1. Pre-Detachment Briefing Mo Smith August 2012
SAMBBA
South American Biomass Burning Analysis
Pre-Detachment Briefing
Mo Smith
August 2012

2. What’s Covered Schedule Overview Where are we going? Climate
Accommodation
Porto Velho
Airport
Transport
Money
Daily Timetable/Flying Hours
Health & Safety
Communications

3. Schedule Overview Date Travellers FAAM146 Sat 01/09/12  Early party
Sun 02/09/12
Early party arrives P.V.
Mon 03/09/12
Main party
Transit Cranfield to Azores
Tue 04/09/12
Main party arrives P.V.
Transit Azores - Bermuda
Wed 05/09/12
Main party Rest Day
Transit Bermuda - Manaus
Thu 06/09/12
Safety Briefing / Set-Up
Aircraft Inspection; Transit Manaus – Porto Velho
Fri 07/09/12
Unpack / Set-Up / Safety Briefing / Planning
Sat 08/09/12
First Potential Flying Day (20 PFDs) …
PFDs
Fri 28/06/12
Last potential flying day
Sat 29/09/12
Pack-Up
Sun 30/09/12
 Depart for home
Transit return
Mon 01/10/12
Home
Tue 02/10/12
Arrive Cranfield

5. Climate: Porto Velho in September
Temperature
32ºC, average max
22ºC, average min
Humidity
75%, average relative humidity
Sun
UV Index very high
Sunrise / Set (approx) :10 / 18:10L

6. Accommodation FAAM pays for all B&B
Aquarius Selva Hotel
Rua México, 2141, Bairro Nova Porto Velho, Rondônia (RO)
Tel: (69) |
Fax: (69)
FAAM pays for all B&B
Individuals pay for incidentals (dinner, bar etc.)

7. Accommodation: Facilities
Rooms – air-con, fridge, safe
Bar
Restaurant
Pool
Gym
WiFi (moderate bandwidth)
Conference Room Rio Madeira -180 persons

8. Porto Velho

9. Shopping Centre & Restaurants
Porto Velho
Airport
Shopping Centre & Restaurants
Rio Madeira
City centre
Aquarius Hotel

10. Porto Velho (Belmonte) Airport
Access to aircraft
Security pass requirements to be confirmed
Always carry passport and DFL pass!
Hi-visibility vest
Military or Civil side?
To be confirmed
Ground Handling / Cargo
RCS
Pack-up Storage
Refreshments
In the Terminal

11. Military Airbase
Terminal

13. Airport:
Restaurant
Cash-points

14. Transport at Porto Velho
Hire Cars
Drivers from Brazilian team only
No self-driving by UK participants
Minibus & Driver
Taxi
35 Reals Hotel to Airport

15. Money 1 GBP = 3.16 Brazilian Reals (BRL, or R$)
Cashpoints in town & airport
Typical dinner, cost varies from cheap (10 Reals) to more expensive (25 Reals)

16. Daily Timetable Flying Planning Pre-flight brief at airport
Hotel Conference Room
Flight(s)
Morning meeting to make decisions for next day’s activities
Flight watch
De-brief at airport
Evening meeting – communicate plan for next day/housekeeping
Plan (crew-list, times, transport) on notice-board

17. Flying Summary Weekend working: yes Potential double flights: yes
Potential suitcase flights: yes
Early/Late flying: yes
Rest Days: yes
Crew duty limitations:
55 hours max in 7 days
1 rest day in 7
2 consecutive rest days in 14

18. Flying Hours Total hours: 70+70 = 140 (Met Office + NERC)
Test flight: 4 - 8hrs ( flights)
Transits: 24 hrs each way
Science based at Brazil: ~80hrs
up to 20 science flights at avg 4 hrs/flight
~6 flights per week for 3 weeks

19. Brazilian Public Holidays / Time
Friday, September 7th Independência do Brasil (Brazilian Independence Day)
Porto Velho: GMT – 4 Hrs (=BST – 5 Hrs)
Sao Paulo: GMT – 3 Hrs

20. Health & Safety Inoculations for Brazil Out and about
Ensure you are up to date with the following inoculations:
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Hepatitis A, Yellow Fever
Ensure you have an adequate supply of Malaria tablets
Read the MASTA Health Brief on the FAAM website at:
Read the Recce Report (also on FAAM website)
Carry your Medical Insurance Card / details
Out and about
Drink plenty water and apply sunscreen regularly
Wear a hat
Keep valuables out of sight
Don’t go out alone
Ensure someone else knows where you are

21. Health & Safety If you become ill Flying Roster Duty Hours
Doctor available via Hotel
Hospital facilities available
Make sure someone knows you are ill
Flying Roster
At the start of the detachment, the Detachment Manager will produce a roster for the (science) crewing of the aircraft – this will take a few days to settle down once we know the operational issues
Duty Hours
FAAM record duty hours – we can extend this to Met Office and anyone else as required

22. Communications Phones / Internet Emergency Phone
FAAM will provide handsets and local SIM cards
Internet and Skype phones will be available in the Hotel conference Room
Emergency Phone
FAAM have an Iridium satellite phone that will normally travel with the aircraft

23. Communications Who’s who FAAM Detachment Manager – Mo Smith
Pack-up Co-ordinator – Doug Anderson (arrival) / Jamie Trembath (departure)
DFL Project Pilot – Ian Ramsay-Rae
DFL Project Operations – Peter Chappell
PIs – Ben Johnson, Hugh Coe

24. Any questions?