Chapter 3 - Policy Guidance Flashcards
Emergency and humanitarian operations
Naval aircraft operations are authorized in emergencies such as forst fire, search, rescue, major calamities, and for humanitarian reasons involving life-threatening circumstances.
Special Airlift Requirements
- The sole purpose of the flight must be to provide air transportation for the accomplishment of urgent business in the national interest that would suffer if other means of transportation were relied upon.
- The flight must be in the national interest or result in cost savings to the DON.
Assignment of Aircraft to a specific individual
Unless otherwise authorized by SECNAV, no naval aircraft will be assigned to a specific individual nor shall any individual require a specific aircraft or aircraft crew be made available for exclusive use. This does not preclude the display of pilot, crew, and support personnel names on aircraft.
Aircraft of other services
Naval aviators may fly aircraft of other services provided the other service has no objections.
Civilian LEOs
Embarkation of civilian LEOs is authorized for helicopter, tiltrotor, and non-ejection seat aircraft. Authority to approve flights may be delegated to numbered fleet commanders and type commanders.
LEO personnel authorized should comply with the aeromedical and survival training requirement.
Non-Essential Flights
The use of aircraft for non-essential flights shall not be authorized. Any flight open to misinterpretation by the public shall be avoided.
1. Flights of a routine business nature for which commercial or other military transportation could be more economically substituted.
2. Flights for any officer or group of officers, the sole purpose of which is the convenience and/or prestige of the officers concerned and not the performance of official duties or accomplishment of bona fide training.
3. Repeated flights to the hometown area of flight personnel concerned.
4. Flights coinciding with major sporting events or civic celebrations.
Personnel Authorized to pilot naval aircraft
Regular and reserve personnel under appropriate orders to duty in a flying status.
1. Naval Aviators of the navy and marine corps
2. Coast guard aviators
3. students undergoing authorized courses of instruction
4. Rated pilots of the air force and air force reserve.
5. army and army reserve aviators
6. rated pilots of the ANG and NG.
7. Aeromedical dual designators
8. Aviation Qualified FAO.
Helicopter Taxi
No one shall be permitted to taxi a helicopter except those personnel who are authorized to fly helicopters.
Civilian Personnel
DOD civilians, and contractors to DOD are authorized as flightcrew when required in conjunction with assigned duties or contractual responsibilities.
Foreign military personnel
Subject to security provisions in existing directives, physically and professionally qualified personnel of foreign nations may be authorized to perform crew duties in naval aircraft that is in the best interest of official DOD business.
Orientation Flights- Paragraph
- Orientation flights are typically one-time events for selected participants in a particular model aircraft. Orientation flight status shall not be used to circumvent normal training requirements. Orientation flights for midshipmen participating in official training programs are an execption and may involve multiple flights.
Purpose of orientation flight
- To familiarize them with an aircraft, its operation, capabilities, requirements, concept of employment, or limitations.
- To familiarize them with a base complex from the air for official purposes other than merely sight seeing or goodwill.
- To allow FAA personnel to perform official functions that require their infrequent embarkation on naval aircraft.
- To perform other military duties not assigned to the flight crew.
Authorization of orientation flights
Unit commanding officers may authorize flights for active duty military personnel in aircraft not equipped with ejection seats and/or personal oxygen systems.
Eligible Participants for orientation flights - AFUUPFUFF
- Active duty and reserve personnel when flights would materially improve job performance and are in the best interest of the Navy and/or Marine Corps.
- Federal and local government officials, foreign officials, members of congress and their staff, and civilian contractors when flights would materially improve job performance and are in the best interest of the Navy and/or Marine Corps.
- U.S. legislators, senior government executives, white house staff personnel, and legislative staff personnel when flights are coordinated through the white house military office, office of legislative affairs, the DOD or host service compartment.
- U.S citizens who can make positive contributions to the public understanding of the roles and missions of the Navy and/or Marine Corps.
- Personnel who, because of their group affiliation, are authorized orientation flights by seperate directives.
- FAA employees ( engaged in flight checking local military air traffic control procedures and facilities, in the evaluation or examination of rated aircrew personnel, approved military familiarization flights).
- US Ambassadors or their senior deputies, within overseas theaters, when invited by the overseas unified or component commander.
- Foreign personnel, either military or civilian, for scientific research, development, test, and evaluation
- Foreign military personnel during the course of bilateral or multinational operations or exercises.
Orientation Flight Prerequisites
- All personnel shall receive an appropriate physical screening or examination.
- Completion of NASTP is mandatory unless waived.
- For Aeronautically designated personnel, the appropriate non-aircrew NASTP training shall be required.
- Civilian personnel and military non-aviators shall complete appropriate non-aircrew NASTP training
- All midshipmen shall complete appropriate midshipmen non-aircrew NASTP training.
- Non-DOD personnel are required to sign an Air Transportation Agreement.
- Prior to approval of flight by foreign nationals involving access to classified or controlled unclassified information, permission for disclosure shall be obtained from the Direction of Naval Intelligence.
- Parent/legal guardian approval in writing required for anyone under 18 years of age
Orientation Flight Briefing
- Orientees shall be briefed on any information that may be pertinent for their safety and comfort, each item should be fully explained to avoid apprehension or confusion.
- Orientees occupying flight personnel positions shall be briefed on procedures, controls, and instrumentation.
Orientation Flight limitations
- Only highly qualified flight personnel shall be selected to conduct orientation flights.
- All orientation flights shall be conducted within the local flying are and terminate at the point of origin.
- Orientation flights involving third-nation nationals into or over foreign countries will not be approved unless confirmation of entry and/or overflight clearance has been recieved.
- Except for flights with FAA personnel, orientation flights shall be performed only during daylight and with weather minimums equal to or better than VFR.
- FAA examiners shall not be permitted to pilot an aircraft without assigned NAvy or Marine Corps pilot in command.
- Formation flying shall not be performed unless required.
- Orientation flights in high-performance jet aircraft shall not be approved except when integral to the flight purpose.
- orientation flights from an aircraft carrier are strongly discouraged because of additional hazards.
- An aircraft in the naval inventory shall not be used in support of Foreign Military Sales unless leased.
- Flights shall be conducted at no additional cost, not to interfere basis
- Orientation flights may not include where a record attempt is made, first flight is made on an aircraft accepted into the inventory, over an isolated geographic area, or any other special nature where abnormal conditions may exist.
- Individuals occupying a seat with flight controls during an orientation flight are permitted to fly the aircraft during non-critical phases of flight as determined by the pilot-in-command, in accordance with command policy.
Embarkation of passengers (helicopter specific)
- No person shall be enplaned as a passenger not shall any cargo be embarked on a naval aircraft unless authorization has been granted by competent authority in accordance with applicable directives. Reporting custodians for helicopters may authorize personnel to be embarked as passengers. This authority may be delegated to detachment OIC when deployed or embarked.
- Helicopter and tiltrotor passenger flights at night are authorized subject to following restrictions
4a. ship launches and recoveries shall be made during daylight hours. This constraint may be waved by Strike Group Commander, Amphib Squadron Commander, MAGTF Commander, or OTC in cases of operational necessity.
4b. In case of MEDEVAC, a qualified medical attendant who is current in approved water survival training (non-aircrew underwater emergency egress as a min) and has been properly briefed on emergency egress procedures, may be transfered at night with approval of ships commanding officer.
4c. This does not preclude troop movement in support of amphibious exerecises, VBSS level 3 operations, or SPECOPS training and operational missions. - The pilots in command/mission commanders of naval aircraft (when abscent from home unit) may authorize air transportation for personnel and/or equipment not otherwise qualified for air transport when required for successful prosecution of a SAR mission, MEDEVAC, or diaster relief. This shall only be exercised when all practical means of obtaining authorization from competent authority in accordance with appolcable directives are unsuccessful / unavailable.
Terminal Instrument Procedures
Except when this is requirement is waived for flight in support of nonstandard operations, aircrews flying passenger or troop carrying aircraft shall not fly an instrument approach that has not been validated as safe and accurate per the following table.
