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§ 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