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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§ 121.905
being trained and qualified by the cer-
tificate holder. No person may be
trained under an AQP unless that AQP
has been approved by the FAA and the
person complies with all the require-
ments of the AQP and this subpart.
(c) No certificate holder that con-
ducts its training program under this
subpart may use any person nor may
any person serve in any duty position
as a required crewmember, an aircraft
dispatcher, an instructor, or an eval-
uator, unless that person has satisfac-
torily accomplished, in a training pro-
gram approved under this subpart for
the certificate holder, the training and
evaluation of proficiency required by
the AQP for that type airplane and
duty position.
(d) All documentation and data re-
quired under this subpart must be sub-
mitted in a form and manner accept-
able to the FAA.
(e) Any training or evaluation re-
quired under an AQP that is satisfac-
torily completed in the calendar month
before or the calendar month after the
calendar month in which it is due is
considered to have been completed in
the calendar month it was due.
§ 121.905 Confidential commercial in-
formation.
(a) Each certificate holder that
claims that AQP information or data it
is submitting to the FAA is entitled to
confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C.
552(b)(4) because it constitutes con-
fidential commercial information as
described in 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4), and
should be withheld from public disclo-
sure, must include its request for con-
fidentiality with each submission.
(b) When requesting confidentiality
for submitted information or data, the
certificate holder must:
(1) If the information or data is
transmitted electronically, embed the
claim of confidentiality within the
electronic record so the portions
claimed to be confidential are readily
apparent when received and reviewed.
(2) If the information or data is sub-
mitted in paper format, place the word
‘‘CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the top of each
page containing information or data
claimed to be confidential.
(3) Justify the basis for a claim of
confidentiality under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
§ 121.907 Definitions.
The following definitions apply to
this subpart:
Crew Resource Management (CRM)
means the effective use of all the re-
sources available to crewmembers, in-
cluding each other, to achieve a safe
and efficient flight.
Curriculum outline
means a listing of
each segment, module, lesson, and les-
son element in a curriculum, or an
equivalent listing acceptable to the
FAA.
Evaluation of proficiency
means a Line
Operational Evaluation (LOE) or an
equivalent evaluation under an AQP
acceptable to the FAA.
Evaluator
means a person who as-
sesses or judges the performance of
crewmembers, instructors, other eval-
uators, aircraft dispatchers, or other
operations personnel.
First Look
means the assessment of
performance to determine proficiency
on designated flight tasks before any
briefing, training, or practice on those
tasks is given in the training session
for a continuing qualification cur-
riculum. First Look is conducted dur-
ing an AQP continuing qualification
cycle to determine trends of degraded
proficiency, if any, due in part to the
length of the interval between training
sessions.
Instructional systems development
means a systematic methodology for
developing or modifying qualification
standards and associated curriculum
content based on a documented anal-
ysis of the job tasks, skills, and knowl-
edge required for job proficiency.
Job task listing
means a listing of all
tasks, subtasks, knowledge, and skills
required for accomplishing the oper-
ational job.
Line Operational Evaluation (LOE)
means a simulated line environment,
the scenario content of which is de-
signed to test integrating technical
and CRM skills.
Line Operational Simulation (LOS)
means a training or evaluation session,
as applicable, that is conducted in a
simulated line environment using
equipment qualified and approved for
its intended purpose in an AQP.
Planned hours
means the estimated
amount of time (as specified in a cur-
riculum outline) that it takes a typical
