AMP Flashcards
Hazards posed by engine intakes?
Potential to ingest tools and other lose items
Hazards posed by engine exhausts?
Hot air output at a large velocity
PPE for aircraft marshalling?
- Yellow or orange high vis vest
- Safety boots
- Ear pro
- Gloves
3 occasions that an assistant marshaller would be required?
- Obstruction on the airstrip
- Aircraft shut down or start up
- Potential for collision to occur (enclosed space)
What is the general role of the roving safety supervisor?
- Provide safety observation during marshalling and assume responsibility in the event of an incident
- Become the incident controller
What do engine start ups, shut downs and refuelling all have in common?
Fire extinguisher bottle is required
3 problems that gusting wind could cause?
- Increased risk to prop or rotor wash
- Jet exhaust fumes
- light aircrafts and rotating wing aircrafts
Why stand forward and in line with the left wing when marshalling a reversing aircraft?
Reduce the effects of prop wash
How is aircraft security increased, especially when away from home base?
- Locking windows and doors
- Parking aircraft in a flood lit area at night
Fire extinguisher used for hot brakes?
Dry chemical
What does a vertical line indicate on engine nacelles or on the fuselage?
Turbine plane of rotation
Where would you source location specific maintenance instructions?
- Unit / Base SIs
- Equipment manufactures
Environmental factors that could impede the rotation of a turbine engine during start up?
High speed wind
What is conducted on a GPU prior to use?
Typical before use servicing
How does a pilot indicate that they would like to launch?
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