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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:
