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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 125.291 

(f) Portions of a required competency 

check may be given in an airplane sim-
ulator or other appropriate training de-
vice, if approved by the Administrator. 

(g) If the certificate holder is author-

ized to conduct EFVS operations, the 
competency check in paragraph (b) of 
this section must include tasks appro-
priate to the EFVS operations the cer-
tificate holder is authorized to con-
duct. 

[45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as amended by 
Amdt. 125–18, 58 FR 69629, Dec. 30, 1993; Dock-
et FAA–2013–0485, Amdt. 125–66, 81 FR 90176, 
Dec. 13, 2016] 

§ 125.289 Initial and recurrent flight 

attendant crewmember testing re-

quirements. 

No certificate holder may use any 

person, nor may any person serve, as a 
flight attendant crewmember, unless, 
since the beginning of the 12th cal-
endar month before that service, the 
certificate holder has determined by 
appropriate initial and recurrent test-
ing that the person is knowledgeable 
and competent in the following areas 
as appropriate to assigned duties and 
responsibilities: 

(a) Authority of the pilot in com-

mand; 

(b) Passenger handling, including 

procedures to be followed in handling 
deranged persons or other persons 
whose conduct might jeopardize safety; 

(c) Crewmember assignments, func-

tions, and responsibilities during ditch-
ing and evacuation of persons who may 
need the assistance of another person 
to move expeditiously to an exit in an 
emergency; 

(d) Briefing of passengers; 
(e) Location and operation of port-

able fire extinguishers and other items 
of emergency equipment; 

(f) Proper use of cabin equipment and 

controls; 

(g) Location and operation of pas-

senger oxygen equipment; 

(h) Location and operation of all nor-

mal and emergency exits, including 
evacuation chutes and escape ropes; 
and 

(i) Seating of persons who may need 

assistance of another person to move 
rapidly to an exit in an emergency as 
prescribed by the certificate holder’s 
operations manual. 

§ 125.291 Pilot in command: Instru-

ment proficiency check require-

ments. 

(a) No certificate holder may use any 

person, nor may any person serve, as a 
pilot in command of an airplane under 
IFR unless, since the beginning of the 
sixth calendar month before that serv-
ice, that person has passed an instru-
ment proficiency check and the Admin-
istrator or an authorized check airman 
has so certified in a letter of com-
petency. 

(b) No pilot may use any type of pre-

cision instrument approach procedure 
under IFR unless, since the beginning 
of the sixth calendar month before that 
use, the pilot has satisfactorily dem-
onstrated that type of approach proce-
dure and has been issued a letter of 
competency under paragraph (g) of this 
section. No pilot may use any type of 
nonprecision approach procedure under 
IFR unless, since the beginning of the 
sixth calendar month before that use, 
the pilot has satisfactorily dem-
onstrated either that type of approach 
procedure or any other two different 
types of nonprecision approach proce-
dures and has been issued a letter of 
competency under paragraph (g) of this 
section. The instrument approach pro-
cedure or procedures must include at 
least one straight-in approach, one cir-
cling approach, and one missed ap-
proach. Each type of approach proce-
dure demonstrated must be conducted 
to published minimums for that proce-
dure. 

(c) The instrument proficiency check 

required by paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion consists of an oral or written 
equipment test and a flight check 
under simulated or actual IFR condi-
tions. The equipment test includes 
questions on emergency procedures, en-
gine operation, fuel and lubrication 
systems, power settings, stall speeds, 
best engine-out speed, propeller and su-
percharge operations, and hydraulic, 
mechanical, and electrical systems, as 
appropriate. The flight check includes 
navigation by instruments, recovery 
from simulated emergencies, and 
standard instrument approaches in-
volving navigational facilities which 
that pilot is to be authorized to use. 

(1) For a pilot in command of an air-

plane, the instrument proficiency