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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 135.297

(b) Passenger handling, including

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

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.

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

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§ 135.299

multiengine aircraft, that pilot must
initially take the instrument pro-
ficiency check required by paragraph
(a) of this section in a multiengine air-
craft, and each succeeding check alter-
nately in single-engine and multien-
gine aircraft, but not more than one
flight check during each period de-
scribed in paragraph (a) of this section.
Portions of a required flight check may
be given in an aircraft simulator or
other appropriate training device, if
approved by the Administrator.

(g) If the pilot in command is author-

ized to use an autopilot system in place
of a second in command, that pilot
must show, during the required instru-
ment proficiency check, that the pilot
is able (without a second in command)
both with and without using the auto-
pilot to—

(1) Conduct instrument operations

competently; and

(2) Properly conduct air-ground com-

munications and comply with complex
air traffic control instructions.

(3) Each pilot taking the autopilot

check must show that, while using the
autopilot, the airplane can be operated
as proficiently as it would be if a sec-
ond in command were present to han-
dle air-ground communications and air
traffic control instructions. The auto-
pilot check need only be demonstrated
once every 12 calendar months during
the instrument proficiency check re-
quired under paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion.

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–15, 46 FR 30971, June
11, 1981; Amdt. 135–129, 79 FR 9975, Feb. 21,
2014]

§ 135.299 Pilot in command: Line

checks: Routes and airports.

(a) No certificate holder may use a

pilot, nor may any person serve, as a
pilot in command of a flight unless,
since the beginning of the 12th cal-
endar month before that service, that
pilot has passed a flight check in one of
the types of aircraft which that pilot is
to fly. The flight check shall—

(1) Be given by an approved check

pilot or by the Administrator;

(2) Consist of at least one flight over

one route segment; and

(3) Include takeoffs and landings at

one or more representative airports. In

addition to the requirements of this
paragraph, for a pilot authorized to
conduct IFR operations, at least one
flight shall be flown over a civil air-
way, an approved off-airway route, or a
portion of either of them.

(b) The pilot who conducts the check

shall determine whether the pilot being
checked satisfactorily performs the du-
ties and responsibilities of a pilot in
command in operations under this
part, and shall so certify in the pilot
training record.

tablish in the manual required by
§ 135.21 a procedure which will ensure
that each pilot who has not flown over
a route and into an airport within the
preceding 90 days will, before beginning
the flight, become familiar with all
available information required for the
safe operation of that flight.

§ 135.301 Crewmember: Tests and

checks, grace provisions, training
to accepted standards.

(a) If a crewmember who is required

to take a test or a flight check under
this part, completes the test or flight
check in the calendar month before or
after the calendar month in which it is
required, that crewmember is consid-
ered to have completed the test or
check in the calendar month in which
it is required.

(b) If a pilot being checked under this

subpart fails any of the required ma-
neuvers, the person giving the check
may give additional training to the
pilot during the course of the check. In
addition to repeating the maneuvers
failed, the person giving the check may
require the pilot being checked to re-
peat any other maneuvers that are nec-
essary to determine the pilot’s pro-
ficiency. If the pilot being checked is
unable to demonstrate satisfactory
performance to the person conducting
the check, the certificate holder may
not use the pilot, nor may the pilot
serve, as a flight crewmember in oper-
ations under this part until the pilot
has satisfactorily completed the check.