See: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).
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Aid to the (permanently) Disabled (ATD) / Aid to the Blind (AB)
A group that is entitled to benefits under the Medi-Cal program.
Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB)
Part of the Department of Transport, Environment and the Regions, AAIB is responsible for the investigation of civil air accidents and serious incidents within the UK. AAIB’s home page provides accident report procedures and the text of the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents) Regulations 1996 plus report bulletins. www.aaib.dft.gov.uk.
Air Cargo Agent
Is a type of freight forwarder who specializes in air cargo and acts for airlines that pay him a fee. He is registered with the International Air Transport Association, IATA. (See also Air Freight Forwarder; Forwarder; Freight Forwarder; Foreign Freight Forwarder).
Air crew
The personnel of an aircraft.
Air Freight Forwarder
Air Freight Forwarder is one who specializes in air cargo. He usually consolidates the air shipments of various exporters, charging them for actual weight and deriving his profit by paying the airline the lower consolidated rate. He issues his own air way bills to the exporters, is licensed by the C.A.B. viz., Civil Aeronautics Board and has the status of an indirect air carrier. (See also Air Cargo Agent, Forwarder, Freight Forwarder, Foreign Freight Forwarder.)
Air Freightment
An agreement by a steamship line to provide cargo space on a vessel at a specified time and for a specified price to accommodate an exporter or importer, who then becomes liable for payment even though he is later unable to make the shipment.
Air Insurance
Please refer: “Aviation Insurance.”
Air Passengers Policy
The Policy covers liability to passengers for personal injury or damage to their personal effects.
Air Transit (Airfreight) (Excluding Sending by Post), Risk Covered
The risk covered are all risks of loss of or damage to the cargo insured subject to specified exclusions.