Clean Aircraft Concept
The assurance that a takeoff is not attempted when ice, snow, slush or frost is present or adhering to the wings, propellers, control surfaces, engine inlets or other critical surfaces of the aircraft.
Cockpit
See Flight Deck.
Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)
A flight recorder that records audio information on the flight deck.
COMAT (Company Material) See Stores (Supplies)
Combi (Combined Passenger and Cargo) Aircraft Operations
Designation given to air carrier operations where both cargo and passengers are transported on the same deck of an aircraft.
See Cargo Restraint System and Smoke Barrier. Command Training
Training designed to prepare a flight crew member for the position of PIC; addresses the technical and non-technical aspects of commanding an aircraft relevant to the operations of a particular operator.
Commercial Air Transport
The carriage of passengers, cargo or mail for remuneration or hire. Company Mail (COM)
Airline inter-office correspondence transported by air between airports, which is unmanifested and carried without the payment of postal charges.
Complete Overhaul See Rebuilt.
Compliance
To fulfil, meet or be in accordance with requirements specified in standards or regulations. Component Maintenance Manual (CMM)
A Manual produced and continuously updated by the manufacturer of a particular component for use during maintenance of that component.
Configuration Deviation List (CDL)
A list established by the organisation responsible for the aircraft type design, with the approval of the State of Design, which identifies any external parts of an aircraft type that may be missing at the commencement of a flight, and which contains, where necessary, any information on associated operating limitations and performance correction.