CNAF Flashcards
Nonessential Flights
The use of aircraft for nonessential flights shall not be authorized. Any flight open to misinterpretation by the public shall be avoided. The following are examples of nonessential flights:
- Flights of a routine nature for which commercial or other military transportation could be more economically substituted.
- Flights for any officers or groups of officers, the sole purpose of which is the convenience and/or prestige of the officers concerned and not in the performance of official duties or the accomplishment of bona fide training.
- Repeated flights to the hometown area of flight personnel concerned.
- Flights coinciding with major sporting events or civic celebrations.
Closed Airfields
All naval aircraft are prohibited from landing or taking off at closed airfield except in the case of an emergency.
Helicopter Landing Areas (Non Airfield)
Helicopters are authorized to land at other than airfield locations (such as fields, highways, and parks), provided:
- A military requirement exists for such landing.
- Adequate safeguards are taken to permit safe landing and takeoff without hazard to people and property.
- There is no legal objection to landing at such non airfield sites.
NOTE: COs are authorized to waive the provisions in subparagraph 1 through 3 when dispatched helicopters are engaged in SAR operations.
Practice Autorotations
Practice autorotations shall be conducted within the limits of the field boundary over a surface upon which a full autorotation can be safely conducted and that is readily accessible to crash, rescue, and firefighting equipment. Practice autorotations shall require the specific approval of the tower.
Requirements to be a HAC
a. Have completed the qualifications for and possess to an advanced degree the knowledge, proficiency, and capabilities of a second pilot.
b. Have a minimum of 500 total flight hours.
c. Have 150 flight hours in rotary wing aircraft.
d. Have pilot hours in class and model required by the CO or higher authority and demonstrate the proficiency and judgement require to ensure the successful accomplishment of all tasks of the unit mission.
e. Demonstrate the ability to command and train the officers and enlisted members of the flight crew.
f. Demonstrate the qualities of leadership fequiree to conduct advanced base or detached unit operations as OIC when such duty is required as part of the units mission or method of operation.
PIC/Formation Leader Responsibilities
ANGWIMPS
- Flight has been properly authorized. (A)
- Adequate flight planning data, including NOTAM service, was available for complete and accurate planning. (N)
- Flight will be conducted in accordance with governing directives and adherence to criteria for fuel requirements and weather minimums. (G)
- Each pilot in a formation flight has received the required flight route weather briefing. (W)
- PIC/each pilot in a formation flight possesses a valid instrument rating if any portion of the flight is to be conducted under IMC or in positive control areas or positive control segments. (I)
- Passengers have been properly briefed and manifested. (M)
- Proper weight and balance have been filed. (P)
- PIC acknowledges responsibility for the safe and orderly conduct of the flight. (S)
Embarkation of Passengers
No person shall be enplaned as a passenger nor shall any cargo be embarked unless authorization has been granted by competent authority in accordance with applicable directives.
Reporting custodians for helicopter units may authorize personnel to be embarked as passengers onboard their aircraft. This authority may be delegated to a designated detachment OIC when deployed. No person shall be carried in a taxiing aircraft as a passenger unless such person is authorized to fly in it or has been authorized by competent authority to be embarked therin.
Embarkation of Passengers Overwater at Night
Helicopter and tiltrotor passenger overwater flights at night are authorized subject to the following restrictions:
- ship launches and recoveries shall be made during daylight hours. This constraint may be waived by CSG commander, Amphibious Squadron commander, MAGTF commander, or OTC in cases of operational necessity.
- in cases of MEDEVAC, a qualified medical attendant who is current in approved water survival training (non-aircrew underwater egress as a mimimum) and has been properly briefed on emergency egress procedures of that aircraft, may be transferred at night with approval from the ship’s CO.
- This does not preclude troop movement in support of amphibious exercises, VBSS level III ops, or SPECOPS training and operational missions
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Pilot in Command
Responsible for the safe, orderly flight of the aircraft and well-being of the crew.
The authority and responsibility of pilot in command shall not be transferred during flight. It shall not be transferred to another individual except as required by emergency, operational necessity, or as directed by the commanding officer of the unit to which the aircraft is attached. The authority and responsibility of a PIC is independent of rank or seniority in relation to other persons participating in the mission or flight except when it’s not.
OTC Embarked
Wing, group, or squadron commander, if embarked on a mission involving aircraft of their command, retains full authority and responsibility regarding command, including the mission in which participating.
Flag of General Officer Embarked
The PIC of an aircraft with a flag or general officer eligible for command at sea or in the field embarked as a passenger shall be subject to the orders of such flag or general officer in accordance with US Navy regulations. When such an embarked passenger exercises authority to command the aircraft, that passenger thereby assumes full responsibility for the safe and orderly conduct of the flight. The embarked passenger shall give due consideration to the judgement of the PIC regarding items of flight safety such as hazardous weather and aircraft/crew limitations. Any actions arising out of the flight will be referred to the embarked passenger as the responsible commander of the aircraft.
CNAF Disclaimer
In the tactical environment, military exigency may require on-site deviations from instructions/procedures contained here. The existing risk of deviation must continually be weighed against the benefit of deviating from this manual. Deviation from a specified flight and operating instructions is authorized in emergency situations when, in the judgement of the pilot in command, safety justifies such a deviation.
Seatbelts
Each persons safety belt and shoulder harness shall be worn and tightened prior to takeoff and shall be worn until the completion of flight except when necessary duties their temporary removal.
Cabin seating requirements may be eliminated when operational environment or aircraft configurations/load requirements dictate for the accomplishment of essential training and operations with the following guidlines:
- applies to SPECOPS training and missions
- applies to dedicated life saving efforts, including humanitarian and SAR operations
- not to be used for routine operational training or personnel transfers
- when seats are removed, pax will be restrained by an appropriate alternate means
- if mission profile requires removal of seats for a part of the mission then pax will, if possible, use seats for all other phases of the mission
