SOP (Wing & HSM74) Flashcards
SOP weather criteria
- Ship or shore: 500-1 (if CCA, PAR, or ILS is avail. for recovery, min launch wx mins 200-1/2)
- FCF: 1000-3
- SACT: 1000-3
In the absence of the CO, flight schedule changes need to be approved in what order of availability?
Skipper > XO > OPSO > SDO
Temporary Flight Orders personnel shall not be carried on FCFs for the sole purpose of ______________________.
accumulating flight time
Warm-Up Flights
- Any pilot who has not flown in 45 days shall fly a warm-up flight with a current HAC.
- Flights should include autos and FAM maneuvers
Night currency
- Pilot shall have flown a minimum of 2.0 night hours within the preceding 45 days.
- CO may authorize day into night transition at 45-60 days.
- After 60 days, night currency shall be regained by flying with a night current PIC.
When don’t qualified LSO’s need to be designated by the ship’s CO? What shall they do instead?
when acting as LSO on a ship for a short duration evolution (DLQs, ISATT), the LSO does not need to be designated by the ship’s CO
they shall brief the ship’s CO or OOD prior to commencing DLQ evolutions
If a pilot’s night DLQ currency lapses at home, what is required before executing DLQs?
Should conduct OFT within 90 days of scheduled DLQ period during which 3 evolutions should be completed
If the DLQ currency of all pilots within a squadron lapses while on deployment, what is required?
The CO shall attempt to regain currency via current HACs from other squadrons
If that’s not possible, a waiver from CVW or the Wing shall be submitted and a deliberate, risk mitigated approach shall be employed to recurrent HACs
Detachments that experience any one of the following shall conduct a full ISATT IAW 80T-122:
- > 50% aircrew change between embarked operations
- > 50% overall personnel change between embarked operations
- > 180 days elapse between embarked operations
- Reassignment to a new ship
Which events constitute an ISATT refresher?
“SCHEELD”
- Straightening and traversing
- Crash on deck drill
- Hot refueling
- ELVA / Smokelight
- Emergency flight quarters
- Lost plane
- Day / Night DLQs
What is the pre-embarkation pilot proficiency requirement?
Max extent practicable, (should) min. 9 hours within 45 days prior to fly-on
shall have night and instrument currency
If off the boat for < or = 45 days, min. (Should) 6 hours required
Night coupler currency
shall have flown 2x wind line rescue or night/IMC dip-to-dip patterns to auto approach at night in last 90 days
PICs failing to meet this requirement shall not be scheduled to fly night SAR (to include plane guard)
Instrument flight currency
- Shall have flown a minimum of 2 hours of sim or actual instrument time within 60 days
- May be satisfied in aircraft or sim
- Must be regained prior to flying as PIC
Shipboard radius of action
150 NM or max reliable navigation or comm range, whichever is less.
CVW or wing can approve outside 150 NM. ORM it and minimize time outside 150 NM.
One-way flights:
- Ship-to-ship 150 NM (+50 with aux)
- Shore-to-ship 150 NM (+50 with aux)
- Ship-to-shore 200 NM (+50 with aux)
shore = nearest point at which a safe landing can be made
Low level altitude restrictions
Over land:
- Populated - 1,000’ AGL
- Unpopulated - 500’ AGL
- Terrain LL - 200’ AGL on approved routes
Over water:
- Day - 50’ AGL (intended to support auth. mission or training)
- Unaided night - 150’ AGL
- NVD - 100’ AGL
Coupled Hover:
- 70’ AGL
- Following the establishment of a steady coupled hover at 70’, aircraft altitude may be reduced to no lower than 40’ to conduct live hoisting operations at the PIC’s discretion.
SACT
- Day - 100’ AGL
- Night - 500’ AGL
Hot Refueling Restrictions
- Passengers shall not occupy the aircraft during hot refueling.
- Hot refueling with live ordnance loaded (Hellfire, DRL, flares, warshot Torps) is prohibited ashore.
- Hot and cold refueling with ordnance loaded is permitted at sea with ship CO approval.
Aircraft shall ground taxi vice air taxi to the max extent practicable whenever the possibility of what exists?
damage from rotor wash
If conducting inter-squadron operations, what is required?
a joint brief between PICs
can be face-to-face, PHONECON, message or email
What are the four restrictions associated with flyovers?
- Non-manuevering, wings-level passes of 1-2 aircraft (waiverable to four)
- Restricted to a single pass over a fixed point at a specified time.
- Conducted no lower than 500’ AGL
- Conducted no slower than 60 KIAS
Concurrent Flight Ops
- Dets operating on single-spot ships with two manned embarked helos utilizing the RSD shall not conduct concurrent ops unless emergency landing site (shore or ship) is available within 50 NM for the duration of the evolution.
Exceptions:
- When the mission is scheduled to terminate at other than parent ship
- Fly-on for scheduled embarkations
- Manned/Unmanned ops
When the APU is required in-flight, it should be started ___________________________.
on deck to the max extent possible
VERTREP Training Power Margin Requirements
A 10% power margin shall exist between MRP and max power required when a load is lifted off the deck.
RADALT Settings
Night flight over water < 500’ AGL, DH consider setting DH to be no lower than 10% less than the current altitude.
Crew members shall verbalize DH settings and activation of warning tones.
(V) SOP dipping restrictions (W PCL FATS): W
Water: Dipping Sonar operations should not be conducted in seas with wave heights exceeding 10’ during unit-level training or fleet-level exercises. Preflight deliberate ORM and in-flight time critical ORM assessments of forecasted or observed sea state conditions shall be accomplished prior to dipping sonar operations.