Andrew McGavock

General First officer duties and responsibilities as per the SOP's

General First officer duties and responsibilities as per the SOP's. Pre flight aircraft, Load the aircraft, supervise fuelling and ensure the cargo documents and manifest are completed for the flight. File flight plan and check customs paperwork.

Plan, execute, brief and debrief student flight program. Conduct checkouts, Solo supervision flights and conduct ground classes for all course topics from Private, instrument, commercial and flight instructor ground programs.

• Prepare & finalize weight & balance paperwork and cargo documents; check flight-plan weights and fuel figures. • Dangerous Goods package and acceptance checks/audits; complete NOTOC and brief flight crew on emergency response. • Coordinate maintenance for aircraft spares shipments. • Prepare, distribute and verify cargo, dangerous goods and required government documentation. • Ensure safe, proper and efficient handling of assigned flights; verify cargo against company weight & balance guidelines. • Complete strapping plans for vehicles and oversized cargo; supervise pallet build-up, weighing, loading and offloading. • Supervise contract labor groups and coordinate with cargo handlers, caterers, refuelers, airport authorities and government agencies. • Train/manage new staff on SOPs, Boeing weight & balance manuals, safe load/unload practices and aircraft handling. • Design and calculate restraint for non-standard loads and ensure compliance with aircraft weight & balance manuals.

Ensured ramp operations were safe and compliant with Task Force Command Operations and Fragmentary Orders. • Coordinated CONOPs / flight plans / routes and SOP adherence with aviation management. • Coordinated Dispatch, Warehousing and Operations for correct / timely cross-load of cargo. • Monitored flight traffic and air-control measures; reported aviation incidents and corrective actions. • Responsible for ramp safety, FOD prevention, maintenance-schedule compliance and ramp service standards. • Manage staff rosters and foreign labor; train new Ramp Managers throughout Afghanistan.

• Build, prepare, load and unload cargo for air transport. • Weight & balance and cargo-load planning for C130H, C130J, DHC-4, B707 and C17 to achieve efficient center of gravity. • Passenger briefings, dangerous goods checks and passenger manifests. • Supervise passenger movement and verify seating plan against load plan and weight & balance. • Ensure ramp compliance with aircraft-handling safety procedures. • Verify actual aircraft load against load plan; brief and sign weight & balance and NOTOC. • Complete load-restraint calculations for chained/strapped restraint and design restraint for non-standard loads. • Marshal manual handling equipment for aircraft servicing.