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What is Flight Deck Safety?

While exhaustive training in flight deck safety is beyond the scope of this text; a few of the hazards and safety concerns are oil, grease, and fuel which create slip hazards on the deck and ladderwells. Also jet intakes and exhaust, rotor and propellers arcs are the life threatening hazards present during flight operations. The vast myriad of hazards to personnel and equipment underline the importance PPE and situational awareness have on flight deck safety

What is a Runway?

Paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing. Runways vary in length at each airfield as determined by the aircraft sizes and weights that will be utilizing them

What is Aircraft Familiarization?

Its essential to personnel learning how to perform their duties for their personal safety and the safety of the aircrew. The interaction between people, vehicles, support equipment and aircraft in the airfield environment requires all personnel to have a good working knowledge of the airfield and its unique features

What is the MA-1 Series Overrun Barrier?

Designed to stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped with tail hooks. The MA-1A is always in a standby status, in case there is an aborted takeoff or an emergency overrun landing

What is Flight Deck Safety Equipment?

Anytime personnel are required to work on the flight deck they will be issued the proper safety equipment. The required flight deck protective equipment will include the following items:- Flight Deck (steel-toed) safety shoes- Protective Jersey- Cranial impact helmet- Protective eye goggles- Leather Gloves

Summarize Flight Deck Familiarization

The carrier flight deck is one of the most hazardous portions of real estate on the planet therefore proper training, qualification and awareness of your surroundings in essential when working in this highly dangerous environment

What is a Parking Apron?

Open paved areas adjacent to hangers, fuel, services often called the flight line. Used for parking, servicing, and loading aircraft; they are connected to the runways by taxiways

What is the Compass Calibration Pad (Compass Rose)?

A paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated

What is the Overrun Area?

Paved or un-paved section on the ends of the runways that provide a reasonably effective deceleration area for aborting or overshooting aircraft

What is Emergency Shore Based Recovery Equipment?

Used during in-flight emergencies that require stopping the aircraft during landing in the shortest distance possible to minimize the chance of injury to pilot or aircrew and damage to the aircraft

What is the Airfield Rotating Beacon?

When the airport is below VFR weather conditions, day or night, the airport rotating beacon is used to identify the airport's location. It rotates clockwise at a constant speed and military airfields use 2 white lights and one green flashing 12 to 15 times per minute

What is the Safety Equipment in Airfield and Flight Deck Familiarization?

Anytime personnel are working on the flight line they will be issued the proper safety equipment. The required flight line protective equipment will include the following items:- Flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes- Cranial impact helmet-Protective eye goggles-Leather gloves

What is the Flight Deck Color Coded Classification System?

Those crewmembers who do have specific, clearly defined functions will be readily recognizable at a glance by the colored coded jersey and helmets that denote their role. The color classification system is as follows:- Yellow Jersey: Aircraft Handling Officer, Air Bos'n, Arresting Gear Officer and Plane directors-White Jersey: Safety department, Air Transport Officer, Landing Signal Officer, Squadron Plane Inspectors (troubleshooters) and medical- Brown Jersey: Plane Captains- Blue Jersey: Aircraft Handling and Chock Crewman (Chocks, Chains and Tractors) and Elevator Operations- Green Jersey: Catapult and Arresting Gear personnel, Squadron Aircraft Maintenance personnel, Helicopter Landing Signal Enlisted-man and photographers- Red Jersey: Crash and Salvage, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, and Ordnance handling personnel- Purple Jersey: Aviation fuel crew

What is the Runway Numbering System?

Runways are normally numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to the nearest 10 degrees, i.e., a runway heading of 250 degree is runway 25. If there are 2 runway whose centerline is parallel, the runway will be identified as L (left) and R (right) or 25L or 25R, if there are 3 parallel runways C (center) is added

What are Taxiways?

Paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways, and airfield services

What is a Threshold Marking?

These are parallel stripes on the ends of the runways. The stripes are 12 feet wide by 150 feet long and designate the landing area

What are the Safety Guidelines for Airfield and Flight Deck Familiarization?

Extensive flight line training is given for the airfield environment however the safety concerns are the same as the flight deck. Jet blast, rotor arcs, propellers and jet intakes are potentially life threatening while being FOD free, wearing your PPE, being qualified, and keeping your head on a swivel are essential to safety working on the flight line

What is Deck Edge Fire Fighting Symbols?

In addition to knowing the required flight deck safety equipment it's also important to your fire fighting agents. You may be the first one on the scene of a fire on the flight deck and knowing the identification, function, and location of the various fire fighting agents could make the difference between extensive material damage/death of minimal injury. The fire fighting agents include:- Purple K Powder (PKP)- Identified by a 12-inch wide red stripe with a white 3-inch high "PKP" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming. At locations where coamings are not installed, a white 18-inch diameter circle with red 5-inch high "PKP" letters is painted on the flight deck-Salt Water Stations- Identified by an 18-inch wide red stripe with a yellow 3-inch high "W" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming. At locations where coamings are not installed, a white 18-inch diameter circle with red 5-inch high "PKP" letters is painted on the flight deck.-CO2 Bottle Stowage- Identified by a 12-inch wide red stripe with a white 3-inch high "CO2" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming. At locations where coamings are not installed, a white 18-inch diameter circle with a red 5-inch high "CO2" is painted on the flight deck.-AFFF Station- Identified by an 18-inch wide green stripe with white 3-inch high "AFFF" letters is painted on the flight deck.-Bomb Jettison Ramp- Ramps designated to eliminate loose ordnance will have a yellow stripe painted up over the deck edge at both ends of the ramp opening. The flight deck in front of the ramp opening is marked with alternating 4-inch wide red and yellow stripes with a 12-inch black facsimile of a bomb centered.-Steam Smothering- Identified by an 18" black stripe with a 3" white "STEAM" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming.