CH-47 Maintenance Test Pilot

Job DescriptionJob Description CH-47 MAINTENANCE TEST PILOTSUMMARY: Performs flights and demonstrates proficiency during standardization flights onaircraft. Performs mathematical calculations required for weight and balance, performance datafor takeoff, cruise, and landing configurations of aircraft in which the individuals are qualified.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Performs pre-flight, in-flight and post-flight procedures in accordance with Company,Army or Air Force directives depending on assignment.2. Performs operational ground checks, taxi checks, hover checks on rotary wing aircraft;functional check flights, general and limited maintenance test flights, confirmation checkflights of aircraft and aircraft systems undergoing maintenance and determines, inaccordance with Army or Air Force technical publications and Company procedures, theairworthiness of an aircraft prior to its release for customer use.3. Performs troubleshooting procedures of an aircraft on the ground and in flight, andmakes appropriate (verbal or written log entry) recommendations to assist groundpersonnel in correcting deficiencies.4. Performs recovery and ferry flights.5. Instructs maintenance personnel for aircraft ground run-up and taxi operations toprepare employees for certification.6. Keeps abreast of and complies with FAA and local flying regulations and safetyprocedures as applicable for the job.7. Maintains proficiency in basic flight maneuvers, appropriate aircraft emergencyprocedures and instrument flying consistent with Army or Air Force technical publicationsand Company requirements.8. Briefs and demonstrates operational and emergency procedures to flight crew and noncrewmembers.OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:1. When not actually engaged in the physical operation of the aircraft, must be willing to beengaged in study, preparation and personal development to further physical and mentalskills required to operate aircraft.2. Operates motor vehicles in performance of assigned duties.3. Completes records as required by TAMMS-A necessary to record aircraft and / orengine performance data. Completes maintenance documentation accurately usingIntegrated Maintenance Data System (IMDS) and required forms, and must showproficiency in IMDS within ninety (90) days when assigned to the Air Force Project.4. Required to participate in instrument flight simulator training.5. May be required to fly profile flights, which may include NVG, PNVS, and tactics. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:1. Must demonstrate successfully the ability to start, run-up, fly, navigate and land aircraftthat the individual is qualified to operate.2. Must hold a valid and current FAA Commercial Pilot certificate with rotorcraft andinstrument ratings in the aircraft class (fixed, rotary or both) for which a position isoffered.3. Must hold a valid FAA Instrument rating in the designated aircraft class for which job isoffered.4. Must have recorded (and proof presented) a minimum of one thousand (1,000) hours aspilot in command in the specific aircraft class for which a position is offered. Must haverecorded (and proof presented) a minimum of one thousand five hundred (1,500) hoursof pilot in command in the specific aircraft class for which a position is offered with fivehundred (500) hours experience in helicopters of which at least two hundred fifty (250)hours must have been in the UH-1H or Bell 205 when assigned to the Air Force Project.Fifty percent of minimum flight time of pilot in command can be in commercial aircraftsimilar to or already in the Army or Air Force offered.5. -1H Maintenance Test Pilot Course) or FAA Test Flight Program in the UH-1H or Bell 205when assigned to the Air Force Project.EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:1. High school diploma or equivalent General Educational Development (GED) certificate.2. AMOC II graduation is a requisite for this job classification. Pilots flying OH-58D, CH-47,AH-64 or UH-60 aircraft must be a Phase II graduate in that particular aircraft beforeassuming Maintenance Test Pilot duties in those aircraft. Job candidates who meetqualifications 1 through 4 can be provided an AMOC Phase II course within one hundredeighty (180) days from entering the classification to become Phase II AMOC II qualified,provided the Government approves AMOC Phase II flight training. Failure to successfullycomplete the required course will disqualify the employee for this job classification.3. Maintenance Test Pilots flying UH-60, CH-47, or AH-64 aircraft, have successfullycompleted MTPC prior to assuming PC and MTP duties in those aircraft.MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:1. Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole integers,common and decimal fractions.2. Ability to compute rates, ratios, percentages, and interpolations necessary for aircraftand engine performance.PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:1. Must hold a valid and current FAA or military Class II Medical Certificate as prescribedby the Government. Must undergo initially and annually thereafter, flight physical(s) priorto piloting an U. S. Army or Air Force aircraft.