Job Description
CH-47 MAINTENANCE TEST PILOT
SUMMARY: Performs flights and demonstrates proficiency during standardization flights on
aircraft. Performs mathematical calculations required for weight and balance, performance data
for 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 check
flights of aircraft and aircraft systems undergoing maintenance and determines, in
accordance with Army or Air Force technical publications and Company procedures, the
airworthiness of an aircraft prior to its release for customer use.
3. Performs troubleshooting procedures of an aircraft on the ground and in flight, and
makes appropriate (verbal or written log entry) recommendations to assist ground
personnel in correcting deficiencies.
4. Performs recovery and ferry flights.
5. Instructs maintenance personnel for aircraft ground run-up and taxi operations to
prepare employees for certification.
6. Keeps abreast of and complies with FAA and local flying regulations and safety
procedures as applicable for the job.
7. Maintains proficiency in basic flight maneuvers, appropriate aircraft emergency
procedures and instrument flying consistent with Army or Air Force technical publications
and Company requirements.
8. Briefs and demonstrates operational and emergency procedures to flight crew and noncrew
members.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. When not actually engaged in the physical operation of the aircraft, must be willing to be
engaged in study, preparation and personal development to further physical and mental
skills 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 / or
engine performance data. Completes maintenance documentation accurately using
Integrated Maintenance Data System (IMDS) and required forms, and must show
proficiency 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 aircraft
that the individual is qualified to operate.
2. Must hold a valid and current FAA Commercial Pilot certificate with rotorcraft and
instrument ratings in the aircraft class (fixed, rotary or both) for which a position is
offered.
3. Must hold a valid FAA Instrument rating in the designated aircraft class for which job is
offered.
4. Must have recorded (and proof presented) a minimum of one thousand (1,000) hours as
pilot in command in the specific aircraft class for which a position is offered. Must have
recorded (and proof presented) a minimum of one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours
of pilot in command in the specific aircraft class for which a position is offered with five
hundred (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 aircraft
similar 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 205
when 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 before
assuming Maintenance Test Pilot duties in those aircraft. Job candidates who meet
qualifications 1 through 4 can be provided an AMOC Phase II course within one hundred
eighty (180) days from entering the classification to become Phase II AMOC II qualified,
provided the Government approves AMOC Phase II flight training. Failure to successfully
complete 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 successfully
completed 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 aircraft
and engine performance.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Must hold a valid and current FAA or military Class II Medical Certificate as prescribed
by the Government. Must undergo initially and annually thereafter, flight physical(s) prior
to piloting an U. S. Army or Air Force aircraft.
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