LUH-72 Functional Check Flight Pilot- FT Polk , LA

**The** **Functional Check Flight Pilot (LUH-72)** utilizes flight test techniques to perform functional check flights of aircraft to measure performance and handling to determine airworthiness following maintenance or modifications.

+ Perform FCFs and demonstrating aircraft proficiency upon completion of aircraft maintenance or modifications on aircraft.
+ Interpret meteorological data as it pertains to filing a flight plan for the navigational course of flight needed for a mission or sortie.
+ File flight plans for all flights using authorized navigational processes.
+ Compute weight and balance logs for the aircraft being flown.
+ Initiate and complete all military flight or maintenance forms to document FCF completion and discrepancies.
+ Communicate, troubleshoot, advise and work side by side with military pilots and technicians.
+ Determine in accordance with publications and procedures the airworthiness of aircraft prior to release for flight.
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