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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§ 135.295
(8) New equipment, procedures, or
techniques, as appropriate; and
(9) For rotorcraft pilots, procedures
for aircraft handling in flat-light,
whiteout, and brownout conditions, in-
cluding methods for recognizing and
avoiding those conditions.
(b) No certificate holder may use a
pilot, nor may any person serve as a
pilot, in any aircraft unless, since the
beginning of the 12th calendar month
before that service, that pilot has
passed a competency check given by
the Administrator or an authorized
check pilot in that class of aircraft, if
single-engine airplane other than tur-
bojet, or that type of aircraft, if heli-
copter, multiengine airplane, or tur-
bojet airplane, to determine the pilot’s
competence in practical skills and
techniques in that aircraft or class of
aircraft. The extent of the competency
check shall be determined by the Ad-
ministrator or authorized check pilot
conducting the competency check. The
competency check may include any of
the maneuvers and procedures cur-
rently required for the original
issuance of the particular pilot certifi-
cate required for the operations au-
thorized and appropriate to the cat-
egory, class and type of aircraft in-
volved. For the purposes of this para-
graph, type, as to an airplane, means
any one of a group of airplanes deter-
mined by the Administrator to have a
similar means of propulsion, the same
manufacturer, and no significantly dif-
ferent handling or flight characteris-
tics. For the purposes of this para-
graph, type, as to a helicopter, means a
basic make and model.
(c) Each competency check given in a
rotorcraft must include a demonstra-
tion of the pilot’s ability to maneuver
the rotorcraft solely by reference to in-
struments. The check must determine
the pilot’s ability to safely maneuver
the rotorcraft into visual meteorolog-
ical conditions following an inad-
vertent encounter with instrument me-
teorological conditions. For com-
petency checks in non-IFR-certified
rotorcraft, the pilot must perform such
maneuvers as are appropriate to the
rotorcraft’s installed equipment, the
certificate holder’s operations speci-
fications, and the operating environ-
ment.
(d) The instrument proficiency check
required by § 135.297 may be substituted
for the competency check required by
this section for the type of aircraft
used in the check.
(e) For the purpose of this part, com-
petent performance of a procedure or
maneuver by a person to be used as a
pilot requires that the pilot be the ob-
vious master of the aircraft, with the
successful outcome of the maneuver
never in doubt.
(f) The Administrator or authorized
check pilot certifies the competency of
each pilot who passes the knowledge or
flight check in the certificate holder’s
pilot records.
(g) Portions of a required competency
check may be given in an aircraft sim-
ulator or other appropriate training de-
vice, if approved by the Administrator.
(h) Rotorcraft pilots must be tested
on the subjects in paragraph (a)(9) of
this section when taking a written or
oral knowledge test after April 22, 2015.
Rotorcraft pilots must be checked on
the maneuvers and procedures in para-
graph (c) of this section when taking a
competency check after April 22, 2015.
(i) 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.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–27, 53 FR 37697, Sept.
27, 1988; Amdt. 135–129, 79 FR 9974, Feb. 21,
2014; 79 FR 22012, Apr. 21, 2014; Docket FAA–
2013–0485, Amdt. 135–135, 81 FR 90177, Dec. 13,
2016]
§ 135.295 Initial and recurrent flight
attendant crewmember testing re-
quirements.
No certificate holder may use a flight
attendant crewmember, nor may any
person serve as a flight attendant crew-
member unless, since the beginning of
the 12th calendar month before that
service, the certificate holder has de-
termined by appropriate initial and re-
current testing that the person is
knowledgeable and competent in the
following areas as appropriate to as-
signed duties and responsibilities—
(a) Authority of the pilot in com-
mand;
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§ 135.297
(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.
§ 135.297 Pilot in command: Instru-
ment proficiency check require-
ments.
(a) No certificate holder may use a
pilot, nor may any person serve, as a
pilot in command of an aircraft under
IFR unless, since the beginning of the
6th calendar month before that service,
that pilot has passed an instrument
proficiency check under this section
administered by the Administrator or
an authorized check pilot.
(b) No pilot may use any type of pre-
cision instrument approach procedure
under IFR unless, since the beginning
of the 6th calendar month before that
use, the pilot satisfactorily dem-
onstrated that type of approach proce-
dure. No pilot may use any type of non-
precision approach procedure under
IFR unless, since the beginning of the
6th calendar month before that use, the
pilot has satisfactorily demonstrated
either that type of approach procedure
or any other two different types of non-
precision approach procedures. The in-
strument approach procedure or proce-
dures must include at least one
straight-in approach, one circling ap-
proach, and one missed approach. Each
type of approach procedure dem-
onstrated must be conducted to pub-
lished minimums for that procedure.
(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-
percharger 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.
Each pilot taking the instrument pro-
ficiency check must show that stand-
ard of competence required by
§ 135.293(e).
(1) The instrument proficiency check
must—
(i) For a pilot in command of an air-
plane under § 135.243(a), include the pro-
cedures and maneuvers for an airline
transport pilot certificate in the par-
ticular type of airplane, if appropriate;
and
(ii) For a pilot in command of an air-
plane or helicopter under § 135.243(c),
include the procedures and maneuvers
for a commercial pilot certificate with
an instrument rating and, if required,
for the appropriate type rating.
(2) The instrument proficiency check
must be given by an authorized check
airman or by the Administrator.
(d) If the pilot in command is as-
signed to pilot only one type of air-
craft, that pilot must take the instru-
ment proficiency check required by
paragraph (a) of this section in that
type of aircraft.
(e) If the pilot in command is as-
signed to pilot more than one type of
aircraft, that pilot must take the in-
strument proficiency check required by
paragraph (a) of this section in each
type of aircraft to which that pilot is
assigned, in rotation, but not more
than one flight check during each pe-
riod described in paragraph (a) of this
section.
(f) If the pilot in command is as-
signed to pilot both single-engine and