Attachment 5 - Aircraft Pilot Operations Management.pdf

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Attachment 5

NASA Employee International Medical Support Aircraft/Pilot Operations Management

Aircraft

With regard to medevac aircraft used by the offeror for local and long-distance transport (owned, operated, or leased by the offeror or subcontractor):

1. Does offeror maintain a fleet of its own or does it subcontract aircraft from other companies? (If other companies, which ones?)

2. What kind of aircraft are used? (Type/design/age?)

3. Where are they certificated for airworthiness? (US, other country?)

4. What types of airworthiness certifications do they hold?

5. Where are they maintained and by whom? If a maintenance provider is used, is the provider Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 145 (or equivalent) certified?

6. To what standards are the aircraft maintained (FAA, foreign equivalent, other?)

7. Does the aircraft owner have a Safety Management System (SMS) in place (For example

International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO))?

Pilots

With regard to pilots used by offeror for local and long-distance transport:

1. Does the offeror maintain their own cadre or does it subcontract pilots from other companies? (If other companies, which ones?)

2. Where, how, and to what standards are the pilots certified? (For example FAA Commercial/Airline Transport Pilot (ATP), international equivalent)

3. To which medical standards are the pilots held? (FAA, Class I/II, other?)

4. What are the minimum experience levels of the pilots? (Flight time, international operations, IFR operations, etc. / i.e. minimum 1500 hours turbine/multi-engine etc.?)

5. What recurrent training and minimum proficiency requirements are mandated for the pilots? (For example Part 121 or Part 135 recurring training requirements)

6. Does the source of the pilot cadre have a Safety Management System (SMS) in place?

(For example IS-BAO)