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§ 121.411
(ii) Proper operation of environ-
mental and fault panels;
(iii) Data and motion limitations of
simulation;
(iv) Minimum equipment require-
ments for each curriculum; and
(v) The maneuvers that will be dem-
onstrated in the flight simulation
training device.
(c) A certificate holder may not issue
a graduation certificate to a student
unless that student has completed all
the curriculum requirements of the
course.
(d) A certificate holder must conduct
evaluations to ensure that training
techniques, procedures, and standards
are acceptable to the Administrator.
[Doc. No. FAA–2010–0100, 78 FR 42377, July 15,
2013]
§ 121.411 Qualifications: Check airmen
(airplane) and check airmen (simu-
lator).
(a) For the purposes of this section
and § 121.413:
(1) A check airman (airplane) is a
person who is qualified, and permitted,
to conduct flight checks or instruction
in an airplane, in an FFS, or in a flight
training device for a particular type
airplane.
(2) A check airman (simulator) is a
person who is qualified to conduct
flight checks or instruction, but only
in an FFS or in a flight training device
for a particular type airplane.
(3) Check airmen (airplane) and
check airmen (simulator) are those
check airmen who perform the func-
tions described in § 121.401(a)(4).
(b) No certificate holder may use a
person, nor may any person serve as a
check airman (airplane) in a training
program established under this subpart
unless, with respect to the airplane
type involved, that person—
(1) Holds the airman certificates and
ratings required to serve as a pilot in
command or flight engineer, as appli-
cable, in operations under this part;
(2) Has satisfactorily completed the
appropriate training phases for the air-
plane, including recurrent training,
that are required to serve as a pilot in
command or flight engineer, as appli-
cable, in operations under this part;
(3) Has satisfactorily completed the
appropriate proficiency or flight
checks that are required to serve as a
pilot in command or flight engineer, as
applicable, in operations under this
part;
(4) Has satisfactorily completed the
applicable training requirements of
§ 121.413 including inflight training and
practice for initial and transition
training;
(5) Holds at least a Class III medical
certificate unless serving as a required
crewmember, in which case holds a
Class I or Class II medical certificate
as appropriate;
(6) Has satisfied the recency of expe-
rience requirements of § 121.439 of this
part, as applicable; and
(7) Has been approved by the Admin-
istrator for the check airman duties in-
volved.
(c) No certificate holder may use a
person nor may any person serve as a
check airman (simulator) in a training
program established under this subpart
unless, with respect to the airplane
type involved, that person meets the
provisions of paragraph (b) of this sec-
tion, or—
(1) Holds the airman certificates and
ratings, except medical certificate, re-
quired to serve as a pilot in command
or a flight engineer, as applicable, in
operations under this part;
(2) Has satisfactorily completed the
appropriate training phases for the air-
plane, including recurrent training,
that are required to serve as a pilot in
command or flight engineer, as appli-
cable, in operations under this part;
(3) Has satisfactorily completed the
appropriate proficiency or flight
checks that are required to serve as a
pilot in command or flight engineer, as
applicable, in operations under this
part;
(4) Has satisfactorily completed the
applicable training requirements of
§ 121.413; and
(5) Has been approved by the Admin-
istrator for the check airman (simu-
lator) duties involved.
(d) Completion of the requirements
in paragraphs (b) (2), (3), and (4) or (c)
(2), (3), and (4) of this section, as appli-
cable, shall be entered in the individ-
ual’s training record maintained by the
certificate holder.
(e) Check airmen who have reached
their 65th birthday or who do not hold
