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§ 121.418
(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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DITORIAL
N
OTE
: For F
EDERAL
R
EGISTER
ci-
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.
