Flight Regs

Question 1

What is comsec?

Answer 1

Communications security

Question 2

What is emsec?

Answer 2

Emissions security

Using encryption allows the risk of interception to drop

Question 3

When should you authenticate?

Answer 3

Initial contact

Voice change

When in doubt

Question 4

What is the basic format of contact reporting?

Answer 4

Which (type of report)
What (you are talking about)
Where (the subject matter is)
Whither (direction? How fast?...)
When (the info was most accurate)

Question 5

What is the definition of air safety?

Answer 5

A state of freedom from unacceptable risk of injury to personal and damage to aircraft throughout the lifecycle of it

Question 6

Name the different types of culture

Answer 6

Reporting culture

Learning culture

Flexible culture

Just culture

Questioning culture

Question 7

What is a just culture?

Answer 7

It recognises the limitations of human performance. Errors aren’t punished if unintentional however deliberate risk or acting recklessly will be subject to discipline.

Question 8

What is a D-ASOR?

Answer 8

Defence Air safety occurrence report

When an incident that has happened needs reporting to establish a trend, not a near miss.

Question 9

What is an In-form?

Answer 9

When an incident has occurred not effecting flight safety, but may effect human factors outside of work

Question 10

What is a D-COR

Answer 10

Defence confidential occurrence report

An anonymous report that is sent straight to the head of the Raf safety centre

Question 11

Name the levels of duty holders

Answer 11

Senior - Chief of air staff

Operating - AOC (AOC 22grp for example)

Delivery - commandant/OC 3FTS

Question 12

What are 3 flying regulation/documentation levels?

Answer 12

MAA RA - all military flying (medical rules, general equipment requirements…)

GASO (group air staff orders)
- more relevant to groups (FW crew duty times…)

FOB (flying order book)
- local to bases and aircraft (cranwell areas, phenom stud setting…)

Question 13

Definition of FOD

Answer 13

Foreign object debris - any material from any source that can cause damage to an aircraft and its equipment

Question 14

Name some FOD prevention

Answer 14

Practices - pick it up, shadow boards, berets off

Processes - FOD bins, plods, vehicle checks

Aircraft design - tyres, engine protection

Question 15

Who is the regulator for the MAA

Answer 15

Regulator: chief of air staff

Question 16

What is on the regulatory article 1000s

Answer 16

General regs

Question 17

What is on reg article 2000s

Answer 17

Flying regulations

Question 18

Define an accident

Answer 18

Someone is killed or major injury

Cat 4/5 damage

Question 19

Define an incident

Answer 19

3 days or more injury

Or

Aircraft sustains cat 1, 2 or 3 damage

Question 20

What are 4 preventions to bird strikes?

Answer 20

Bird control unit

Avoidance of areas of high activity

Bird radars

Look out

Question 21

What does the raid ident position TT mean?

Answer 21

Reference to a target and it’s bearing in relation to my position

Question 22

What is the maa definition of air safety?

Answer 22

A collective endeavour to operate safely in the air environment and any activity that embraces safe operation of military air systems in the air or ground