentations.
• Weighing of cargo
• Non-standard loads
• Special freights
• Separators

Computerized traffic management - ALTÉA FLIGHT MANAGEMENT


• Introduction
• Bulk cargo hold processing
• Electric cargo holds processing

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