Landing Signal Officer
Carrier Qualification
See Figures 7 and 8 for additional symbols used by LSOs to describe landings on the Pilot Performance
Record.
Symbol
Meaning
Symbol
Meaning
Cocked-up
CU
Parentheses around any
symbol signify "slightly"
()
Decelerate
DEC
(e.g., (F) means "slightly
fast")
Dived for deck
DFD
A square drawn around any
symbol indicates that a signal
Dropped left wing
DLW
was not answered by the pilot
Dropped nose
DN
A circle drawn around any
Dropped right wing
DRW
symbol indicates that a signal
was answered too slowly
Eased gun
EG
When used as a prefix to any
Fast
F
O
symbol, OC indicates "over-
C
controlled"
Fouled deck
FD
APC/AUTO
A
Gliding approach
GLI
Manual (APC-equipped aircraft)
M
High
H
Pitching deck
PD
Landed left wing down
Mode 1 ACLS (record in grade
I
column)
Landed right wing down
When placed between two sym-
bols, indicates "on" (e.g., S LUIC)
Landed nose first
An APC/AUTO approach down-
Long in the groove
LIG
A
graded to manual
Late lineup
LLU
Angling approach
AA
Landed left
LL
Accelerate
ACC
Low
LO
All fouled up
AFU
Left to right
L-R
Flat glideslope
B
Landed right
LR
Climbing
C
Lined up left
LUL
Coming back to the left
CB
Lined up right
LUR
Coming down
Nosedown
CD
ND
Chased
Not enough attitude
CH
NEA
Not enough left rudder
Come-on
NELR
CO
Climbed on come-on
Not enough power
COCO
NEP
Chased pitching deck
Not enough rate of descent
CPD
NERD
Figure 7: LSO GRADING SYMBOLS (1 OF 2)
(7-01) Original
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