BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 11-412
15 JANUARY 2019
Incorporating Change 1, 14 SEPTEMBER
2020
Flying Operations
AIRCREW MANAGEMENT
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/ACTF
Supersedes: AFI 11-412,
10 December 2009
Certified by: AF/A3T
(Maj Gen James A. Jacobson)
Pages: 55
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 11-4, Aviation Service, and
AFPD 10-2, Readiness, which establishes internal AF policy and assigns responsibility to AF/A3
to establish and oversee the Air Force’s flying programs. This AFI supports and enables Air
Force policy to sustain readiness levels required to accomplish the Air Force Mission. It
provides guidance and procedures for the management of all aircrew members. This instruction
applies to Regular Air Force (RegAF), Air Force Reserve (AFR) and Air National Guard (ANG)
personnel, to include Aircrew Managers, commanders of flying units, and organizations with
aircrew personnel. Ensure all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this
publication are maintained in accordance with AFI 33-322, Records Management and
Information Governance Program, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records
Disposition Schedule located in the Air Force Records Information Management System. Refer
recommended changes, comments or questions about this publication to the Office of Primary
Responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication.
Route AF Form 847s from the field through the appropriate functional’s chain of command to
HQ USAF /ACTF, 1480 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1480. This publication
may be supplemented at any level, but all Supplements must be routed to the OPR of this
publication for coordination prior to certification and approval. The authorities to waive
wing/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”)
number following the compliance statement. See AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms
Management, for a description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit
requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval
authority, or alternately, to the Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items.
Certified Current, 14 September 2020
