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§ 121.721 

(1) A balance sheet that shows assets, 

liabilities, and net worth on the last 
day of the reporting period; 

(2) The information required by 

§ 119.36 (e)(2), (e)(7), and (e)(8) of this 
chapter; 

(3) An itemization of claims in litiga-

tion against the applicant, if any, as of 
the last day of the period covered by 
the report; 

(4) A profit and loss statement with 

the separation of items relating to the 
applicant’s commercial operator ac-
tivities from his other business activi-
ties, if any; and 

(5) A list of each contract that gave 

rise to operating income on the profit 
and loss statement, including the 
names and addresses of the contracting 
parties and the nature, scope, date, and 
duration of each contract. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 60 FR 65936, Dec. 20, 1995, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–262, 62 FR 13257, Mar. 
19, 1997] 

Subpart W—Crewmember 

Certificate: International 

§ 121.721 Applicability. 

This section describes the certifi-

cates that were issued to United States 
citizens who were employed by air car-
riers at the time of issuance as flight 
crewmembers on United States reg-
istered aircraft engaged in inter-
national air commerce. The purpose of 
the certificate is to facilitate the entry 
and clearance of those crewmembers 
into ICAO contracting states. They 
were issued under Annex 9, as amended, 
to the Convention on International 
Civil Aviation. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 30435, June 14, 1996] 

§ 121.723 Surrender of international 

crewmember certificate. 

The holder of a certificate issued 

under this section, or the air carrier by 
whom the holder is employed, shall 
surrender the certificate for cancella-
tion at the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office at the termination of the 
holder’s employment with that air car-
rier. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 30435, June 14, 1996, as 
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
121–380, 83 FR 9173, Mar. 5, 2018] 

Subpart X—Emergency Medical 

Equipment and Training 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. FAA–2000–7119, 66 FR 

19044, Apr. 12, 2001, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 121.801 Applicability. 

This subpart prescribes the emer-

gency medical equipment and training 
requirements applicable to all certifi-
cate holders operating passenger-car-
rying airplanes under this part. Noth-
ing in this subpart is intended to re-
quire certificate holders or its agents 
to provide emergency medical care or 
to establish a standard of care for the 
provision of emergency medical care. 

§ 121.803 Emergency medical equip-

ment. 

(a) No person may operate a pas-

senger-carrying airplane under this 
part unless it is equipped with the 
emergency medical equipment listed in 
this section. 

(b) Each equipment item listed in 

this section— 

(1) Must be inspected regularly in ac-

cordance with inspection periods estab-
lished in the operations specifications 
to ensure its condition for continued 
serviceability and immediate readiness 
to perform its intended emergency pur-
poses; 

(2) Must be readily accessible to the 

crew and, with regard to equipment lo-
cated in the passenger compartment, 
to passengers; 

(3) Must be clearly identified and 

clearly marked to indicate its method 
of operation; and 

(4) When carried in a compartment or 

container, must be carried in a com-
partment or container marked as to 
contents and the compartment or con-
tainer, or the item itself, must be 
marked as to date of last inspection. 

(c) For treatment of injuries, medical 

events, or minor accidents that might 
occur during flight time each airplane 
must have the following equipment 
that meets the specifications and re-
quirements of appendix A of this part: 

(1) Approved first-aid kits. 
(2) In airplanes for which a flight at-

tendant is required, an approved emer-
gency medical kit. 

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(3) In airplanes for which a flight at-

tendant is required, an approved emer-
gency medical kit as modified effective 
April 12, 2004. 

(4) In airplanes for which a flight at-

tendant is required and with a max-
imum payload capacity of more than 
7,500 pounds, an approved automated 
external defibrillator as of April 12, 
2004. 

§ 121.805 Crewmember training for in- 

flight medical events. 

(a) Each training program must pro-

vide the instruction set forth in this 
section with respect to each airplane 
type, model, and configuration, each 
required crewmember, and each kind of 
operation conducted, insofar as appro-
priate for each crewmember and the 
certificate holder. 

(b) Training must provide the fol-

lowing: 

(1) Instruction in emergency medical 

event procedures, including coordina-
tion among crewmembers. 

(2) Instruction in the location, func-

tion, and intended operation of emer-
gency medical equipment. 

(3) Instruction to familiarize crew-

members with the content of the emer-
gency medical kit. 

(4) Instruction to familiarize crew-

members with the content of the emer-
gency medical kit as modified on April 
12, 2004. 

(5) For each flight attendant— 
(i) Instruction, to include perform-

ance drills, in the proper use of auto-
mated external defibrillators. 

(ii) Instruction, to include perform-

ance drills, in cardiopulmonary resus-
citation. 

(iii) Recurrent training, to include 

performance drills, in the proper use of 
an automated external defibrillators 
and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
at least once every 24 months. 

(c) The crewmember instruction, per-

formance drills, and recurrent training 
required under this section are not re-
quired to be equivalent to the expert 
level of proficiency attained by profes-
sional emergency medical personnel. 

Subpart Y—Advanced 

Qualification Program 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. FAA–2005–20750, 70 FR 

54815, Sept. 16, 2005, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 121.901 Purpose and eligibility. 

(a) Contrary provisions of parts 61, 63, 

65, 121, 135, and 142 of this chapter not-
withstanding, this subpart provides for 
approval of an alternative method 
(known as ‘‘Advanced Qualification 
Program’’ or ‘‘AQP’’) for qualifying, 
training, certifying, and otherwise en-
suring competency of crewmembers, 
aircraft dispatchers, other operations 
personnel, instructors, and evaluators 
who are required to be trained under 
parts 121 and 135 of this chapter. 

(b) A certificate holder is eligible 

under this subpart if the certificate 
holder is required or elects to have an 
approved training program under 
§§ 121.401, 135.3(c), or 135.341 of this 
chapter. 

(c) A certificate holder obtains ap-

proval of each proposed curriculum 
under this AQP as specified in § 121.909. 

§ 121.903 General requirements for Ad-

vanced Qualification Programs. 

(a) A curriculum approved under an 

AQP may include elements of existing 
training programs under part 121 and 
part 135 of this chapter. Each cur-
riculum must specify the make, model, 
series or variant of aircraft and each 
crewmember position or other posi-
tions to be covered by that curriculum. 
Positions to be covered by the AQP 
must include all flight crewmember po-
sitions, flight instructors, and eval-
uators and may include other posi-
tions, such as flight attendants, air-
craft dispatchers, and other operations 
personnel. 

(b) Each certificate holder that ob-

tains approval of an AQP under this 
subpart must comply with all the re-
quirements of the AQP and this sub-
part instead of the corresponding pro-
visions of parts 61, 63, 65, 121, or 135 of 
this chapter. However, each applicable 
requirement of parts 61, 63, 65, 121, or 
135 of this chapter, including but not 
limited to practical test requirements, 
that is not specifically addressed in the 
AQP continues to apply to the certifi-
cate holder and to the individuals