Encl. (1) to COMDTINST 7220.39
automatically expire upon a member's PCS departure from the
issuing command, unless the transfer is to a medical
facility for treatment of injury or incapacity as a result
of an aviation mishap or other hazardous duty to which
assigned. Continuous crew member flight orders shall always
specify the member's crew member status and that the member
is in a CAIP status.
(b)
Continuous crew member flight orders are designated for
members who are required to participate in frequent and
regular aerial flight on a continual basis during that PCS
assignment and are expected to earn HDIP every month.
Continuous crew member flight orders may only be issued to
the following members:
1.
Enlisted members in aviation ratings in pay grades
E-4 through E-6 who are crew member qualified or in
training for a crew member position and for whom one
or more of the following applies on a continual basis
during that PCS assignment: (1) They stand alert duty
in a flight crew position; (2) They are required to
participate in frequent and regular aerial flight to
qualify or to train other members to qualify for crew
member positions; or (3) Their participation in frequent
and regular aerial flight as crew members is essential
to the accomplishment of aircraft missions. Continuous
crew member flight orders should not be issued to a
member in training for a crew member position until the
member has completed the ground phase of the training
syllabus, unless the member is qualified for a different
crew member position and is required to participate in
frequent and regular flight in that position.
2.
Enlisted members in aviation ratings in pay grades E-7
through E-9 and warrant officers in ELC and AVI
specialties who are crew member qualified and whose
participation in frequent and regular aerial flight as
crew members is essential to the accomplishment of
aircraft missions or the training of other members to
qualify for crew member positions on a continual basis
during that PCS assignment.
(2)
Periodic flight orders.
(a)
Periodic flight orders are issued when a crew member
or noncrew member is required to participate in frequent
and regular aerial flight during short, well defined
periods of time. Periodic flight orders are issued for
either a specific calendar month (monthly flight orders)
during which frequent and regular aerial flight in locally
operated aircraft is required or for the duration of a TAD
assignment during which frequent and regular aerial flight
in aircraft operated at the TAD location is required.
Periodic flight orders shall always specify that the member
is in an MAIP status and shall specify the member's crew
member/noncrew member status and the termination date of the
orders (either as a calendar date, such as the last day of
the month, or at the conclusion of a specific event such as
a TAD assignment or vessel deployment).
(b)
Periodic crew member flight orders are designed for members
who are required to participate in frequent and regular
aerial flight and are expected to earn HDIP every month
during the period
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