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1.1 FLIGHT

1.1.1 Job Description

The Flight Director is responsible for all launch-time and flight-time operations and is in charge of Mission Control during all scheduled tasks and emergencies.

While multiple individuals may act as Flight Director during the Mission, only one person can be the active Flight Director at a time. Members who are not the active Flight Director are not referred to as Flight Directors, and carry none of the Flight Director's authority, until they become the active Flight Director.

Mission Control Commander

The Mission Control Commander may act as a Flight Director, and may takeover as active Flight Director at any time, but only procided that he or she is in mission control at the time. Otherwise it is assumed that the Mission Control Commander does not have access to all the relevant details that the Flight Director does.

1.1.2 Standard Flight Procedure

Permissions

Only the active Flight Director may authorize the following:

• Launch
• EVA
• IVA
• Self-Destruct

Note that the Habitat Commander gains the power to authorize some of these actions in the event of communications failure and in accordance with the Habitat Commander's emergency discretionary powers.

Note also that Self-Destruct requires both the authorization of the active Flight Director and the Mission Control Commander, or the active Flight Director and the Habitat Commander, or the Habitat Commander and the Habitat Sub-Commander, or the Admiral.

Communications

Under no circumstances is the Flight Director to use his or her headset to communicate directly with the Astronauts during normal Mission Control operations. Only in the event of the CapCom officer having technical difficulty or being disabled such that he cannot speak should Flight speak to the astronauts. Finally, Flight may speak to the astronauts if in an emergency where direct clarity of the requested order is needed. All communication is the responsibility of AUXCOM and CAPCOM.

Shift Change

When a new Flight Director is scheduled to come on duty, the active Flight Director must:

• Acknowledge the new active Flight Director
• Have LOGS record the transfer of power
• Stand down
• The newly active flight director will then perform a positions check in accordance with LOGS Procedures.

Other

The Flight Director can order timetable changes, command EVA operations, authorize recommendations by other station officers, etc. However, the Flight Director's authority is overridden by direct government or OCESS Command orders issued to the Habitat Commander whenever his/her orders conflict directly with government's/Command's orders (see P5.3.1). Under no circumstances is the Flight Director to leave Mission Control during his/her shift. Whether an emergency is occurring or not, they must remain.

1.1.3 Emergency Procedure

The Flight Director is responsible for dealing with all Beta-class Emergencies and is fully within his or her authority to order a mission abort. The Mission Control Commander and Habitat Commander become responsible for dealing with all Alpha-class emergencies in Mission Control and the Habitat, respectively, overriding the authority of the Flight Director.

1.1.3.2 Real fire emergencies

Follow P6.2