Encl. (1) to COMDTINST 7220.39
HDIP or monthly ACIP stops the day before the member
returns to a flying status. The member must meet minimum
flight requirements beginning on the day of return to flying
duty. Example: A member's "free" period begins in
January. The member returns to a flying status on 7 March.
The member's "free" entitlement to HDIP or monthly ACIP stops
on 6 March. The member must earn the minimum required flight
hours for the 7-31 March fraction of the month to be entitled
to HDIP or monthly ACIP for that period.
(6)
Returns to duty after "free" period. When a member
returns to a flying status after the end of a "free" period,
but before the end of the three-month period following the
"free" period, the member may earn HDIP or monthly ACIP for
that three-month period by meeting the "grace" period minimum
flight requirements, as described in paragraphs 9.b and 9.c.
When a member returns to a flying status after the end of
both the "free" period and the subsequent "grace" period,
there is no entitlement to HDIP or monthly ACIP after the
"free" period until the member meets the minimum flight
requirements for a month (or fraction of a month if returned
to a flying status after the first day of a month). Example:
An enlisted crew member's "free" period is January-March.
The member returns to a flying status on 16 June and
earns 12 hours of flight time in June. The member is
entitled to HDIP for January through June (January-March as
a "free" period and April-June as a "grace" period). If
the member had returned to a flying status in July, and
less than four hours of excess flight time were "banked" into
April from months prior to the "free" period, there would
have been no entitlement to HDIP for April, May, and June,
regardless of the number of flight hours earned in July.
(7)
Flight orders for a stated period. If a member is
placed on flight orders for a definite period of time and is
entitled to HDIP or monthly ACIP under paragraph 9.d above,
the member is not normally entitled to HDIP or monthly ACIP
beyond the end date of the flight orders under which the
incapacity was incurred. However, when evidence is furnished
that the member's flight orders would have been continued if
the incapacity had not occurred, HDIP or monthly ACIP is
payable beyond the end date of the flight orders consistent
with paragraph 9.d above.
(a)
The end date of continuous flight orders issued for
the duration of a member's assignment is established
when the member's actual transfer date is determined.
(b)
The end date of periodic flight orders is determined
by either a date specified in the flight orders or by
the end date of an event specified in the orders (such
as a TAD assignment or vessel deployment).
(c)
Continuation of flight orders means the extending of
the end date of the flight orders in question, but
does not include issuing separate flight orders for
a period subsequent to the period of the flight orders
in question (e.g., continuation does not apply to a
member on monthly flight orders who was expected to
receive monthly flight orders for months after the
incapacitation).
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