Who keeps up with your Flight Evaluation Folder (FEF)?

The Flight Evaluation Folder (FEF) is a crucial document that contains records of a pilot’s flight evaluations, training, and qualifications. The responsibility for maintaining and updating the FEF generally falls to the Squadron Aviation Resource Management (SARMs). SARMs personnel ensure that all flight records are accurate, timely, and in compliance with regulations, playing a key role in managing a unit's flight operations documentation.

While Unit Training Managers, Safety Officers, and Chief Pilots have important roles within the aviation structure, SARMs is specifically equipped to handle the administrative aspects of flight evaluations and training records. Unit Training Managers focus more on the overall training program within the unit, Safety Officers concentrate on maintaining safety standards, and Chief Pilots oversee the operational and strategic aspects of flying missions—none of which include the consistent management of flight evaluation folders like SARMs does. Thus, the primary responsibility for keeping up with the FEF resides with the SARMs.