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§ 121.403
check is required, he is considered to
have taken or completed it in the cal-
endar month in which it was required.
(c) Each instructor, supervisor, or
check airman who is responsible for a
particular ground training subject, seg-
ment of flight training, course of train-
ing, flight check, or competence check
under this part shall certify as to the
proficiency and knowledge of the crew-
member, aircraft dispatcher, flight in-
structor, or check airman concerned
upon completion of that training or
check. That certification shall be made
a part of the crewmember’s or dis-
patcher’s record. When the certifi-
cation required by this paragraph is
made by an entry in a computerized
recordkeeping system, the certifying
instructor, supervisor, or check airman
must be identified with that entry.
However, the signature of the certi-
fying instructor, supervisor, or check
airman is not required for computer-
ized entries.
(d) Training subjects that are appli-
cable to more than one airplane or
crewmember position and that have
been satisfactorily completed in con-
nection with prior training for another
airplane or another crewmember posi-
tion, need not be repeated during sub-
sequent training other than recurrent
training.
(e) A person who progresses success-
fully through flight training, is rec-
ommended by his instructor or a check
airman, and successfully completes the
appropriate flight check for a check
airman or the Administrator, need not
complete the programmed hours of
flight training for the particular air-
plane. However, whenever the Adminis-
trator finds that 20 percent of the
flight checks given at a particular
training base during the previous 6
months under this paragraph are un-
successful, this paragraph may not be
used by the certificate holder at that
base until the Administrator finds that
the effectiveness of the flight training
there has improved.
In the case of a certificate holder using
a course of training permitted in
§ 121.409(c), the Administrator may re-
quire the programmed hours of inflight
training in whole or in part, until he
finds the effectiveness of the flight
training has improved as provided in
paragraph (e) of this section.
[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970, as
amended by Amdt. 121–104, 38 FR 14915, June
7, 1973; Amdt. 121–108, 38 FR 35446, Dec. 28,
1973; Amdt. 121–143, 43 FR 22642, May 25, 1978;
Amdt. 121–316, 70 FR 58823, Oct. 7, 2005; Amdt.
121–382, 85 FR 10921, Feb. 25, 2020]
§ 121.402 Training program: Special
rules.
(a) Other than the certificate holder,
only another certificate holder certifi-
cated under this part or a flight train-
ing center certificated under part 142 of
this chapter is eligible under this sub-
part to provide flight training, testing,
and checking under contract or other
arrangement to those persons subject
to the requirements of this subpart.
(b) A certificate holder may contract
with, or otherwise arrange to use the
services of, a training center certifi-
cated under part 142 of this chapter to
provide training, testing, and checking
required by this part only if the train-
ing center—
(1) Holds applicable training speci-
fications issued under part 142 of this
chapter;
(2) Has facilities, training equipment,
and courseware meeting the applicable
requirements of part 142 of this chap-
ter;
(3) Has approved curriculums, cur-
riculum segments, and portions of cur-
riculum segments applicable for use in
training courses required by this sub-
part; and
(4) Has sufficient instructor and
check airmen qualified under the appli-
cable requirements of §§ 121.411 or
121.413 to provide training, testing, and
checking to persons subject to the re-
quirements of this subpart.
[Doc. No. 26933, 61 FR 34560, July 2, 1996, as
amended by Amdt. 121–263, 62 FR 13791, Mar.
21, 1997]
§ 121.403 Training program: Cur-
riculum.
(a) Each certificate holder must pre-
pare and keep current a written train-
ing program curriculum for each type
of airplane with respect to dispatchers
and each crewmember required for that
type airplane. The curriculum must in-
clude ground and flight training re-
quired by this subpart.
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(b) Each training program cur-
riculum must include:
(1) A list of principal ground training
subjects, including emergency training
subjects, that are provided.
(2) A list of all the training device
mockups, systems trainers, procedures
trainers, or other training aids that
the certificate holder will use. No later
than March 12, 2019, a list of all the
training equipment approved under
§ 121.408 as well as other training aids
that the certificate holder will use.
(3) Detailed descriptions or pictorial
displays of the approved normal, abnor-
mal, and emergency maneuvers, proce-
dures and functions that will be per-
formed during each flight training
phase or flight check, indicating those
maneuvers, procedures and functions
that are to be performed during the
inflight portions of flight training and
flight checks.
(4) A list of FSTDs approved under
§ 121.407, including approvals for par-
ticular maneuvers, procedures, or func-
tions.
(5) The programmed hours of training
that will be applied to each phase of
training.
(6) A copy of each statement issued
by the Administrator under § 121.405(d)
for reduction of programmed hours of
training.
[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970, as
amended by Amdt. 121–366, 78 FR 67836, Nov.
12, 2013; Amdt. 121–382, 85 FR 10921, Feb. 25,
2020]
§ 121.404 Compliance dates: Crew and
dispatcher resource management
training.
After March 19, 1998, no certificate
holder may use a person as a flight
crewmember, and after March 19, 1999,
no certificate holder may use a person
as a flight attendant or aircraft dis-
patcher unless that person has com-
pleted approved crew resource manage-
ment (CRM) or dispatcher resource
management (DRM) initial training, as
applicable, with that certificate holder
or with another certificate holder.
[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 30435, June 14, 1996]
§ 121.405 Training program and revi-
sion: Initial and final approval.
(a) To obtain initial and final ap-
proval of a training program, or a revi-
sion to an approved training program,
each certificate holder must submit to
the Administrator—
(1) An outline of the proposed pro-
gram or revision, including an outline
of the proposed or revised curriculum,
that provides enough information for a
preliminary evaluation of the proposed
training program or revised training
program; and
(2) Additional relevant information
as may be requested by the Adminis-
trator.
(b) If the proposed training program
or revision complies with this subpart
the Administrator grants initial ap-
proval in writing after which the cer-
tificate holder may conduct the train-
ing in accordance with that program.
The Administrator then evaluates the
effectiveness of the training program
and advises the certificate holder of de-
ficiencies, if any, that must be cor-
rected.
(c) The Administrator grants final
approval of the training program or re-
vision if the certificate holder shows
that the training conducted under the
initial approval set forth in paragraph
(b) of this section ensures that each
person that successfully completes the
training is adequately trained to per-
form his assigned duties.
(d) In granting initial and final ap-
proval of training programs or revi-
sions, including reductions in pro-
grammed hours specified in this sub-
part, the Administrator considers the
training aids, devices, methods, and
procedures listed in the certificate
holder’s curriculum as set forth in
§ 121.403 that increase the quality and
effectiveness of the teaching-learning
process.
If approval of reduced programmed
hours of training is granted, the Ad-
ministrator provides the certificate
holder with a statement of the basis for
the approval.
(e) Whenever the Administrator finds
that revisions are necessary for the
continued adequacy of a training pro-
gram that has been granted final ap-
proval, the certificate holder shall,
after notification by the Adminis-
trator, make any changes in the pro-
gram that are found necessary by the
Administrator. Within 30 days after the
certificate holder receives such notice,