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31Interagency Helicopter Operations Guide - June 2009
Chapter 3
similar missions. The Project Aviation Safety Plan can thus relieve the user from
completing repetitive information (hazards, communications, etc.) on the Flight
Request each time a flight is made to the same area(s). For scheduling and
manifesting purposes, the Aircraft Flight Request is completed for each use.
However, only that information not contained in the Project Aviation Safety Plan is
required (for example, Date/Time of Flight, Manifest, etc.)
b.
Applicability. The Project Aviation Safety Plan should be completed for all
recurrent special-use flights for the same project to the same areas(s). Examples
are wild horse counting or herding, bald eagle survey, communication site repair,
etc.
c.
Responsibilities and Requirements for Completion. The local Aviation
Manager and Project Aviation Manager are jointly responsible for determining
the need for a Project Aviation Safety Plan. Plans are generally completed in the
following sequence:
(1) Project Aviation Manager and/or assigned Helicopter or Flight Manager
completes the majority of plan information;
(2) Dispatcher completes flight following and emergency search and rescue
information;
(3) An aerial hazard analysis is completed jointly by the Project Aviation
Manager, the Helicopter Manager, the Dispatcher, and the unit Aviation
Manager;
(4) Unit Aviation Manager reviews and recommends;
(5) Line Manager or designee reviews and approves. Note that approval is not
automatic. The Manager may choose to make a risk management decision
not to conduct the operation as planned, or not to conduct the mission at all.
d.
Content. At a minimum, the plan shall consist of those elements depicted in
Exhibit 3-3 at the end of this chapter.
e.
Routing and Filing. After approval by line management, the plan itself is
maintained in the Dispatch Office for reference during flight.
f.
Annual Review and Update. The Plan should be reviewed annually by the unit
Aviation Manager for currency of information, with at least annual re-approval by
line management. Updates should be performed as necessary. More frequent
review and update may be necessary if the type of mission, location, etc.,
change.
C.
Aircraft Flight Request/Schedule Preparation.
The following is a suggested format for ensuring all elements of the flight request and
scheduling process are met. All flights should be requested and scheduled using the
following procedures.
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