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5709.16_10

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Forest Service Handbook

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FSH 5709.16 - FLIGHT OPERATION HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 10 - ADMINISTRATION
Amendment No.: 5709.16-2015-1
Effective Date: April 20, 2015
Duration: This amendment is effective until superseded or removed.


Approved: JAMES E HUBBARD

Deputy Chief, S&PF



Date Approved: 03/23/2015


Posting Instructions: Amendments are numbered consecutively by handbook number and calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this amendment. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last amendment to this handbook was 5709.16-2013-2 to 5709.16_contents.


New Document


5709.16_10

63 Pages

Superseded Document(s) by Issuance Number and Effective Date

5709.16_10

(Amendment 5709.16-2009-2, 04/15/2009)



61 Pages


Digest:
10 - Incorporates direction previously set out in id_5709.16-2013-1
11.22a through 11.22.d - Adds footnote for the 100 flight hour Alternate Means of Compliance process.
11.4 through 11.4e - Establishes codes, captions, and sets forth direction for waiving the policy requirement using an Alternate Means of Compliance for pilots who do not meet the current policy or the contract requirements of 100 flight hours within the preceding 12 months.
15.2 through 15.22a - Adds footnote for the 100 flight hour Alternate Means of Compliance process.

Table of Contents


10.4 - Responsibility 3

10.41 - Washington Office 3

10.41a - Director, Fire and Aviation Management Staff 3

10.41b - Assistant Director, Fire and Aviation Management Staff 3

10.41c - National Aviation Operations Officer 3

10.42 - Field Units 3

10.42a - Regional Foresters, Station Directors, and Area Director 3

10.42b - Regional Aviation Officer 4

10.42c - Regional Aviation Safety Manager 4

10.42d - Regional Helicopter Operations Specialist [Reserved] 4

10.42e - Forest Aviation Officer 4

11 - AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 4

11.04 - Pilot-in-Command 4

11.1 - Aircraft Contract Procedures 4

11.11 - Aircraft Contract Specifications 4

11.12 - Aircraft Contracts 4

11.2 - Call-When-Needed and Rental Agreement Aircraft 5

11.21 - Aircraft Certifications and Operations 5

11.21a - Contractors and Contractor Aircraft 5

11.21b - Operations as Public Aircraft 6

11.22 - Contract Pilot Qualifications 6

11.22a - Experience Standards - Contract Fixed-Wing Pilots 6

11.22b - Experience Standards - Contract Helicopter Pilots 7

11.22c - Experience Standards - Contract Airtanker Pilots-in-Command 8

11.22d - Experience Standards - Contract Airtanker Copilots 9

11.23 - Contract Pilot Approvals 9

11.24 - Contract Aircraft Requirements 10

11.24a - General Requirements 10

11.24b - Equipment 10

11.24c - Avionics 11

11.25 - Contract and Rental Agreement Requirements and Approvals 11

11.26 - Operational Requirements - All Pilots 12

11.27 - Flight and Duty Limitations 12

11.27a - Flight and Duty Limitations for All Flight Crewmembers - Phase 1 13

11.27b - Interim Flight and Duty Limitations - Phase 2 14

11.27c - Interim Flight and Duty Limitations - Phase 3 14

11.28 - Flight Following 15

11.29 - Operational Requirements - All Aircraft and Pilots 15

11.3 - Records and Payments 16

11.31 - Special Requirements 16

11.32 - Aircraft Accidents, Incidents, and Hazards 16

11.4 - Pilot 100 Flight Hour Alternate Means of Compliance 16

11.41 - Minimum Pilot Requirements for Requesting 100 Flight Hour AMOC 16

11.42 - Contractor 100 Flight Hour AMOC Approval Process 17

11.43 - Cooperator 100 Hour AMOC Approval Process 17

11.44 - Contract Pilots Not Granted 100 Hour AMOC 18

11.45 - Cooperator Pilots Not Granted 100 Hour AMOC 19



12 - EMPLOYEE PILOTS 19

12.04 - Responsibility 19

12.1 - Hiring and Promotion 19

12.11 - Experience Standards - Employee Fixed-Wing Pilots 20

12.11a - Minimum Flight Time Requirements - GS-7 20

12.11b - Minimum Flight Time Requirements - GS-9 20

12.11c - Minimum Flight Time Requirements - GS-11 20

12.11d - Minimum Flight Time Requirements - GS-12 21

12.11e - Minimum Flight Time Requirements - GS-13 21

12.12 - Experience Standards - Employee Helicopter Pilots 21

12.12a - Minimum Flight Time Requirements - GS-12 21

12.2 - Employee Pilot Duty Assignments 22

12.21 - Pilots - GS-7 23

12.21a - Pilots - GS-7 Qualifications 23

12.22 - Pilots - GS-9 23

12.22a - Pilots - GS-9 Qualifications 23

12.23 - Pilots - GS-11 24

12.23a - Pilots - GS-11 Qualifications 24

12.24 - Pilots - GS-12 24

12.24a - Pilots - GS-12 Qualifications 24

12.25 - Pilots - GS-13 25

12.25a - Pilots - GS-13 Qualifications 25

12.3 - Flight Evaluation Board 25

12.31 - Convening Flight Evaluation Board 26

12.32 - Operating Procedures of Board Chairperson 28

12.33 - Timeliness of Action 29

12.34 - Board Findings 29

12.35 - Board Recommendations 30

12.36 - Review Process 30

12.37 - Reconvening Flight Evaluation Board 31

12.38 - Administrative Instructions 31

13 - ADMINISTRATIVE FORMS AND RECORDS 32

13.1 - Aircraft Cost and Use Reporting 32

13.2 - Documentation of Administrative Use 32

14 - INSPECTION PROCEDURES - CONTRACT RESOURCES 38

14.1 - Aircraft and Pilot Inspector Designations 38

14.11 - Military and Cooperator Aircraft and Pilots 38

14.12 - Point-to-Point Flight Operations 38

14.13 - Special Missions 39

14.2 - Authorized Aircraft and Pilot Inspectors 39

14.3 - Facilities Inspections - Contract and Rental Agreement Operators 40

14.31 - Review of Contractor FAA Operating Authority 40



15 - PILOTS - CONTRACT AND RENTAL AGREEMENT 41

15.04 - Responsibility 41

15.1 - Light Aircraft Pilots 41

15.11 - Evaluation Rides - Light Aircraft Contract and Rental Agreement Pilots 42

15.12 - Aviation Operations Briefing - Light Fixed-Wing Pilots 44

15.2 - Airtanker Pilot Approval 52

15.22a - Airtanker Copilot Approval 53

15.22b - Airtanker Copilot Manipulation of Controls on and Over Incident 54

15.23 - Helitanker Pilot-in-command Approval 54

15.24 - Helitanker Copilot Qualifications 55

15.3 - Contract Smokejumper Pilots 55

15.31 - Smokejumper Operations 55

15.31a - Smokejumper and Paracargo Aircraft Certifications 55

15.31b - Spotters/Loadmasters Who Occupy the Right Flightcrew Seat 55

15.4 - Contract Pilot Approval Forms 57

15.41 - Contract Pilot Application 57

15.42 - Contract Pilot Approval Card 57

16 - CONTRACT AIRCRAFT DATA AND APPROVAL RECORD 57

16.1 - Aircraft Pre-Use Inspection Discrepancy Report 57

16.2 - Aircraft Approval Card 57

16.3 - Airtanker Inspection Form 58

16.31 - Avionics Inspection 58

16.32 - Aircraft Contract Status Report 58

16.33 - Airtanker Approval Card 58

16.34 - Aircraft Inspection Forms Management 58



17 - CONTRACT AIRCRAFT INSPECTION GUIDELINES 59

17.04 - Responsibility of Interagency Aircraft Inspectors 59

17.1 - Contract Specifications Familiarity 59

17.11 - Contractor's FAA Operating Authority 60

17.12 - Aircraft Inspectors' Review of Records 60

17.2 - Aircraft Return to Contract Service 61

17.3 - Aircraft Inspection Guide 61

This chapter contains procedures and operational requirements for the administration of Forest Service contract aviation services and in-service flight operations. For further direction, see FSM 5700, 5710, and 5720, the interagency operations guides listed at FSM 5706, and the definitions in FSM 5705 and 5710.5 and the acronyms and abbreviations in FSH 5709.16,


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