Aircrew Responsibilities

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Aircrew Responsibilities
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Duties and Missions
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MP Duties

• Common duties.
• Mission planning.
• May act as mission commander.
• Attend briefings.
• Make mission duty assignments.
• Radio and navigation instruments.
• ELT searches.

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MP Duties (continued)

• Keep mission base apprised of status.
• Fill out debriefing form.
• Keep track of assigned equipment and supplies.

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Mission Formsand Flight Plans
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Forms

• CAPF 100
• CAPF 101
• CAPF 101Ts
• CAPF 104
• CAPF 108

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Forms 104 and 108

• CAPF 104 Mission Flight Plan / Briefing /
  Debriefing Form
• CAPR 60-3 Requirement
• Completed for each mission sortie
• Clear and legible
• CAPF 108 CAP Payment / Reimbursement Document for
  Aviation / Automotive / Miscellaneous Expenses
• CAPR 173-3
• Use current form (Previous editions are
  obsolete)
• Completed for each mission
• File within 30 days after mission completion
• Complete, accurate and legible

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Entering Data onto Forms

• Data must be accurate and legible
• Print, or have another crewmember fill out the
  form.
• General rules
• Corrections line through and initial (no Liquid
  Paper)
• No signature labels or stamped signatures
• Attachments Name, Date, Mission Sortie number,
  N Number, Hobbs time
• Review the form. Make sure blanks or N/A are
  intentional.

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CAPF 104Mission Briefing/Debriefing(Front)
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CAPF 104(Reverse)
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FAA Flight Plan

• FAA Form 7233-1

CPF 4239
N99545, Cap Flight
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FROChecklist(60-1)
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Proficiency(60-1)
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Proficiency
Add proficiency using the GPS for the following
tasks Select/display a destination Airport,
VOR, and User Waypoint Enter lat/long coordinates
into a User Waypoint Select/display present
position (lat/long) Save present position to a
temporary waypoint Display Nearest Airports and
VORs Maintain constant track over
ground Determine time and distance to a
waypoint Enter and recall waypoints Enter and
recall flight plans Fly by present position
(continuously updated lat/long) Fly search
patterns route, parallel, creeping line
expanding square
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Flight Plans and Forms Summary

• Forms are important!
• Complete, accurate and legible
• Label attachments
• You implement the CAP mission
• Know the source regulations
• CAPR 60-1 (flying operations)
• CAPR 60-3
• CAPR 60-4
• MOUs

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TYPES OF FLIGHTS

• Search and Rescue
• Visual Search
• Electronic Search
• Transportation Flights
• Disaster Relief
• Aerial surveillance
• Visual
• Photographic
• Homeland Defense/Wartime tasking

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TRANSPORTATION FLIGHTS
Carrying non-CAP personnel Carrying K-9 teams
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FARExemptions(60-1)
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SAR DOG TRANSPORT OVERVIEW

• CAP TASKING
• SAR DOG PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS
• SAR DOG PLANE ISSUES
• K-9 O-RIDES
• SAR DOG FLIGHT PROCEDURE

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K-9 AIRCREW SCHOOL

• Besides normal mission training the dog needs
  to be exposed to
• Aircraft it will be flying in
• high noise level at airports
• fuel smells
• accelerated noise during takeoff
• changes in altitude
• turbulence

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CAP TASKING

• State-AFRCC MOU
• State-CAP MOU
• FEMA-CAP MOU
• Local MOUs

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Observer Duties

• PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY Visual Search
• Common duties.
• Assist in mission planning.
• May act as mission commander.
• May attend briefings with mission pilot.
• Make mission duty assignments.
• Assist with radio and navigation instruments.
• Assist in ELT searches.

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Observer Duties (continued)

• Maintain an observers log.
• Keep mission base apprised of status.
• Monitor crew for fatigue, assign breaks.
• Monitor crew for dehydration, ensure they drink
  plenty of liquids.
• Assist in filling out debriefing form.
• Keep track of assigned equipment and supplies.

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Observers Log

• Provides a record of
• the flight
• Preflight calculations
• Record of observations
• Basis for debriefing
• Used to complete CAPF 104
• Information is forwarded to mission staff to
  guide mission management
• Good logs can be combined from several sorties to
  give the mission staff a better picture of how
  the search is going

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Scanner (and observer) Duties

• IMSAFE (next slide)
• Be prepared to fly the mission clothing,
  equipment, credentials, etc.
• Attend briefings.
• Keep notes and sketches.
• Conduct the mission as planned.
• Employ effective scanning techniques.
• Report observations accurately and honestly.
• Return borrowed or assigned equipment.
• Complete all required paperwork.

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IMSAFE

• Illness
• Medication
• Stress
• Alcohol
• Fatigue
• Emotion

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Scanner Duties

• PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY Visual Search
• Be prepared to fly the mission clothing,
  equipment, credentials, etc.
• Complete mission paperwork
• Attend briefings
• Conduct the mission as planned
• Report observations accurately
• Return borrowed or assigned equipment
• Complete all post-mission paperwork

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CAP ES Missions

• Civil Defense / Wartime
• Disaster Relief
• Search and Rescue
• Emergency Communications

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CAP Civil Defense/Wartime Missions

• CAP OPLAN 1000
• Provide emergency communications network
• Provide damage assessment
• Support state and regional disaster airlift
  (SARDA)
• Provide radiological monitoring and
  decontamination teams
• Airlift of high priority resources
• Security Control of Air Traffic and Air
  Navigation Aids (SCATANA) Plan

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CAP Peacetime Missions

• Peacetime disaster relief as a component of FEMA
  Urban Search and Rescue program
• Damage Assessment, Communications, Transportation
• Search and Rescue (SAR)
• USAF is SAR coordinator
• AFRCC implements national search and rescue plan
• CAP conducts 4 out of 5 searches
• Counter Narcotics Operations (CN)
• Support is limited to reconnaissance,
  transportation and communications
• US Customs, DEA, US Forest Service and others
• American Red Cross and Salvation Army

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Operational Agreements

• National, regional and state levels
• In accordance with CAPR 60-3
• Formalized through agencies chain of commands
• Facilitates OPLAN implementation
• Agreements are approved and signed at all levels
• Contents
• Limitations
• Reimbursements
• Liability

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Liability

• Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)
• Liability protection
• CAP members acting within the scope of their
  duties on CAP operational missions
• Air Force assigned missions (including 911T)
• CAP corporate missions
• CAPR 900-5
• Federal Employee Compensation Act (FECA)
• Workers compensation
• Injured or killed on Air Force assigned missions
• Commercial insurance for corporate missions
• Coverage varies depending on the type of mission
• Know your coverage for the missions you are on

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Flying the Sortie

• Aircraft Preflight
• Taxi
• Takeoff
• Enroute to Search Area
• Entry into Search Area
• Inside Search Area
• Possible Sighting
• ELT Signal Detected
• Departure from Search Area
• Return to Base
• Landing
• Shutdown

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Aircraft Preflight

• Pilot
• Brief Crew on tasking, duties, and procedures
• Preflight Aircraft
• Ensure all necessary entries made on MD WG Form
  91
• Personal equipment check
• Observer and Scanner
• Program GPS to navigate to assigned search area
• Operational check of DF unit
• Personal equipment checks

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Taxi

• Pilot
• Engine start and checklist items
• Taxi to run-up area
• Perform engine run-up and checklist items
• Observer
• Perform operational check of CAP radio
• Assist pilot in performing checklist items

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Takeoff

• Pilot
• Performs safe takeoff
• Performs standard traffic pattern departure
• Establishes heading to assigned search area
• Observer
• Initiates observer log recording departure time
• Reports departure to mission base
• Begins immediate scanning for search objective
• Scanner
• Initiates scanner log recording departure time
• Begins immediate scanning for search objective

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Enroute

• Pilot
• Navigates directly to planned entry point in
  search area
• Maintains constant situational awareness
• Observer
• Continuous scanning for search objective
• Monitors CAP radio
• Tracks aircraft position
• Scanner
• Continuous scanning for search objective

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Entering Search Area

• Pilot
• Enters at preplanned position
• Establishes initial search track
• Observer
• Records entry time
• Reports time of entry to base
• Continues scanning
• Scanner
• Records entry time
• Continues scanning

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Inside Search Area

• Pilot
• Flys aircraft - does not observe
• Responsible to see and avoid other aircraft
• As aircraft commander, responsible for crew
  performance and well being
• Observer
• Primary responsibility is scanning
• Mission base communications, check-ins, and
  traffic relays (instruct the pilot to circle
  during periods when other duties (communications)
  interfere with primary scanning function)
• Maintains sortie written record of all
  significant events and observations
• Scanner
• Scanning
• Maintains backup sortie record

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Possible Sighting

• Pilot
• Follows observer/scanners directions to reacquire
  sighting
• Observer and Scanner
• Directs pilot as necessary to reacquire the
  target
• Enters target position in GPS and records in log
• Reports sighting to mission base and stands bye
  for instructions

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ELT Signal Acquired

• Pilot
• DF signal with assistance of observer when
  authorized by Mission Base
• Observer
• Records signal acquisition time, present
  location, and bearing to signal source
• Reports acquisition to Mission Base and stands
  bye for instructions
• Assists pilot with DF unit
• Scans for possible target in vicinity of signal
• Scanner
• Scans for target in vicinity of signal origin

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Possible Find Actions

• Once it has been determined a ground team will be
  required for either a -
• possible visual find
• ELT/EPIRB signal source
• Aircrew must request same - giving initial
  location for rendezvous with ground team
• While awaiting their arrival in the search area
  it is important that the crew survey and develop
  a pre-planned route for directing the ground team
  to the site

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Leaving Assigned Search Area

• Pilot
• Climbs to assigned return altitude and
  establishes heading to base
• Responsible for see and avoid
• Observer
• Logs search area exit time in log
• Reports to Mission Base
• Continues scanning
• Scanner
• Continues scanning
• Notes search area exit time in log

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Landing

• Pilot
• Handles FAA radio communications
• Makes standard traffic pattern arrival
• Does not scare observer/scanner
• Observer
• Notes arrival time in log
• Reports to Mission base
• Assists pilot
• Scanner
• Records arrival time in log

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Shutdown

• Pilot
• Secures aircraft including tiedown and locking
• Arranges for oil and fuel
• Completes MD WG Form 91
• Observer
• Makes sure all sortie records and equipment are
  removed from aircraft
• Scanner
• Removes any filled sick sacks

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Aircrew ResponsibilitiesEnd

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