DoD asks for comments on flight crew paperwork burden
Published Date: 9/28/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense wants your thoughts on a new info collection about contractor flight crew training and approvals. If you’re involved in defense contracts, this could affect you! They’re asking for comments by November 27, 2026, to make sure the process is clear, useful, and not too much work or cost.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Government approval required to fly
If you operate contract flights or are a contractor crewmember, the government must approve your aircrew training and qualification using DD Forms 1821, 2627, and 2628, and approve flights using DD Form 3062 under DCMA Instruction 8210.1. Without that government approval, the contractor cannot fly under the liability coverage in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clause 252.228-7001.
Estimated paperwork time burden
The notice estimates 200 total respondents, 6,700 total annual responses, and a total annual burden of 2,050 hours. It lists per-form times: 30 minutes each for DD Forms 1821, 2627, and 2628, and 15 minutes for DD Form 3062 (with DD Form 3062 estimated at 5,200 annual responses).
Hard or soft copy submissions allowed
The agency states that DD Forms 2627, 2628, 3062 (and supporting documentation for those forms) can be submitted in hard copy or soft copy. This gives contractors a choice of paper or electronic submission for these approvals.
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