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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 121.917 

(2) Line checks as follows: 
(i) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b)(2)(ii) of this section, for pilots in 
command: A line check conducted in 
an aircraft during actual flight oper-
ations under part 121 or part 135 of this 
chapter or during operationally (line) 
oriented flights, such as ferry flights or 
proving flights. A line check must be 
completed in the calendar month at 
the midpoint of the evaluation period. 

(ii) With the FAA’s approval, a no- 

notice line check strategy may be used 
in lieu of the line check required by 
paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section. The 
certificate holder who elects to exer-
cise this option must ensure the ‘‘no- 
notice’’ line checks are administered so 
the flight crewmembers are not noti-
fied before the evaluation. In addition, 
the AQP certificate holder must ensure 
that each pilot in command receives at 
least one ‘‘no-notice’’ line check every 
24 months. As a minimum, the number 
of ‘‘no-notice’’ line checks adminis-
tered each calendar year must equal at 
least 50% of the certificate holder’s 
pilot-in-command workforce in accord-
ance with a strategy approved by the 
FAA for that purpose. In addition, the 
line checks to be conducted under this 
paragraph must be conducted over all 
geographic areas flown by the certifi-
cate holder in accordance with a sam-
pling methodology approved by the 
FAA for that purpose. 

(iii) During the line checks required 

under paragraph (b)(2)(i) and (ii) of this 
section, each person performing duties 
as a pilot in command, second in com-
mand, or flight engineer for that flight, 
must be individually evaluated to de-
termine whether the person remains 
adequately trained and currently pro-
ficient with respect to the particular 
aircraft, crew position, and type of op-
eration in which he or she serves; and 
the person has sufficient knowledge 
and skills to operate effectively as part 
of a crew. The evaluator must be a 
check airman, an APD, or an FAA in-
spector and must hold the certificates 
and ratings required of the pilot in 
command. 

(c) 

Recency of experience. 

For pilots in 

command, seconds in command, flight 
engineers, aircraft dispatchers, instruc-
tors, evaluators, and flight attendants, 

approved recency of experience require-
ments appropriate to the duty position. 

(d) 

Duration of cycles and periods. 

Ini-

tially, the continuing qualification 
cycle approved for an AQP must not 
exceed 24 calendar months in duration, 
and must include two or more evalua-
tion periods of equal duration. After 
that, upon demonstration by a certifi-
cate holder that an extension is war-
ranted, the FAA may approve an exten-
sion of the continuing qualification 
cycle to a maximum of 36 calendar 
months in duration. 

(e) 

Requalification. 

Each continuing 

qualification curriculum must include 
a curriculum segment that covers the 
requirements for requalifying a crew-
member, aircraft dispatcher, other op-
erations personnel, instructor, or eval-
uator who has not maintained con-
tinuing qualification. 

§ 121.917 Other requirements. 

In addition to the requirements of 

§§ 121.913 and 121.915, each AQP quali-
fication and continuing qualification 
curriculum must include the following 
requirements: 

(a) Integrated Crew Resource Man-

agement (CRM) or Dispatcher Resource 
Management (DRM) ground and if ap-
propriate flight training applicable to 
each position for which training is pro-
vided under an AQP. 

(b) Approved training on and evalua-

tion of skills and proficiency of each 
person being trained under AQP to use 
his or her resource management skills 
and his or her technical (piloting or 
other) skills in an actual or simulated 
operations scenario. For flight crew-
members this training and evaluation 
must be conducted in an approved 
flight training device, flight simulator, 
or, if approved under this subpart, in 
an aircraft. 

(c) Data collection and analysis proc-

esses acceptable to the FAA that will 
ensure the certificate holder provides 
performance information on its crew-
members, dispatchers, instructors, 
evaluators, and other operations per-
sonnel that will enable the certificate 
holder and the FAA to determine 
whether the form and content of train-
ing and evaluation activities are satis-
factorily accomplishing the overall ob-
jectives of the curriculum.