Chapter 3: General Flight Rules Flashcards
What is crew rest?
12-hour rest opportunity prior to first flight duty period (FDP) including time for meals, transpo, opportunity 8 hours uninterrupted sleep
What happens if crew rest is interrupted?
Inform PIC or mission authority and either begin new crew rest period or not perform flight duties
What is considered an interruption to crew rest? What is the only acceptable exception?
Any official business conducted after crew rest. Exception: PIC or designee can initiate mission related comm with official agencies
When does FDP begin and end? How long can the PIC extend it?
Begins when aircrew member first reports for official duty. Ends at engine shutdown of final mission.
PIC can extend it by 2 hours to compensate for unplanned mission delays.
What is max FDP for basic fighter crew? Augmented crew?
12 hours
16 hours
What is needed for night operations?
An operable flashlight
If you wear corrective spectacles what must you carry?
Backup set per MAJCOM
Obtain clearance from ATC prior to what?
Before taxiing, proceeding onto runway, takeoff or landing. Read back all taxi and hold short instructions and obtain specific clearance to cross each runway.
What should aircrew report inflight?
Hazardous weather conditions, wake turbulence, volcanic activity, large concentrations of birds or wildlife, or any other significant condition
When should aircrew declare minimum or emergency fuel?
When aircraft may land at intended destination with less than MDS-specific minimum reserve or emergency fuel
Who should you report laser illumination to?
ATC when it occurs or C2.
Use supplemental oxygen any time cabin pressure altitude exceeds what? If without supplemental oxygen what is max altitude?
10,000’
14,000’ MSL, don’t exceed an hour between 10,000 and 12,500’ MSL if IMC, night, weapon employment, airdrop, air refueling, high G maneuvering
For loss of cabin pressure what should you do?
Descend below 18,000’ MSL if practical, do not remain above FL250. Be seen by a flight surgeon if cabin altitude exceeds 18,000’ MSL
When should position lights be on?
Sunset to sunrise, when starting or running engines, while being towed
When should anti-collision or strobe lights be on?
Prior to engine start until engine shutdown. Flashing lights may be turned off or reduced in intensity if affect performance of duties.
Turn on landing lights when?
When takeoff clearance received and aircraft on active runway, or operating below 10,000’ MSL
When converging approximately head on, what will aircraft do?
Alter their course to the right
What is needed to conduct operations from a runway?
Operable lighting or high intensity runway reflective markers unless authorized otherwise by MAJCOM
When aircraft are converging and not head-on, which aircraft has right-of-way?
Aircraft to other’s right
What is priority of right-of-way for different categories?
Balloons, gliders, aircraft towing or refueling, airships, rotary or fixed wing aircraft
Between an overtaking and overtaken aircraft, which has right-of-way?
The overtaken aircraft
When two or more aircraft are on final approaching to land, who has right-of-way?
Aircraft at lower altitude but will not use it to cut in front of or overtake the other aircraft
What should be read back to ATC?
Clearances, altitudes, restrictions, vectors, headings, altimeter settings, runway assignments
What descent gradients may cause problems?
Greater than 10 deg may induce spatial disorientation in IMC and not provide effective radar monitoring below 15,000’ AGL
