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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§ 121.432
(2) Permits training center personnel
authorized under part 142 of this chap-
ter who meet the requirements of
§§ 121.411 through 121.414 to provide
training, testing, and checking under
contract or other arrangement to those
persons subject to the requirements of
this subpart.
(b) For the purpose of this subpart,
the airplane groups and terms and defi-
nitions prescribed in § 121.400 and the
following definitions apply:
Consolidation
is the process by which
a person through practice and practical
experience increases proficiency in
newly acquired knowledge and skills.
Line operating flight time
is flight time
performed in operations under this
part.
Operating cycle
is a complete flight
segment consisting of a takeoff, climb,
enroute portion, descent, and a land-
ing.
[Doc. No. 10171, 36 FR 12284, June 30, 1971, as
amended by Amdt. 121–250, 60 FR 65949, Dec.
20, 1995; Amdt. 121–248, 60 FR 20869, Apr. 27,
1995; Amdt. 121–250, 60 FR 65949, Dec. 20, 1995;
Amdt. 121–259, 61 FR 34561, July 2, 1996;
Amdt. 121–263, 62 FR 13791, Mar. 21, 1997;
Docket FAA–2010–0100, Amdt. 121–365B, 81 FR
2, Jan. 4, 2016; Amdt. 121–382, 85 FR 10925,
Feb. 25, 2020]
§ 121.432 General.
(a) Except in the case of operating
experience under § 121.434 and ground
training for mentoring required by
§§ 121.419, 121.420, 121.427, and 121.429, as
applicable, a pilot who serves as second
in command of an operation that re-
quires three or more pilots must be
fully qualified to act as pilot in com-
mand of that operation.
(b) No certificate holder may conduct
a check or any training in operations
under this part, except for the fol-
lowing checks and training required by
this part or the certificate holder:
(1) Line checks for pilots.
(2) Flight engineer checks (except for
emergency procedures), if the person
being checked is qualified and current
in accordance with § 121.453(a).
(3) Flight attendant training and
competence checks.
(c) Except for pilot line checks and
flight engineer flight checks, the per-
son being trained or checked may not
be used as a required crewmember.
[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 95, Jan. 3, 1970, as
amended by Amdt. 121–130, 41 FR 47229, Oct.
28, 1976; Amdt. 121–366, 78 FR 67840, Nov. 12,
2013; Amdt. 121–382, 85 FR 10925, Feb. 25, 2020]
§ 121.433 Training required.
(a)
Initial training.
No certificate
holder may use any person nor may
any person serve as a required crew-
member on an airplane unless that per-
son has satisfactorily completed, in a
training program approved under sub-
part N of this part, initial ground and
flight training for that type airplane
and for the particular crewmember po-
sition, except as follows:
(1) Crewmembers who have qualified
and served as a crewmember on an-
other type airplane of the same group
may serve in the same crewmember ca-
pacity upon completion of transition
training as provided in § 121.415.
(2) Crewmembers who have qualified
and served as second in command or
flight engineer on a particular type air-
plane may serve as pilot in command
or second in command, respectively,
upon completion of upgrade or conver-
sion training, as applicable, for that
airplane as provided in § 121.415.
(b)
Differences training.
No certificate
holder may use any person nor may
any person serve as a required crew-
member on an airplane of a type for
which differences training is included
in the certificate holder’s approved
training program unless that person
has satisfactorily completed, with re-
spect to both the crewmember position
and the particular variation of the air-
plane in which the person serves, either
initial or transition ground and flight
training, or differences training, as
provided in § 121.415.
(c)
Recurrent training.
(1) No certifi-
cate holder may use any person nor
may any person serve as a required
crewmember on an airplane unless,
within the preceding 12 calendar
months—
(i) For flight crewmembers, the per-
son has satisfactorily completed recur-
rent ground and flight training for that
airplane and crewmember position and
a flight check as applicable;
(ii) For flight attendants and dis-
patchers, the person has satisfactorily