Passenger Baggage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 — Page 567, Lesson 770

This is the index of the book — the alphabetical listing of topics and the page numbers where each one appears. So what I want to walk you through is how to read this index, because it's a map of the entire Air Law syllabus, and it tells you exactly where every subject lives in the book. Let me show you how it works. Each entry has the topic name, then a dotted line, then a page number. The dotted line is just a visual guide to help your eye travel from the topic to its page. So when you see "Passenger Baggage" followed by dots and the number 455, that means the full treatment of passenger baggage rules begins on page 455. Similarly, "Passengers" is on page 475, "Pavement Strengths" on page 374. Now, notice something important — the index is strictly alphabetical. That's why you see "PDG" right after "Pavement Strengths." PDG is an acronym, and it stands for something you'll learn later, but in the index it's filed under P. It points to page 154. Then "Persons in Custody" is on page 475, "Photographic apparatus" on page 27, "PIBs" on page 352. Let me pause on PIBs — that's an acronym. In the index it's listed as "PIBs" with a lowercase s, which tells you it's a plural acronym. It points to page 352. You'll learn what it stands for when you get there, but the index is just telling you where to find it. Now here's a key point about how this index handles acronyms. Look at "PIC" on page 71, and then immediately after it, "Pilot-in-Command" also on page 71. Both entries point to the same page. That's because PIC is the abbreviation for Pilot-in-Command, and the index lists both the abbreviation and the full term so you can find the topic no matter which name you search for. Same thing happens with "PPL(A)" on page 76 — that's the Private Pilot Licence, Aeroplane category, and it's filed under P. Let me continue down the list. "Pilot Proficiency Checks" on page 82 — that's a specific recurring check that pilots must pass. "Position Reports" on page 110. "Potentially disruptive passengers" on page 475 — note that's the same page as "Passengers," which makes sense because disruptive passenger handling is part of the passenger chapter. Now look at the lighting entries. "Precision approach" on page 168, then "Precision Approach Category II/III Lighting System" on page 424, and "Precision Approach CAT I Lighting System" on page 422. Notice the distinction — the generic "Precision approach" is a navigation concept on page 168, but the specific lighting systems are separate entries on pages 422 and 424. And "Precision Approach Path Indicators" — abbreviated PAPI — is on page 426. PAPI is the visual glide slope indicator you'll see beside runways. Continuing: "Pre-flight altimeter check location" on page 374 — that's the same page as "Pavement Strengths," which tells you those two topics are covered together in that section. "Procedural Separation" on page 325, "Procedure Turn" on page 181, "Prohibited Area" on page 123, "Prohibited Objects" on page 474, "Prohibited, Restricted and Danger Areas" on page 258, "Prohibition of VFR flight" on page 117, "Proximity and Right of Way" on page 101, and "Pyroclastic ash plume/cloud" on page 359 — that last one is about volcanic ash, which is a significant hazard in aviation. Now, the Q section. This is where the index gets particularly interesting for pilots. You see "QDM" on page 396, "QFE" on page 221, "QNE" on page 222, and "QNH" on page 221. These are all Q-codes — the Q stands for "question" in the international Q-code system. QDM is the magnetic bearing to the station, QFE is the altimeter setting that gives height above the airfield, QNE is the standard pressure setting, and QNH is the altimeter setting that gives altitude above mean sea level. Notice that QFE and QNH are both on page 221, while QNE is on page 222 — so the book treats QFE and QNH together, then QNE separately on the next page. One more thing to notice — the Q section repeats. You see QFE and QNE listed twice, once at the top of the Q section and again at the bottom. That's a formatting quirk in the index, but it doesn't change anything — both entries point to the same pages. So that's the index. It's your navigation tool. When you're studying, you use it to jump straight to a topic, and you can see at a glance which topics are grouped together on the same page. The page numbers are your coordinates — they tell you exactly where each piece of the Air Law syllabus lives.