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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 121.417 

§ 121.417 Crewmember emergency 

training. 

(a) Each training program must pro-

vide the emergency training set forth 
in this section with respect to each air-
plane type, model, and configuration, 
each required crewmember, and each 
kind of operation conducted, insofar as 
appropriate for each crewmember and 
the certificate holder. 

(b) Emergency training must provide 

the following: 

(1) Instruction in emergency assign-

ments and procedures, including co-
ordination among crewmembers. 

(2) Individual instruction in the loca-

tion, function, and operation of emer-
gency equipment including— 

(i) Equipment used in ditching and 

evacuation; 

(ii) [Reserved] 
(iii) Portable fire extinguishers, with 

emphasis on type of extinguisher to be 
used on different classes of fires; and 

(iv) Emergency exits in the emer-

gency mode with the evacuation slide/ 
raft pack attached (if applicable), with 
training emphasis on the operation of 
the exits under adverse conditions. 

(3) Instruction in the handling of 

emergency situations including— 

(i) Rapid decompression; 
(ii) Fire inflight or on the surface, 

and smoke control procedures with em-
phasis on electrical equipment and re-
lated circuit breakers found in cabin 
areas including all galleys, service cen-
ters, lifts, lavatories and movie 
screens; 

(iii) Ditching and other evacuation, 

including the evacuation of persons 
and their attendants, if any, who may 
need the assistance of another person 
to move expeditiously to an exit in the 
event of an emergency. 

(iv) [Reserved] 
(v) Hijacking and other unusual situ-

ations. 

(4) Review and discussion of previous 

aircraft accidents and incidents per-
taining to actual emergency situa-
tions. 

(c) Each crewmember must accom-

plish the following emergency training 
during the specified training periods, 
using those items of installed emer-
gency equipment for each type of air-
plane in which he or she is to serve (Al-
ternate recurrent training required by 

§ 121.433(c) of this part may be accom-
plished by approved pictorial presen-
tation or demonstration): 

(1) One-time emergency drill require-

ments to be accomplished during ini-
tial training. Each crewmember must 
perform— 

(i) At least one approved protective 

breathing equipment (PBE) drill in 
which the crewmember combats an ac-
tual or simulated fire using at least 
one type of installed hand fire extin-
guisher or approved fire extinguisher 
that is appropriate for the type of ac-
tual fire or simulated fire to be fought 
while using the type of installed PBE 
required by § 121.337 or approved PBE 
simulation device as defined by para-
graph (d) of this section for combatting 
fires aboard airplanes; 

(ii) At least one approved firefighting 

drill in which the crewmember com-
bats an actual fire using at least one 
type of installed hand fire extinguisher 
or approved fire extinguisher that is 
appropriate for the type of fire to be 
fought. This firefighting drill is not re-
quired if the crewmember performs the 
PBE drill of paragraph (c)(1)(i) by com-
bating an actual fire; and 

(iii) An emergency evacuation drill 

with each person egressing the airplane 
or approved training device using at 
least one type of installed emergency 
evacuation slide. The crewmember may 
either observe the airplane exits being 
opened in the emergency mode and the 
associated exit slide/raft pack being de-
ployed and inflated, or perform the 
tasks resulting in the accomplishment 
of these actions. 

(2) Additional emergency drill re-

quirements to be accomplished during 
initial training and once each 24 cal-
endar months during recurrent train-
ing. Each crewmember must— 

(i) Perform the following emergency 

drills and operate the following equip-
ment: 

(A) Each type of emergency exit in 

the normal and emergency modes, in-
cluding the actions and forces required 
in the deployment of the emergency 
evacuation slides; 

(B) Each type of installed hand fire 

extinguisher; 

(C) Each type of emergency oxygen 

system to include protective breathing 
equipment; 

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(D) Donning, use, and inflation of in-

dividual flotation means, if applicable; 
and 

(E) Ditching, if applicable, including 

but not limited to, as appropriate: 

(

1

) Cockpit preparation and proce-

dures; 

(

2

) Crew coordination; 

(

3

) Passenger briefing and cabin prep-

aration; 

(

4

) Donning and inflation of life pre-

servers; 

(

5

) Use of life-lines; and 

(

6

) Boarding of passengers and crew 

into raft or a slide/raft pack. 

(ii) Observe the following drills: 
(A) Removal from the airplane (or 

training device) and inflation of each 
type of life raft, if applicable; 

(B) Transfer of each type of slide/raft 

pack from one door to another; 

(C) Deployment, inflation, and de-

tachment from the airplane (or train-
ing device) of each type of slide/raft 
pack; and 

(D) Emergency evacuation including 

the use of a slide. 

(d) After September 1, 1993, no crew-

member may serve in operations under 
this part unless that crewmember has 
performed the PBE drill and the fire-
fighting drill described by paragraphs 
(c)(1)(i) and (c)(1)(ii) of this section, as 
part of a one-time training require-
ment of paragraphs (c)(1) or (c)(2) of 
this section as appropriate. Any crew-
member who performs the PBE drill 
and the firefighting drill prescribed in 
paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (c)(1)(ii) of this 
section after May 26, 1987, is deemed to 
be in compliance with this regulation 
upon presentation of information or 
documentation, in a form and manner 
acceptable to the Executive Director, 
Flight Standards Service, showing that 
the appropriate drills have been accom-
plished. 

(e) Crewmembers who serve in oper-

ations above 25,000 feet must receive 
instruction in the following: 

(1) Respiration. 
(2) Hypoxia. 
(3) Duration of consciousness without 

supplemental oxygen at altitude. 

(4) Gas expansion. 
(5) Gas bubble formation. 
(6) Physical phenomena and incidents 

of decompression. 

(f) For the purposes of this section 

the following definitions apply: 

(1) 

Actual fire 

means an ignited com-

bustible material, in controlled condi-
tions, of sufficient magnitude and du-
ration to accomplish the training ob-
jectives outlined in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) 
and (c)(1)(ii) of this section. 

(2) 

Approved fire extinguisher 

means a 

training device that has been approved 
by the Administrator for use in meet-
ing the training requirements of 
§ 121.417(c). 

(3) 

Approved PBE simulation device 

means a training device that has been 
approved by the Administrator for use 
in meeting the training requirements 
of § 121.417(c). 

(4) 

Combats, 

in this context, means to 

properly fight an actual or simulated 
fire using an appropriate type of fire 
extinguisher until that fire is extin-
guished. 

(5) 

Observe 

means to watch without 

participating actively in the drill. 

(6) 

PBE drill 

means an emergency 

drill in which a crewmember dem-
onstrates the proper use of protective 
breathing equipment while fighting an 
actual or simulated fire. 

(7) 

Perform 

means to satisfactorily 

accomplish a prescribed emergency 
drill using established procedures that 
stress the skill of the persons involved 
in the drill. 

(8) 

Simulated fire 

means an artificial 

duplication of smoke or flame used to 
create various aircraft firefighting sce-
narios, such as lavatory, galley oven, 
and aircraft seat fires. 

[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970] 

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tations affecting § 121.417, see the List of CFR 
Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume 
and at 

www.govinfo.gov. 

§ 121.418 Differences training and re-

lated aircraft differences training. 

(a) 

Differences training. 

(1) Differences 

training for crewmembers and dis-
patchers must consist of at least the 
following as applicable to their as-
signed duties and responsibilities: 

(i) Instruction in each appropriate 

subject or part thereof required for ini-
tial ground training in the airplane un-
less the Administrator finds that par-
ticular subjects are not necessary.