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§ 121.407 

it may file a petition to reconsider the 
notice with the responsible Flight 
Standards office. The filing of a peti-
tion to reconsider stays the notice 
pending a decision by the Adminis-
trator. However, if the Administrator 
finds that there is an emergency that 
requires immediate action in the inter-
est of safety in air transportation, he 
may, upon a statement of the reasons, 
require a change effective without 
stay. 

(f) Each certificate holder described 

in § 135.3 (b) and (c) of this chapter 
must include the material required by 
§ 121.403 in the manual required by 
§ 135.21 of this chapter. 

(g) The Administrator may grant a 

deviation to certificate holders de-
scribed in § 135.3 (b) and (c) of this chap-
ter to allow reduced programmed hours 
of ground training required by § 121.419 
if it is found that a reduction is war-
ranted based on the certificate holder’s 
operations and the complexity of the 
make, model, and series of the aircraft 
used. 

[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–207, 54 FR 39293, Sept. 
25, 1989; Amdt. 121–250, 60 FR 65948, Dec. 20, 
1995; Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996; 
Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 121–380, 83 FR 
9172, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 121.406 Credit for previous CRM/ 

DRM training. 

(a) For flightcrew members, the Ad-

ministrator may credit CRM training 
received before March 19, 1998 toward 
all or part of the initial ground CRM 
training required by § 121.419. 

(b) For flight attendants, the Admin-

istrator may credit CRM training re-
ceived before March 19, 1999 toward all 
or part of the initial ground CRM 
training required by § 121.421. 

(c) For aircraft dispatchers, the Ad-

ministrator may credit CRM training 
received before March 19, 1999 toward 
all or part of the initial ground CRM 
training required by § 121.422. 

(d) In granting credit for initial 

ground CRM or DRM training, the Ad-
ministrator considers training aids, de-
vices, methods, and procedures used by 
the certificate holder in a voluntary 
CRM or DRM program or in an AQP 
program that effectively meets the 
quality of an approved CRM or DRM 

initial ground training program under 
section 121.419, 121.421, or 121.422 as ap-
propriate. 

[Doc. No. 27993, 60 FR 65949, Dec. 20, 1995] 

§ 121.407 Training program: Approval 

of flight simulation training de-

vices. 

(a) Each FSTD used to satisfy a 

training requirement of this part in an 
approved training program, must meet 
all of the following requirements: 

(1) Be specifically approved by the 

Administrator for— 

(i) Use in the certificate holder’s ap-

proved training program; 

(ii) The type airplane and, if applica-

ble, the particular variation within 
type, for which the training or check is 
being conducted; and 

(iii) The particular maneuver, proce-

dure, or flightcrew member function 
involved. 

(2) Maintain the performance, func-

tion, and other characteristics that are 
required for qualification in accord-
ance with part 60 of this chapter or a 
previously qualified device, as per-
mitted in accordance with § 60.17 of this 
chapter. 

(3) Be modified in accordance with 

part 60 of this chapter to conform with 
any modification to the airplane being 
simulated that results in changes to 
performance, function, or other charac-
teristics required for qualification. 

(4) Be given a daily functional pre-

flight check before being used. 

(5) Have a daily discrepancy log kept 

with each discrepancy entered in that 
log by the appropriate instructor or 
check airman at the end of each train-
ing or check flight. 

(b) A particular FSTD may be ap-

proved for use by more than one cer-
tificate holder. 

(c) A Level B or higher FFS may be 

used instead of the airplane to satisfy 
the inflight requirements of §§ 121.439 
and 121.441 and appendices E and F of 
this part, if the FFS— 

(1) Is approved under this section and 

meets the appropriate FFS require-
ments of appendix H of this part; and 

(2) Is used as part of an approved pro-

gram that meets the training require-
ments of §§ 121.424 (a) and (c), 121.426, 
and appendix H of this part.