FY27 Performance Work Statement

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

DOUGLAS DC-3 PILOT QUALIFICATION TRAINING

A. PROJECT/TITLE

Air Carrier Aircraft Pilot Training for Flight Standards Operations Inspectors and Aircraft Certification pilots employed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

B. BACKGROUND

Under Title 49 of the United States Code (49 U.S.C.), the FAA is authorized to acquire and expend funds for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of aircraft as necessary in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the Administrator. The interests of the public, the safety of the workforce, and the credibility of the organization are best served by having qualified, proficient, and current inspectors conducting pilot evaluating, testing, and checking functions.

C. SCOPE

The contractor is to provide initial and recurrent ground school, and flight training to FAA inspectors/pilots in the Douglas DC-3 aircraft. Student quotas for these courses will be assigned by the Flight Standards-Worforce Development Division, AFB-500 or Aircraft Certification Service – Enterprise Operations Division, AIR-900. The courses covered under this contract will meet the requirements for FAA formal flight training. FAA formal flight training consists of training courses with agency level course numbers that will be officially recorded in the employee’s personnel records.

D. DEFINITIONS

The following definitions are used to define the terminology contained herein and are applicable as required by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) (Federal Aviation Regulations):
1. Flight Time: Time from the moment the aircraft first moves under its own power for the purpose of flight until the moment the aircraft comes to rest at the next point of landing (block to block time).
2. Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD): A full flight simulator (FFS) or a flight training device (FTD).
3. Full Flight Simulator (FFS): A replica of a specific type, make, model, or series aircraft. It includes the equipment and computer programs necessary to represent aircraft operations in ground and flight conditions, a visual system providing an out-of-the-flight deck view, a system that provides cues at least equivalent to those of a three-degree-of-freedom motion system, and has the full range of capabilities of the systems installed in the device as described in (14 CFR) Part 60 and the qualification performance standard (QPS) for a specific FFS qualification level. 4. Flight Training Device (FTD): A replica of aircraft instruments, equipment, panels, and