(1) Wing/Squadron SOPs Flashcards
Instrument Currency (SOP)
g. Pilot Instrument Flight Currency Requirements: To be considered instrument flight current, Pilots
shall have flown a minimum of 2.0 hours of simulated or actual instrument time within the preceding 60
days. Currency requirements may be satisfied in the aircraft or flight simulator. If currency lapses, it
must be regained prior to flying any other missions in the aircraft as the PIC.
Night/NVD Currency
b. Pilots shall not fly at night as Pilot in Command (PIC) unless they are night current. To be
considered night current, a Pilot shall have flown a minimum of 2.0 night hours within the preceding 45
days. Between 45 and 60 days, the squadron CO may authorize a day into night transition to regain night
currency. After 60 days, currency shall be regained by flying with a night current PIC.
NVD Nite Lab Periodicity. The currency for NVD NITE Lab training for Pilots and Aircrewmen shall be 48 months from the last day of the month in which the training is received. NVD NITE Lab training may be accomplished within 60 days preceding expiration of the current training and is valid for 48 months from the last day of the month in which the current training expires. Pilots and Aircrewmen shall not fly NVD-aided events unless they are NVD NITE Lab training current.
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ALFS POCL (WX) Limitations
d. During dipping sonar training operations (with or without a submarine), Payed-Out Cable Length
(POCL) shall be no more than half the ceiling up to 1,000 FT ceiling. When ceilings are above 1,000 FT,
POCL shall be no more than 500 FT below ceiling. Example: Ceiling of 800 FT, POCL shall not exceed
400 FT (330 FT depth). Ceiling of 1,200 FT, POCL shall not exceed 700 FT (630 FT depth). During
operational ASW involving a submarine, under conditions that preclude a freestream recovery, then
POCL need not be restricted. However, ORM shall be conducted to minimize the risk to the transducer
assembly in the event of a malfunction.
Dip/Coupled Approach Currency (Pilot/Aircrew)
f. To be night coupler current per reference (b), the PIC shall have flown two windline rescue or
Night/Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) dip-to-dip patterns to automatic approaches to a
coupled hover at night in the preceding 60 days.h. While operating in a squadron’s local area for unit-level training, an Air Combat Training
Continuum Level II Sensor Operator shall be in the helicopter on any flight in which dipping is intended.
Sar Currency Requirements
f. To be night coupler current per reference (b), the PIC shall have flown two windline rescue or
Night/Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) dip-to-dip patterns to automatic approaches to a
coupled hover at night in the preceding 60 days. PICs failing to meet this requirement shall not be
scheduled to fly night search and rescue (SAR) missions (to include Plane Guard).
Weather Criteria (Various Operations)
(1) Shore or Ship Operations - 500/1*
*NOTE 1: If positive radar control and a Carrier Controlled Approach (CCA), Precision Approach Radar
(PAR), or Instrument Landing System (ILS) is available for recovery, minimum launch weather
minimums are 200-1/2.
Flight Line Procedures (Wing)
a. Passengers shall not occupy the aircraft during hot refueling
b. During hot refueling operations at LERT crews shall not hotseat while the refueling hose is attached to the aircraft or the pentograph is inside the rotor arc.
c. Personnel shall not proceed aft of countermeasures dispensers, unless arming/de-arming the system while rotors are turning.
a. At night, crews shall utilize a blue light signal to communicate with flight deck/line personnel to
reduce the likelihood of a miscommunication with the LSE/Plane Captain (PC).
b. All personnel shall use authorized eye, hearing and head protection in hangars and on the flight
line. Single hearing protection is required when within 200 FT of aircraft with rotors turning or within 50
FT of aircraft with only APU turning. Double hearing protection is required when within 30 FT of
aircraft with rotors turning or APU running for extended periods of time. Double hearing protection is
not required inside the aircraft.
c. Rings shall not be worn while operating or working on aircraft or moving ground support
equipment.
d. No one shall climb on top of aircraft unless both engines are secured (this does not include engine
motoring with both fuel and ignition secured). If only the APU is operating, personnel may climb on top
of an aircraft only with the permission of the PIC. In this case, the PIC shall ensure that one of the
Aircrew visually checks the top of the aircraft for integrity and Foreign Object Debris (FOD) prior to
continuing with the engine start.
e. All personnel shall wear a cranial or helmet with strap fastened whenever climbing on any part of
the aircraft. This requirement may be relaxed only as long as required to perform maintenance or an
inspection in which headgear restricts the proper accomplishment of the task.
f. All personnel shall enter and exit the rotor arc at the three and nine o’clock positions and only by
direction of a Plane Captain (PC)/LSE and only after the PC has received clearance from the Pilot at
Controls (PAC). In the absence of a PC, personnel entering and exiting the rotor arc shall receive
clearance from the PAC. Personnel shall not enter or exit the rotor arc when Pilots are either entering or
exiting the cockpit.
Flight Line Procedures (79 SOP)
d. While personnel are on top of the aircraft and the backup hydraulic pump is on, the flight controls shall be guarded and shall only be moved at the direction of maintenance personnel.
g. Personnel shall not enter the rotor arc unless Nr is at 100% or both engines are secured.
h. Hydraulic Bay straps shall be used at all times underway and ashore when winds exceed 10 knots.
Flight Line Signals
Ordnance Limitations
a. Per reference (n), hot refueling aircraft with live ordnance loaded (Hellfire, loaded Digital Rocket
Launcher [DRL], flares, and warshot torpedoes) is prohibited ashore. Hot refueling ashore with chaff or
decoy flares may be subject to local directives that are more restrictive than NAVAIR 00-80T-103.
Hellfire are authorized to be carried during hot seats ashore IAW the guidance set forth in reference (n).
Hot and cold refueling with ordnance loaded is permitted at sea with approval from the ship’s CO.
b. Aircrews are authorized to conduct multiple shipboard approaches and landings with missiles or
rockets loaded with concurrence of the ship’s CO.
c. Shipboard straightening, maneuvering and traversing of the aircraft while loaded with Hellfire
Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs) shall be limited to traverse qualified personnel. Straightening,
maneuvering and traverse training with CATMs loaded is prohibited. Downloading warshot missiles
shall be conducted prior to any of the above evolutions, except in an emergency with the specific
authorization of the ship’s CO. Traversing at slow speed between the maintenance line and the flight
position with warshot missiles loaded is authorized at the ship CO’s discretion with ISIC approval.
d. The M-299 and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System/DRL release and control checks shall
only be conducted with the extended pylons in the ready for flight position.
e. Passengers shall not be embarked when the GAU-21 crew-served gun is installed. If a crewserved
weapon is required during passenger transfer, the M240 shall be utilized. The M240 shall be kept
in the stowed position when not in use, and ammo cans shall be secured to prevent missile hazards in the
event of an emergency.
f. Crews conducting live Gunnery Exercise events shall be responsible for own range clearance to a
minimum of 5 NM beyond maximum weapons employment envelopes for the GAU-21 and M240 crewserved
weapons.
g. While embarked aboard ships at sea, issued side arms shall be carried in Condition 3 (chamber
empty, magazine in gun, hammer down, safety on) or lower. Only when the force-protection scenario
warrants (e.g., ditching in hostile territory) should the weapons condition be elevated to Condition 2
(round chambered, full magazine in gun, hammer down, safety on).
h. Crews shall conduct and comply with PMAP prior to employing crew served weapons, Hellfire, or active sonar (https://eims3.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/pmap/).
i. Autonomous live gunnery exercises in the Rota area shall be conducted only in approved and properly authorized “Delta” zones specifically activated for the exercise. Authorization for gunnery exercises is on a case-by-case basis and shall be annoted on the flight schedule.
j. Rota based off-shore Class IV LASER operations, are not authorized unless conducted in conjunction with Commander, Task Force SIX FIVE sponsored training events where Class IV LASER use has been specifically coordinated and authorized.
Crew Rest
a. Ashore, in addition to section 8.3 of reference (a), the following minimum crew rest policies are applicable:
(1) Aircrew shall not be scheduled to brief a flight event until 10 hours after completion of post-flight duties. Aircrew should not be scheduled to brief a flight event until 12 hours after completion of post-flight duties.
b. At sea, Detachment OICs shall comply with and ensure ship COs are briefed on paragraph 8.3.2.1 and 8.3.2.2 of reference (a).
c. Pilots shall not be scheduled for a flight the day following a 24-hour SDO period. Aircrewmen shall not be scheduled for a flight on the same day they stood any watch between 0000-0800. For all other watch periods, crew rest requirements shall apply from the end of the duty period.
Crew Day
(2) Aircrew should not report earlier than 10 hours prior to the scheduled completion of all flight and post-flight duties. Aircrew whose crew day will exceed 12 hours shall require CO approval before performing flight duties.
H2P Flights
Simulated emergencies, movement of PCLs from the FLY position (other than in an actual emergency), night Coupled approaches and 180-degree practice autorotations are prohibited on H2P/H2P flights. Shipboard H2P/H2P flights may be scheduled by OICs with the permission of squadron and ship COs and shall be conducted as day, Visual Meteorological Conditions, non-tactical training flights only.
