Royal Navy
Junior Officers
Code: RN-FAA-PILRoyal Navy Pilot (Fleet Air Arm)
Commissioned Fleet Air Arm pilot flying fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft on anti-submarine, search-and-rescue, attack and maritime patrol missions.
Role Details
Core Skills
- • rotary and fixed-wing flying
- • mission planning
- • crew resource management
- • decision-making under pressure
- • team leadership
Responsibilities
- • fly Fleet Air Arm aircraft types on operational and training missions
- • plan and lead airborne serials with other aircrew and ships
- • conduct anti-submarine, SAR and maritime patrol missions
- • brief and debrief crews and surface units
- • instruct student aircrew as a Qualified Helicopter Instructor or Qualified Flying Instructor
Equipment
- • Merlin, Wildcat and fixed-wing platforms
- • simulators
- • mission planning systems
Typical Clearance
DV
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Commercial Helicopter Pilot
Aviation & Airside Operations
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Rotary-wing flying hours, crew resource management and mission planning from the Fleet Air Arm provide the experience base for CPL(H) conversion with top-up hours and type rating.
Core Transferable Skills
rotary flying skills
crew resource management
mission planning
aviation safety culture