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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 121.415 

§ 121.415 Crewmember and dispatcher 

training program requirements. 

(a) Each training program must pro-

vide the following ground training as 
appropriate to the particular assign-
ment of the crewmember or dispatcher: 

(1) Basic indoctrination ground train-

ing for newly hired crewmembers or 
dispatchers including 40 programmed 
hours of instruction, unless reduced 
under § 121.405 or as specified in 
§ 121.401(d), in at least the following— 

(i) Duties and responsibilities of 

crewmembers or dispatchers, as appli-
cable; 

(ii) Appropriate provisions of the 

Federal Aviation Regulations; 

(iii) Contents of the certificate hold-

er’s operating certificate and oper-
ations specifications (not required for 
flight attendants); and 

(iv) Appropriate portions of the cer-

tificate holder’s operating manual. 

(2) The initial and transition ground 

training specified in §§ 121.419, 121.421 
and 121.422, as applicable. 

(3) For crewmembers, emergency 

training as specified in §§ 121.417 and 
121.805. 

(4) After February 15, 2008, training 

for crewmembers and dispatchers in 
their roles and responsibilities in the 
certificate holder’s passenger recovery 
plan, if applicable. 

(b) Each training program must pro-

vide the flight training specified in 
§§ 121.424 through 121.426, as applicable. 

(c) Each training program must pro-

vide recurrent ground and flight train-
ing as provided in § 121.427. 

(d) Each training program must pro-

vide the differences training specified 
in § 121.418(a) if the Administrator finds 
that, due to differences between air-
planes of the same type operated by 
the certificate holder, additional train-
ing is necessary to insure that each 
crewmember and dispatcher is ade-
quately trained to perform their as-
signed duties. 

(e) Upgrade training: 
(1) Upgrade training as specified in 

§§ 121.420 and 121.426 for a particular 
type airplane may be included in the 
training program for flightcrew mem-
bers who have qualified and served as 
second in command pilot on that air-
plane; or 

(2) Before April 27, 2022, upgrade 

training as specified in §§ 121.419 and 
121.424 for a particular type airplane 
may be included in the training pro-
gram for flightcrew members who have 
qualified and served as second in com-
mand pilot on that airplane. 

(f) Conversion training as specified in 

§§ 121.419 and 121.424 for a particular 
type airplane may be included in the 
training program for flightcrew mem-
bers who have qualified and served as 
flight engineer on that airplane. 

(g) Particular subjects, maneuvers, 

procedures, or parts thereof specified in 
§§ 121.419, 121.420, 121.421, 121.422, 121.424, 
121.425, and 121.426 for transition, con-
version or upgrade training, as applica-
ble, may be omitted, or the pro-
grammed hours of ground instruction 
or inflight training may be reduced, as 
provided in § 121.405. 

(h) In addition to initial, transition, 

conversion, upgrade, recurrent and dif-
ferences training, each training pro-
gram must also provide ground and 
flight training, instruction, and prac-
tice as necessary to insure that each 
crewmember and aircraft dispatcher— 

(1) Remains adequately trained and 

currently proficient with respect to 
each airplane, crewmember position, 
and type of operation in which he 
serves; and 

(2) Qualifies in new equipment, facili-

ties, procedures, and techniques, in-
cluding modifications to airplanes. 

(i) Each training program must in-

clude a process to provide for the reg-
ular analysis of individual pilot per-
formance to identify pilots with per-
formance deficiencies during training 
and checking and multiple failures dur-
ing checking. 

(j) Each training program must in-

clude methods for remedial training 
and tracking of pilots identified in the 
analysis performed in accordance with 
paragraph (i) of this section. 

(k) Compliance with paragraphs (i) 

and (j) of this section is required no 
later than March 12, 2019. 

[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–130, 41 FR 47229, Oct. 
28, 1976; Amdt. 121–281, 66 FR 19043, Apr. 12, 
2001; Amdt. 121–329, 72 FR 1881, Jan. 16, 2007; 
Amdt. 121–366, 78 FR 67839, Nov. 12, 2013; 
Amdt. 121–382, 85 FR 10922, Feb. 25, 2020]