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§ 135.330 

continued adequacy of a training pro-
gram that has been granted final ap-
proval, the certificate holder shall, 
after notification by the Adminis-
trator, make any changes in the pro-
gram that are found necessary by the 
Administrator. Within 30 days after the 
certificate holder receives the notice, 
it may file a petition to reconsider the 
notice with the Administrator. The fil-
ing of a petition to reconsider stays the 
notice pending a decision by the Ad-
ministrator. However, if the Adminis-
trator finds that there is an emergency 
that requires immediate action in the 
interest of safety, the Administrator 
may, upon a statement of the reasons, 
require a change effective without 
stay. 

§ 135.327 Training program: Cur-

riculum. 

(a) Each certificate holder must pre-

pare and keep current a written train-
ing program curriculum for each type 
of aircraft for each crewmember re-
quired for that type aircraft. The cur-
riculum must include ground and flight 
training required by this subpart. 

(b) Each training program cur-

riculum must include the following: 

(1) A list of principal ground training 

subjects, including emergency training 
subjects, that are provided. 

(2) A list of all the training devices, 

mockups, systems trainers, procedures 
trainers, or other training aids that 
the certificate holder will use. 

(3) Detailed descriptions or pictorial 

displays of the approved normal, abnor-
mal, and emergency maneuvers, proce-
dures and functions that will be per-
formed during each flight training 
phase or flight check, indicating those 
maneuvers, procedures and functions 
that are to be performed during the 
inflight portions of flight training and 
flight checks. 

§ 135.329 Crewmember training re-

quirements. 

(a) Each certificate holder must in-

clude in its training program the fol-
lowing initial and transition ground 
training as appropriate to the par-
ticular assignment of the crewmember: 

(1) Basic indoctrination ground train-

ing for newly hired crewmembers in-
cluding instruction in at least the— 

(i) Duties and responsibilities of 

crewmembers as applicable; 

(ii) Appropriate provisions of this 

chapter; 

(iii) Contents of the certificate hold-

er’s operating certificate and oper-
ations specifications (not required for 
flight attendants); and 

(iv) Appropriate portions of the cer-

tificate holder’s operating manual. 

(2) The initial and transition ground 

training in §§ 135.345 and 135.349, as ap-
plicable. 

(3) Emergency training in § 135.331. 
(4) Crew resource management train-

ing in § 135.330. 

(b) Each training program must pro-

vide the initial and transition flight 
training in § 135.347, as applicable. 

(c) Each training program must pro-

vide recurrent ground and flight train-
ing in § 135.351. 

(d) Upgrade training in §§ 135.345 and 

135.347 for a particular type aircraft 
may be included in the training pro-
gram for crewmembers who have quali-
fied and served as second in command 
on that aircraft. 

(e) In addition to initial, transition, 

upgrade and recurrent training, each 
training program must provide ground 
and flight training, instruction, and 
practice necessary to ensure that each 
crewmember— 

(1) Remains adequately trained and 

currently proficient for each aircraft, 
crewmember position, and type of oper-
ation in which the crewmember serves; 
and 

(2) Qualifies in new equipment, facili-

ties, procedures, and techniques, in-
cluding modifications to aircraft. 

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as 
amended by Amdt. 135–122, 76 FR 3837, Jan. 
21, 2011] 

§ 135.330 Crew resource management 

training. 

(a) Each certificate holder must have 

an approved crew resource manage-
ment training program that includes 
initial and recurrent training. The 
training program must include at least 
the following: 

(1) Authority of the pilot in com-

mand; 

(2) Communication processes, deci-

sions, and coordination, to include 

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§ 135.331 

communication with Air Traffic Con-
trol, personnel performing flight locat-
ing and other operational functions, 
and passengers; 

(3) Building and maintenance of a 

flight team; 

(4) Workload and time management; 
(5) Situational awareness; 
(6) Effects of fatigue on performance, 

avoidance strategies and counter-
measures; 

(7) Effects of stress and stress reduc-

tion strategies; and 

(8) Aeronautical decision-making and 

judgment training tailored to the oper-
ator’s flight operations and aviation 
environment. 

(b) After March 22, 2013, no certifi-

cate holder may use a person as a 
flightcrew member or flight attendant 
unless that person has completed ap-
proved crew resource management ini-
tial training with that certificate hold-
er. 

(c) For flightcrew members and flight 

attendants, the Administrator, at his 
or her discretion, may credit crew re-
source management training com-
pleted with that certificate holder be-
fore March 22, 2013, toward all or part 
of the initial CRM training required by 
this section. 

(d) In granting credit for initial CRM 

training, the Administrator considers 
training aids, devices, methods and 
procedures used by the certificate hold-
er in a voluntary CRM program in-
cluded in a training program required 
by § 135.341, § 135.345, or § 135.349. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2009–0023, 76 FR 3837, Jan. 21, 
2011] 

§ 135.331 Crewmember emergency 

training. 

(a) Each training program must pro-

vide emergency training under this sec-
tion for each aircraft type, model, and 
configuration, each crewmember, and 
each kind of operation conducted, as 
appropriate for each crewmember and 
the certificate holder. 

(b) Emergency training must provide 

the following: 

(1) Instruction in emergency assign-

ments and procedures, including co-
ordination among crewmembers. 

(2) Individual instruction in the loca-

tion, function, and operation of emer-
gency equipment including— 

(i) Equipment used in ditching and 

evacuation; 

(ii) First aid equipment and its prop-

er use; and 

(iii) Portable fire extinguishers, with 

emphasis on the type of extinguisher to 
be used on different classes of fires. 

(3) Instruction in the handling of 

emergency situations including— 

(i) Rapid decompression; 
(ii) Fire in flight or on the surface 

and smoke control procedures with em-
phasis on electrical equipment and re-
lated circuit breakers found in cabin 
areas; 

(iii) Ditching and evacuation; 
(iv) Illness, injury, or other abnormal 

situations involving passengers or 
crewmembers; and 

(v) Hijacking and other unusual situ-

ations. 

(4) Review of the certificate holder’s 

previous aircraft accidents and inci-
dents involving actual emergency situ-
ations. 

(c) Each crewmember must perform 

at least the following emergency drills, 
using the proper emergency equipment 
and procedures, unless the Adminis-
trator finds that, for a particular drill, 
the crewmember can be adequately 
trained by demonstration: 

(1) Ditching, if applicable. 
(2) Emergency evacuation. 
(3) Fire extinguishing and smoke con-

trol. 

(4) Operation and use of emergency 

exits, including deployment and use of 
evacuation chutes, if applicable. 

(5) Use of crew and passenger oxygen. 
(6) Removal of life rafts from the air-

craft, inflation of the life rafts, use of 
life lines, and boarding of passengers 
and crew, if applicable. 

(7) Donning and inflation of life vests 

and the use of other individual flota-
tion devices, if applicable. 

(d) Crewmembers who serve in oper-

ations above 25,000 feet must receive 
instruction in the following: 

(1) Respiration. 
(2) Hypoxia. 
(3) Duration of consciousness without 

supplemental oxygen at altitude. 

(4) Gas expansion. 
(5) Gas bubble formation. 
(6) Physical phenomena and incidents 

of decompression.