Air Ops Manual M3710.1G

Question 1

Updates & Changes to the Air Operations Manual M3710.1G shall be submitted to _____________ via the requesting unit’s Commanding Officer.

Answer 1

Commandant CG-711

Question 2

Clearance for flight: PIC’s receive clearance for a flight from ____________.

Answer 2

The Commanding Officer.

Either the CO or PIC may delay a mission if, in their opinion of either, conditions are not safe. The PIC has final responsibility for the safe conduct of the mission.

Question 3

Training Hour Targets for operational units?

Answer 3

at least 20% of all fixed-wing (F/W) flight hours and 40% of rotary-wing (R/W) hours should be dedicated to training.

Question 4

Aircraft readiness: B-zero aircraft are under direct control of…

Answer 4

Districts or Area

Question 5

Flight test programs to evaluate new equipment or aircraft configurations are prohibited without specific authorization from_____________.

Answer 5

Commandant CG-711

Question 6

Delay of Missions: The final decision to delay a mission may be made by either __________ or __________ when, in the opinion of either individual, conditions are not safe to start or continue mission.

Answer 6

CO or PIC.

Final responsibility for the safe conduct of the mission rests with the PIC.

Question 7

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Flights

Answer 7

Retain IFR flight planning weather information recorded at a Coast Guard unit for 90 days.

Question 8

Fuel Reserve Requirements

Answer 8

Fuel reserve shall be at least that required for 45 minutes of flight after reaching the alternate (for fixed-wing aircraft) or 20 minutes of flight after reaching the alternate (for rotary-wing aircraft).

In any case, fuel carried on departure will be at least 10% more than that required to reach the alternate airfield via the destination.

Question 9

Copies of Flight Plans

Answer 9

Copies filed at Coast Guard units shall be retained for 90 days.

Question 10

Deadheading: No assigned role in the aircraft (passenger)

Answer 10

1/2 of the number of flight hours spent deadheading shall count as crew mission time. Deadheading shall not be calculated as part of crew rest time.

Question 11

Time Zone changes and hours off duty

Answer 11

For any crew day that ends in a time zone that is four(4) or more hours different from where is began, required hours off duty shall be increased by three(3) hours.

Question 12

Seven-Day Duty Limit while deployed

Answer 12

A crew member who is deployed aboard ship may remain in a duty status indefinitely, provided he or she has not exceeded an average of four(4) flight hours per day for the previous seven(7) days.

Question 13

7/30/365 Crew Member Flight Hour Limit

Answer 13

Seven-Day Hour Limit: 50
Thirty-Day Hour Limit: 125
365-Day Hour Limit: 1100

Question 14

Hypobaric Exposure

Answer 14

Flight personnel shall not perform flight duties for 12 hours after exposure to low pressure chamber flight in excess of 30,000 feet. They may fly during the 12 hours as passengers in aircraft where cabin altitude does not exceed 10,000 feet.

Question 15

Hyperbaric Exposure

Answer 15

Under normal circumstances, flight personnel shall not fly or participate in low-pressure chamber flights within 24 hours following Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) diving, compressed air dives, or high-pressure chamber evolution’s.

Where an urgent operational requirement dictates, flight personnel may fly within 12 hours of SCUBA diving, providing no symptoms.