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What is the PIC defintion?

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PIC is responsible for safe, orderly flight and well-being of the crew, independent of rank or senority.

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What are the PIC designation requirements?

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  • At least 2 takeoffs and landing
  • 5 hours within 90 days
  • 10 hour first pilot time
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Can PIC be transferred in flight?

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Shall not be transferred except for emergency, OPNEC, or directed by Squadron CO

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If OTC Embarked, who retains authority?

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Wing, Group, or Squadron CDR retain full authority and responsibility if embarked on aircraft of their command.

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How does PIC work if Flag or General Officer Embarked?

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  • Must be eligible for command at sea
  • Accept full responsibility for safe and orderly conduct
  • Shall give due consideration to PIC’s judgement for safety to include weather and aircraft/crew limits
  • All flight violations, accident reports, and any other actions arising from the flight will be referred to Flag/General
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What are the HAC requirements? (6)

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  • Completed requirements for and possess to advanced degree, the knowledge, proficiency, and capabilities of H2P
  • Minimum 500 total flight hours
  • Minimum 150 rotary flight hours
  • Pilot hours in class and model required by CO or higher and be able to demonstrate proficiency and judgment to ensure mission accomplishment.
  • Demonstrate ability to command and train officers and enlisted flightcrew
  • Demonstrate the qualities of leadership required to conduct advanced base or detachment unit operations as OIC when such duty is required
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What are your minimum fuel requirements? (4)

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  • No Alternate required: Fuel from takeoff to destination plus 10%
  • Alternate required: Fuel from takeoff to IAF at destination and thence to alternate plus 10% reserve
  • Shall never be less than 20 minutes of flight based on planned altitude
  • Shall calculate reserves with any known or expected delays
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When are we allowed to land at civilian airfields? (3)

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  • Contribute to Mission Accomplishment
  • Add value to training
  • If it is in the interest of the government and taxpayer
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What are our closed tower operations? (3)

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  • Base CO can authorize to extend airfield hours without opening control tower
  • Need Squadron CO and Base CO approval
  • Need Squadron CO and Base CO approval if not needing crash crew
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What are the crew rest requirements? (2)

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  • Crew rest includes time for meals, transportation, and sleep
  • Member shall include the opportunity for 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep for every 24 hour period
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Deviation (verbatim)

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In the tactical environment, military exigency may require on site deviation from instructions/procedures contained here.

The risk of deviation must continually be weighed and the benefit of deviation from this manual.

Deviation from specified flight and operating instructions is authorized in emergency situations when, in the judgement of the PIC, safety justifies such deviation.

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What is actual IMC?

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Conditions external to the aircraft that does not permit visual reference to a horizon

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What is an actual instrument approach?

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When actual instrument conditions are encountered below 1000’ AGL at the airfield or flight deck during an instrument approach

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What are your overwater PAX transfer at night restrictions? (3)

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  • Ship launch and recovery SHALL be made in daytime unless waived by Strike Group CDR, Amphibious Squadron CDR, or OTC for OPNEC
  • For MEDEVAC, a qualified medical attendant current in approved water survival training (minimum non-aircrew underwater egress training) and properly briefed on emergency egress for that aircraft may be transferred at night with Ship CO approval
  • Does not preclude troop movement for amphibious exercise, VBSS L3, or SPECOPS (training or operational)
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What are our max flight times?

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Daily - 12 hours (not to include pre/post flight duties)

Weekly - 50 hours and no more than 6 consecutive days

Monthly - 100 hours

3-Month - 265 hours

Yearly - 960 hours

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What is the time zone accommodation period?

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Every time zone over 3 requires 1 day of recovery

Does not ground aircrew but it should be noted that the person will not operate at optimal level

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When can we land at other than airfields? (MSL)

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  • Military Requirement
  • Adequate safeguards to permit safe landing and takeoff without hazard to people or property
  • No legal objections

***can be waived by Squadron CO if conducting SAR operations

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What is the definition of minimum fuel and emergency fuel?

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  • Minimum fuel is advisory in nature to notify controller that the aircraft cannot accept undue delay. Not emergency.
  • If at any time the remaining usable fuel suggests the need for traffic priority to ensure safe landing, pilot shall declare emergency fuel and report fuel remaining in minutes
  • Emergency fuel is an emergency and will receive special handling.
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What are the 5 steps of ORM? (IAMIS)

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  • Identify hazards
  • Assess the hazards
  • Make risk decisions
  • Implement controls
  • Supervise
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What are the 4 principles of ORM?

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  • Accept no unnecessary risk
  • Accept risk when benefits outweigh the costs
  • Anticipate and manage risk by planning
  • Make risk decisions at the right level
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What are non-essential flights and examples?

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  • Flights that can be misinterpreted by the public are prohibited
  • Routine nature flights where commercial or other military transport could not be more economically suited
  • Officer or group of officers for convenience or prestige and not in the performance of official business or accomplishment of bona fide training
  • Repeated flights to hometown
  • Flights to sports or civic events
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Where can we do autos?

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  • Limited to field boundaries to a surface in which a full auto can be safely made
  • Shall have rescue, crash, and fire fighting readily available
  • Shall have Tower approval
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What is the definition of helicopter flight?

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Starts when helicopter lifts from rest point or commences ground taxi and ends when landing and rotors disengage or stationary for 5 minutes with rotors engaged

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OPNEC (vertbatim)

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A mission associated with war or peacetime operations in which the consequences of an action justify the risk of loss of aircraft and crew

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OPNEC examples (5)

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  • Night HIFR
  • Night VERTREP
  • Helo rescue of known enemy/hostile survivor
  • Emergency fuel usage
  • Loading ordnance in hangar
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What are your seatbelt requirements? (3)

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Each person shall wear safety belt/shoulder harness before takeoff and shall be worn until the completion of the flight except when needed to complete activities that require temporary removal

Inertial reels shall be locked for takeoffs and landings except when needed to complete safe operation

Shall have seat or berth for all passengers over age of 2 and be secured with safety belts

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What are cross country flights?

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Any flight that does not remain in the local area (350NM) or terminates inside local flying area at an other than active military airfield

Includes out and ins

CO must ensure flights contribute to mission, Naval Service, Training, and completed safely and shall ensure thorough risk assessment completed

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What are our FAR exemptions?

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VFR Cruising Altitude: allows us to operate at lower altitudes when conducting drug interdiction only to extent to gain PID and must have a dedicated on-board observer to watch for other air traffic and operable Mode C

Alternate Airport Requirements

IFR Cruising Altitude: allows us to conduct MTR training in uncontrolled airspace

Aircraft Lights: allows us to turn off lights for drug interdiction with dedicated on board observer plus addition resource capable of detecting all aircraft in vicinity. Also, allows to turn off lights for NVD training

29
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What are orientation flights? (3)

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They are typically one time events for selected people in a particular aircraft

Shall not be used to circumvent normal training requirements

Midshipmen are exempt and are allowed multiple flights.

30
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What is the purpose of orientation flights?

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Familiarize them with aircraft

For official purposes other than sightseeing or goodwill

Allow FAA people to perform official functions

Perform other military duties not assigned to the flight crew

31
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Who can authorize orientation flight?

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Squadron CO can for active duty military personnel for helicopters

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When can PIC authorize passenger/equipment air transport? (2)

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When required for successful complete of SAR, MEDEVAC, or disaster relief.

Authority is allowed only when all practical means of receiving authority from superior have been proven unsuccessful or unavailable and shall be notified as soon as practical/

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What are the CRM skills? (SADCLAM)

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  • SA
  • Assertiveness
  • Decision Making
  • Communications
  • Leadership
  • Adaptability/Flexiblity
  • Mission Analysis
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What are the Levels of ORM?

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  • Time-critical
  • Deliberate
  • In-depth
35
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What is the minimum flight crew requirement?

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  • PIC with current instrument rating
  • Copilot qualified to perform all functions. If PAX, copilot shall be PQM
  • Other flightcrew necessary for safe conduct of the flight
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What are the requirements for rescue helicopters over water? (2)

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  • Shall have one aircrewman outfitted for water entry and has completed approved CNO/CMC rescue swimmers school
  • If briefed or becomes primary entry, rescue aircrewman shall be prepared for immediate water entry.
37
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When is Remain Over-Night authorized at civilian airfields?

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  • Authorized for mission accomplishment

- For maintenance or emergency divert

38
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Security for RON

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COs shall ensure appropriate security and force protections plans can be implemented when an aircraft is left unattended away from home field.

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What are the weather criteria for filing a flight plan?

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  • Actual weather at the point of departure at the time of clearance
  • Existing and forecast weather for entire route of flight
  • Destination and alternate forecasts +/- 1 hour ETA
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When should we file IFR?

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Regardless of weather, IFR flight plans SHALL be filed and flown whenever practical as a means of reducing midair collision potential.

41
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When is an alternate airfield required?

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Whenever the destination weather is forecasted to be less than 3000’/3 , +/- 1 hour of ETA.

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If alternate airfield is required, what shall it have?

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It shall have a published approach compatible with installed operable NAV equipment that can be flown without the use of 2-way radio when either is met:

  • destination lacks above described approach
  • forecasted weather at alternate is below 3000’/3 during the +/- 1 hour ETA
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When can you fly through a WW?

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  • Storm has not progressed as forecasted
    • VFR permitted if existing and forecasted weather for planned route allows such flight
    • IFR permitted is radar is installed and operable on aircraft to allow for avoidance and detection of t-storms
    • IFR permissible in controlled airspace in VMC can be maintained, allow aircraft to detect and avoid t-storms
  • Performance of aircraft allows to fly above WW.
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When shall position light be on?

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Shall be displayed 30 minutes before official sunset to 30 minutes after official sunrise

  • Shall be on:
    • Immediately before engine start and anytime engine is running
    • when being towed
    • parked but likely to cause a hazard
45
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When shall anti-collision lights be on?

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Immediately before engine start and when engine operating except when lights adversely affect ground operations and may be turned off in clouds if needed

46
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When should you have landing/taxi lights on?

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Should be utilized for all taxi movements ashore during darkness unless signalman is directing aircraft.

In B, C, D airspace is recommended when weather permits

47
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What is the approach criteria for multi-piloted aircraft?

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If weather is at or below landing minimums for approach to be conducted, approach shall not be conducted unless able to proceed to alternate in event of a missed approach

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What restrictions are there for practice approaches?

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If weather is below minimums, the airfield cannot be the filed destination or filed alternate.

49
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What is flathatting?

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Low altitude and/or high speed for thrill purposes are prohibited

50
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At what altitude shall we dump fuel?

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6000’ AGL unless weather or emergency dictates lower altitude. Advise ATC if under positive control and need to dump.

51
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What are the life raft requirements?

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Number of people shall not exceed number of rafts, unless OPNEC (AKA, need 1 raft per person)

52
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What are the anti-exposure suit requirements?

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  • Water temp is 50 F or below
  • OAT is 32 F or below (based on wind chill factor)
  • Water temp between 50-60 F is at CO discretion
53
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What are the oxygen use requirements for unpressurized cabin?

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  • Shall be determined essential by CO/OIC/MC for flight above 10k
  • Time above 10k without oxygen shall not exeed 1 hour and shall not exceed 13k
54
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How long do you have to wait to fly after getting shot?

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12 hours

55
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What are the blood donation restrictions?

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  • Minimum interval is 4 months
  • Shall not donate within 4 weeks of operational missions
  • Shall not fly for 4 days after giving 1 pint of blood
  • If flying within 4 days of donation, shall receive command approval before donating
56
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When can you purchase non-contact fuel? (MEF)

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  • Mission requirements dictated stopping at facility
  • Emergency
  • Flight terminated at alternate airport
57
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What are you signing for on the A-Sheet?

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  • Acceptance of aircraft in present condition
  • PIC shall review discrepancies for last 10 flights
  • PIC assumes full responsibilities for safe operation of aircraft and safety of personnel aboard
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What are the minimum semi-annual flight hours?

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Pilot Time: 40
Night Time: 6
Instrument: 6

59
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What are the minimum annual flight hours?

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Pilot Time: 100
Night Time: 12
Instrument: 12

*at least 50% must be actual flying; 50% of this must be first pitot time

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Definition of a Hazard?

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A condition with the potential to cause personal injury or death, property damage, or mission degradation

61
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What is the PIC signing for when signing DD1801?

(ANG WIMPS)

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Authorization
NOTAMS
Governing Directives (fuel and weather reqs)
Weather
Instrument Rating
Manifest
Proper W&B
Safe

HAC (15 decks)

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