A

A

 Aeroplane(s)

 AAC

 Army Air Corps

 AAT

 Aircrew Aptitude Test

 Advanced GNVQ

Advanced General National Vocational Qualification This is similar to BTEC and the equivalent of two A levels. The subjects offered have a vocational element

 AIC

 Aeronautical Information Circular

 AME

 Aeronautical Medical Examiner

AQA 

 Assessment and Qualification Alliance.

 ATC

 Air Traffic Control or Air Training Corps

 ATPL

 Airline Transport Piliot's Licence

B

BA

 Bachelor of Arts (click here)

BALPA

 British Airline Pilot's Association

 BEd

Bachelor of Education  

 BSA

Basic Skills Agency 

BSc

Bachelor of Science (click here)

 BTEC

Business & Technician Education Council (click here for more information) 

 C

 CCF

 Combined Cadet Force

CEG

Careers Education Guidance  

 CPL

Commercial Pilot's Licence 

 CGLI

City and Guilds of London Institute 

 CIHE

 Council for Industry and Higher Education

 E

 EMA

Education Maintenance Allowance 

 F

 FCL

 Flight Crew Licencing

 Fd

 Foundation Degree  (click here)

FE 

 Further Education

 FEFC

 Further Education Funding Council

 FHEQ

 Framework  for Higher Education Qualifications  (click here)

 FI

 Flying Instructor

 FTO

Flying Training Organisation  

 G

 GAPAN

 Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators  (click here for GAPAN website)

 GASIL

 General Aviation Safety Inofrmation Circular

GCE

 General Certificate of Education

 GCSE

General Certificate of Secondary Education 

GNVQ 

General National Vocational Qualification Vocational qualifications taken mainly by pupils age 16 and in full-time education 

 H

HE

Higher Education (click here)

HEI

Higher Education Institution

HNC 

Higher National Certificate 

HND
 

Higher National Diploma — a two-year course that equates to two years of a degree course. Offered in many subject areas, mostly with a practical application. HNDs may also have an industrial or commercial placement as part of the course 

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 I

 ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organisation 

 IPA

Independent Pilots Association   (click here to go to the IPA website)

 IR

Instrument Rating 

 IRE

Instrument Rating Examiner 

 J

 JAA

 Joint Aviation Authority

 JAR

 Joint Aviation Regulations

 L

 LASORS

 Licencing, Administration & Standardisation, Operating Requirements and Safety

 M

MA 

Modern Apprenticeships 

 MB

 Bachelor of Medicine (click here)

 MCC

 Multi Crew Co-operation

 MPA

 Multi-pilot Aeroplane

 N

 NCVQs

 National Council for Vocational Qualifications

NPPL 

 National Private Pilot's Licence

 NQF

 National Qualification Framework  (click here)

NVQ 

 National Vocational Qualification — work-based qualification (click here for more on NVQ's)

O

 OCR

 Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations Board  (click here)

Ofsted

Office for Standards in Education  

 P

PCE 

 Postgraduate Certificate of Education — postgraduate-level Initial Teacher Training qualification.

 PIC

 Pilot In Command

 PPL

 Private Pilot Licence

 PSHE

Personal, Social and Health Education 

Q

QAA 

 Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (click here)

 QCA

 Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

 QFI

Qualified Flying Intstructor 

R

 RAeS

The Royal Aeronautical Society (click here for link to the RAeS website)

 RAF

 Royal Air Force (click here for the RAF careers website)

T

 TRE

Type Rating Examiner 

 TRI

 Type Rating Instructor

 U

 UCAS

 Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (click here for the UCAS website)