AVIATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Air Force Specialty Code 1C0X2, Coin circa 2015 (credit 271/1C0 Aviation Resource Management Page, Facebook)
WHY ARE AVIATION RESOUCE MANAGERS IMPORTANT?
As a
member of the United States Air Force, it always a fine line between receiving
credit and not being taken seriously.
That is by the other services mostly as they have the more glorious jobs
and reputations. As an Aviation Resource
Manager, we are more behind the scenes as the pilots and combat officers
deservedly rack up the medals and decorations.
Our job is to make sure everything on the administrative side allows
aviation to occur. Aviation Resource
Managers monitor and track Go-No-Go items to ensure safety and that only
qualified aircrew enter the aircraft.
Next, communication with Ground Maintenance and Airfield Operations is
crucial to ensure flight plans are filed correct and that and
pre-flight/in-flight emergencies are relayed to the correct production team.
ADDITIONALLY
Aviation
Resource Managers also track flying hours which in-turn can authorize or stop
pay entitlements for each aircrew. By
tracking hours, a part of the Go-No-Go check is to check if aircrew are busting
7-day, 30-day, and 90-day hour restrictions. Multi-tasking is the name of the
game, as Powers explains, by stating, “In addition, this role is responsible
for scheduling aircrew training and aircraft sorties, maintaining mission
information, and monitoring flight requirements, unit flying hours, and aviation
requirement changes.”
Sgt
Michael L. Wilson, Hill Air Force Base, circa 2015
CONTRIBUTION
AND IMPACT
In
the civilian sector flight dispatch and crew scheduling are jobs that Aviation
Resource Managers can transition into. I was a part of a team that grounded
operations for 1 week as I discovered upon entering a new unit that the Aircrew
Flight Equipment Fit Check was not being tracked properly. Per Air Force Instruction 11-301, Aircrew
Flight Equipment, fit checks for the HC130J (also recognized as the
Lockheed HC-130) were to be accomplished every three years but had only
occurred as members arrived at their duty station. This aircraft is used in Combat Search and
Rescue Operations so ensuring fit goes along way in the maintaining the
integrity of operations. Though an
Aviation Resource Manager may not receive the kudos, they are the backbone and
last line of defense to prevent mishaps: or worse.
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