AFI 11-2C-130v3 - BITS

240 AFI11-2C-130V3 23 APRIL 2012
19.8. Safety Equipment.
19.8.1. Personnel required to be mobile in the cargo compartment will wear protective
headgear from the combat entry point to the combat exit point if an actual threat is briefed.
EXCEPTION: Personnel performing water jumps. All other personnel will be seated with
the seat belt fastened. Check helmet boom mike during preflight. Loadmasters will lower
their helmet visor (except when NVGs are used) before opening any doors and keep them
lowered until doors are closed. As a minimum, the helmet will be worn from the start of the
pre-slowdown checklist until the completion of the drop checklist. Loadmasters will be on
interphone from completion of pre-slowdown checks until completion of the drop checklist.
19.8.2. During airdrops, loadmasters will wear a restraint harness from the pre-slowdown
checklist until doors are closed and locked. When using a restraint harness, loadmasters
performing duties near an open ramp and/or door in-flight will attach the lifeline IAW
paragraph 19.8.3. If carried, loadmasters may wear a parachute instead of a restraint
harness. Parachute will be worn from the pre-slowdown checklist until doors are closed and
locked. WARNING: During the aircrew briefing, the PIC will brief the loadmaster(s) when
the mission profile requires flight below 800 feet AGL with the door(s) open. NOTE:
Loadmasters must wear a restraint harness when performing duties near an open exit above
25,000 feet MSL or below 800 feet AGL.
19.8.3. When used, fit the restraint harness and adjust the lifeline before flight as follows:
19.8.3.1. Troop door personnel drops. Connect the hook to tiedown ring 26D and adjust
the lifeline to allow mobility only to the troop door for installation of the paratroop
retrieval strap/bar and to accomplish other emergency procedures. When dropping with
CVR sections 2 and 3 installed, connect the hook to the CVR tiedown ring near floor
tiedown ring 25D.
19.8.3.2. Troop door SATB drops. Connect the lifeline as described in paragraph
19.8.3.1 or to a floor/dual rail tiedown ring at FS 657 and adjust to allow mobility only to
the troop door being used.
19.8.3.3. Ramp and door operations. (See paragraph 19.8.3.3.1 for ICDS/JPADS
guidance) Loadmasters will pre-measure the harness with the ramp and door in the ADS
position prior to flight. Connect the hook to a floor/dual rail tiedown ring at FS 677,
adjusting to a point that will preclude the wearer from exiting the aircraft. Restraint
harness lifelines may be attached to an unused anchor cable provided the anchor cable
stop is positioned and taped at FS 677. WARNING: Except for an actual contingency,
towed trooper, or emergency that threatens the survivability of the aircraft and crew, the
restraint harness will not be disconnected or lengthened to a point that would allow the
loadmaster to fall outside the aircraft.
19.8.3.3.1. ICDS/JPADS operations. When pre-flighting the restraint harness for
dropsonde airdrops, pre-measure the harness with the ramp in the closed position.
Connect the hook to a floor/dual rail tiedown ring at FS 737, adjusting to a point that
will preclude the wearer from exiting the aircraft. For the subsequent cargo airdrop,
connect the hook to floor/dual rail tiedown ring no further aft than FS 677, adjusting
to a point that will preclude the wearer from exiting the aircraft. Restraint harness