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§ 121.923 

§ 121.919 Certification. 

A person subject to an AQP is eligi-

ble to receive a commercial or airline 
transport pilot, flight engineer, or air-
craft dispatcher certificate or appro-
priate rating based on the successful 
completion of training and evaluation 
events accomplished under that pro-
gram if the following requirements are 
met: 

(a) Training and evaluation of re-

quired knowledge and skills under the 
AQP must meet minimum certification 
and rating criteria established by the 
FAA in parts 61, 63, or 65 of this chap-
ter. The FAA may approve alternatives 
to the certification and rating criteria 
of parts 61, 63, or 65 of this chapter, in-
cluding practical test requirements, if 
it can be demonstrated that the newly 
established criteria or requirements 
represent an equivalent or better meas-
ure of crewmember or dispatcher com-
petence, operational proficiency, and 
safety. 

(b) The applicant satisfactorily com-

pletes the appropriate qualification 
curriculum. 

(c) The applicant shows competence 

in required technical knowledge and 
skills (e.g., piloting or other) and crew 
resource management (e.g., CRM or 
DRM) knowledge and skills in sce-
narios (

i.e.

, LOE) that test both types 

of knowledge and skills together. 

(d) The applicant is otherwise eligi-

ble under the applicable requirements 
of part 61, 63, or 65 of this chapter. 

(e) The applicant has been trained to 

proficiency on the certificate holder’s 
approved AQP Qualification Standards 
as witnessed by an instructor, check 
airman, or APD and has passed an LOE 
administered by an APD or the FAA. 

§ 121.921 Training devices and simula-

tors. 

(a) Each flight training device or air-

plane simulator that will be used in an 
AQP for one of the following purposes 
must be evaluated by the FAA for as-
signment of a flight training device or 
flight simulator qualification level: 

(1) Required evaluation of individual 

or crew proficiency. 

(2) Training to proficiency or train-

ing activities that determine if an indi-
vidual or crew is ready for an evalua-
tion of proficiency. 

(3) Activities used to meet recency of 

experience requirements. 

(4) Line Operational Simulations 

(LOS). 

(b) Approval of other training equip-

ment. 

(1) Any training equipment that is 

intended to be used in an AQP for pur-
poses other than those set forth in 
paragraph (a) of this section must be 
approved by the FAA for its intended 
use. 

(2) An applicant for approval of train-

ing equipment under this paragraph 
must identify the device by its nomen-
clature and describe its intended use. 

(3) Each training device approved for 

use in an AQP must be part of a con-
tinuing program to provide for its serv-
iceability and fitness to perform its in-
tended function as approved by the 
FAA. 

§ 121.923 Approval of training, quali-

fication, or evaluation by a person 

who provides training by arrange-

ment. 

(a) A certificate holder operating 

under part 121 or part 135 of this chap-
ter may arrange to have AQP training, 
qualification, evaluation, or certifi-
cation functions performed by another 
person (a ‘‘training provider’’) if the 
following requirements are met: 

(1) The training provider is certifi-

cated under part 119 or 142 of this chap-
ter. 

(2) The training provider’s AQP 

training and qualification curriculums, 
curriculum segments, or portions of 
curriculum segments must be provi-
sionally approved by the FAA. A train-
ing provider may apply for provisional 
approval independently or in conjunc-
tion with a certificate holder’s applica-
tion for AQP approval. Application for 
provisional approval must be made to 
the responsible Flight Standards office. 

(3) The specific use of provisionally 

approved curriculums, curriculum seg-
ments, or portions of curriculum seg-
ments in a certificate holder’s AQP 
must be approved by the FAA as set 
forth in § 121.909. 

(b) An applicant for provisional ap-

proval of a curriculum, curriculum seg-
ment, or portion of a curriculum seg-
ment under this paragraph must show 
the following requirements are met: