NMAO Fleet and Charter Forms

Aircraft, Ship and Charter Forms

The purpose of the aircraft and ship time request forms is to provide NMAO and the Aircraft and Fleet Allocation Councils with the information necessary to schedule the projects the ships and aircraft will support, and which aircraft or ship would best meet the requirements of a specific project. NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 216-104 "Management and Utilization of Aircraft" outlines the procedures to request and report on aircraft use in NOAA.

Formal platform requests should be submitted by March 1 each year for the following year on the appropriate form (list follows below). Once the requester completes the form and it has passed through the requester's chain of command, it is submitted to NMAO's Program Services and Outsourcing Division. As additional information becomes available, or as conditions warrant, an updated form specifying the change shall be submitted to keep NMAO and the Allocation Council advised of all pertinent facts.

When all request forms have been received, Working Group meetings, convened by the Chief, Program Services & Outsourcing, with representatives from all line offices (NOS, OAR, NMFS, NWS & NESDIS) are held to review the requests and develop an Allocation Plan for the next fiscal year. The draft plans are then reviewed by the Allocation Council, which consists of top management officials from NOAA's Line Offices and and chaired by the Director of NMAO, who has final approval, for signature.

Any questions regarding this procedure can be addressed to the Chief, Program Services and Outsourcing Division at (301)713-3435, extension 135.

Individual project elements ("piggybacks") may be requested on the forms or requested on a previously planned and approved cruise or aircraft schedule. Those projects requiring vessel time should be coordinated through the Chief Scientist of the cruise(s) involved and be fully described in the Project Instructions. Projects requiring flight time should be coordinated through the Principal Investigator and Aircraft Operations Center.

Submit completed forms to:
Program Services and Outsourcing Division
NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations, NOAA
1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3, Room 12872
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Fax: 301-713-1541

Copies of aircraft time requests should also be forwarded to:
Dr. James McFadden
Chief, Program Management Staff
Aircraft Operations Center, NOAA
P.O. Box 6829
Tampa, FL 33608-0829
Fax: 813-828-3266

All the forms are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and can be filled in on line and then printed, but they cannot be submitted electronically. Please Note: The completed forms cannot be saved unless you have a full version of Adobe Acrobat.

If you do not have Acrobat Reader, please go to Adobe's web site to download Acrobat Reader 5.0.

PLATFORM

Aircraft Time Requests: NOAA Form 56-48

Charter Aircraft Report: (Commercial Aviation Services Report): NOAA Form 56-56

Ship Time Requests: NOAA Form 77-65 (instructions begin on page 3)

Charter Vessel Clearance and Report: NOAA Form 75-91

Monthy Ship and Aircraft Charter Report (this is an Excel file, you need to save the file to your computer to work on it) These are to be filled out and emailed on the last Friday of each month to CharterReport.nmao@noaa.gov monthly by anyone in NOAA chartering a ship or aircraft.

Instructions for Charter Vessel Clearance and Report Form

Flow diagram of aircraft support request process:

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last updated: September 1, 2004 6:14 AM