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VT-6 Expanded Brief v9.6

NATOPS Brief

Full standard NATOPS brief — 4 sections. The structural baseline for all primary T-6B briefs.

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1. Aircrew

  • EP / Question / Quote of the Day

  • IMSAFE / Human Factors

    Illness · Medication · Stress · Alcohol · Fatigue · Eating · Emotion

  • Crew Day and Rest · Work Week limits

  • Form-specific: designated Section Lead / Formation Lead

  • Seat position (INAV or IP/IP only)

  • Current Read & Initial (R&I) signed

  • Current NATOPS · Pubs · Charts · EKB packed & charged

  • ATJ review

    Airsickness · Below MIF · Previous hop status · Warmup window · Green/Blue card

  • DOR / TTO policy discussion

  • JPPT discussion items

2. Mission Conduct

  • Side Number · Callsign

  • Walk · Takeoff · Land times

  • Weather · NOTAMs · AHAS · TFRs

  • TOLD (student calculates)

    Plan worst case at home field

  • Flight plan

  • Profile — Origin · Departure · Stage Maneuvers · Destination · Alternate

  • Fuel management — Joker / Bingo / Divert · when to change

  • Min/Emergency fuel declaration

    Min: < 200 lb · Emergency: < 120 lb

  • Frequencies · NAVAIDs

  • Radio procedures and discipline

    PAC makes all calls unless briefed · non-flying pilot backs up listening for callsign

  • Change of aircraft controls

    Three-way: "I have" / "You have" / "I have" — include UFCP · shake-to-take, pump-to-pass on ICS failure

  • Non-flying pilot duties (IMC)

    Callouts: ±10 KIAS · ±10° hdg · ±100' alt · AOB > 30° · pitch > 15° NU/10° ND · less-than-a-minute-to-live · vertigo · runway in sight · two-challenge rule

  • Clearing / lookout

    Clock + range + high/level/low + factor/no factor · directive vs descriptive · any crewmember may assume controls to avoid collision

3. Emergencies / Crew Coordination

  • Aircraft emergencies — Actual + Simulated rules

    Treat as actual unless prefaced 'Simulated' · no fast hands · Aviate-Analyze-Act-Land · PAC executes CAMIs

  • Simulated PEL vs Forced Landing

    IP sets PCL IDLE + 'simulated' → SNA states 'SIMULATED - PCL OFF' → IP sets 4-6% torque · do NOT actually pull PCL OFF

  • Aborted takeoff

  • Engine failure / uncommanded power change

  • Damaged aircraft · midair · birdstrike

  • Stall / OCF recognition and recovery

  • Radio failure · ICS failure

  • Inadvertent IMC

  • Downed pilot / aircraft

  • Landing irregularities · wave-off

  • Loss of directional control on runway · departing prepared surface

  • CFS command and crew coordination

  • Ejection types

    Immediate · Time Critical · Controlled · Loss of ICS · Environmental · Post-Ejection IIROK-ADR

4. Mission-Specific ORM

  • Contact: G-warm · Energy Mgmt · Area Mgmt · Clearing

  • Formation: Blind · Lost Sight · G-warm/Tail Chase · KIO/Terminate

  • INAV: Spatial-D · Missed Approach Criteria · Missed vs Climbout

  • Night: Sunset/Moonrise · Personal equip · Lighting · Spatial-D · Visual illusions (false horizon, autokinesis, flicker vertigo, false glideslope)

  • VNAV: Route brief · Restrictions · Planned Alt/AS · RADALT · MSA/ESA

  • CCX / Off-station: PPR/Fuel Packet · Contract Fuel/FBO · Suitable runway · Airfield familiarity · GTC

  • IP/IP: Test current (< 60 days) · Complacency · Student trends

Study aid only. Not authoritative. Verify every number, limit, and boldface step against current T-6B NATOPS and squadron SOP before flight or evaluation.