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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 142.59 

evaluator satisfactorily completes a 
curriculum that includes the following: 

(i) Evaluator duties, functions, and 

responsibilities; 

(ii) Methods, procedures, and tech-

niques for conducting required tests 
and checks; 

(iii) Evaluation of pilot performance; 

and 

(iv) Management of unsatisfactory 

tests and subsequent corrective action; 
and 

(4) If evaluating in qualified and ap-

proved flight training equipment must 
satisfactorily pass a written test and 
annual proficiency check in a flight 
simulator or aircraft in which the eval-
uator will be evaluating. 

(b) An evaluator who satisfactorily 

completes a curriculum required by 
paragraph (a) of this section in the cal-
endar month before or the calendar 
month after the month in which it is 
due is considered to have taken it in 
the month is which it was due for the 
purpose of computing when the next 
training is due. 

(c) The Administrator may give cred-

it for the requirements of paragraph 
(a)(3) of this section to an evaluator 
who has satisfactorily completed an 
evaluator training course for a part 121 
or part 135 certificate holder if the Ad-
ministrator finds such a course equiva-
lent to the requirements of paragraph 
(a)(3) of this section. 

(d) An evaluator who is qualified 

under subpart Y of part 121 of this 
chapter shall be authorized to conduct 
evaluations under the Advanced Quali-
fication Program without complying 
with the requirements of this section. 

[Doc. No. 26933, 61 FR 34562, July 2, 1996, as 
amended by Amdt. 142–9, 78 FR 42380, July 15, 
2013] 

§ 142.57 Aircraft requirements. 

(a) An applicant for, or holder of, a 

training center certificate must ensure 
that each aircraft used for flight in-
struction and solo flights meets the 
following requirements: 

(1) Except for flight instruction and 

solo flights in a curriculum for agricul-
tural aircraft operations, external load 
operations, and similar aerial work op-
erations, the aircraft must have an 
FAA standard airworthiness certificate 
or a foreign equivalent of an FAA 

standard airworthiness certificate, ac-
ceptable to the Administrator. 

(2) The aircraft must be maintained 

and inspected in accordance with— 

(i) The requirements of part 91, sub-

part E, of this chapter; and 

(ii) An approved program for mainte-

nance and inspection. 

(3) The aircraft must be equipped as 

provided in the training specifications 
for the approved course for which it is 
used. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, an applicant for, or 
holder of, a training center certificate 
must ensure that each aircraft used for 
flight instruction is at least a two- 
place aircraft with engine power con-
trols and flight controls that are easily 
reached and that operate in a conven-
tional manner from both pilot stations. 

(c) Airplanes with controls such as 

nose-wheel steering, switches, fuel se-
lectors, and engine air flow controls 
that are not easily reached and oper-
ated in a conventional manner by both 
pilots may be used for flight instruc-
tion if the certificate holder deter-
mines that the flight instruction can 
be conducted in a safe manner consid-
ering the location of controls and their 
nonconventional operation, or both. 

§ 142.59 Flight simulators and flight 

training devices. 

(a) An applicant for, or holder of, a 

training center certificate must show 
that each flight simulator and flight 
training device used for training, test-
ing, and checking (except AQP) will be 
or is specifically qualified and ap-
proved by the Administrator for— 

(1) Each maneuver and procedure for 

the make, model, and series of aircraft, 
set of aircraft, or aircraft type simu-
lated, as applicable; and 

(2) Each curriculum or training 

course in which the flight simulator or 
flight training device is used, if that 
curriculum or course is used to satisfy 
any requirement of 14 CFR chapter I. 

(b) The approval required by para-

graph (a)(2) of this section must in-
clude— 

(1) The set of aircraft, or type air-

craft; 

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§ 142.61 

(2) If applicable, the particular vari-

ation within type, for which the train-
ing, testing, or checking is being con-
ducted; and 

(3) The particular maneuver, proce-

dure, or crewmember function to be 
performed. 

(c) Each qualified and approved flight 

simulator or flight training device used 
by a training center must— 

(1) Be maintained to ensure the reli-

ability of the performances, functions, 
and all other characteristics that were 
required for qualification; 

(2) Be modified to conform with any 

modification to the aircraft being sim-
ulated if the modification results in 
changes to performance, function, or 
other characteristics required for qual-
ification; 

(3) Be given a functional preflight 

check each day before being used; and 

(4) Have a discrepancy log in which 

the instructor or evaluator, at the end 
of each training session, enters each 
discrepancy. 

(d) Unless otherwise authorized by 

the Administrator, each component on 
a qualified and approved flight simu-
lator or flight training device used by a 
training center must be operative if 
the component is essential to, or in-
volved in, the training, testing, or 
checking of airmen. 

(e) Training centers shall not be re-

stricted to specific— 

(1) Route segments during line-ori-

ented flight training scenarios; and 

(2) Visual data bases replicating a 

specific customer’s bases of operation. 

(f) Training centers may request 

evaluation, qualification, and con-
tinuing evaluation for qualification of 
flight simulators and flight training 
devices without— 

(1) Holding an air carrier certificate; 

or 

(2) Having a specific relationship to 

an air carrier certificate holder. 

Subpart D—Operating Rules 

§ 142.61 Applicability. 

This subpart prescribes the operating 

rules applicable to a training center 
certificated under this part and oper-
ating a course or training program cur-
riculum approved in accordance with 
subpart B of this part. 

§ 142.63 Privileges. 

A certificate holder may allow flight 

simulator instructors and evaluators 
to meet recency of experience require-
ments through the use of a qualified 
and approved flight simulator or quali-
fied and approved flight training device 
if that flight simulator or flight train-
ing device is— 

(a) Used in a course approved in ac-

cordance with subpart B of this part; or 

(b) Approved under the Advanced 

Qualification Program for meeting 
recency of experience requirements. 

§ 142.65 Limitations. 

(a) A certificate holder shall— 
(1) Ensure that a flight simulator or 

flight training device freeze, slow mo-
tion, or repositioning feature is not 
used during testing or checking; and 

(2) Ensure that a repositioning fea-

ture is used during line operational 
simulation for evaluation and line-ori-
ented flight training only to advance 
along a flight route to the point where 
the descent and approach phase of the 
flight begins. 

(b) When flight testing, flight check-

ing, or line operational simulation is 
being conducted, the certificate holder 
must ensure that one of the following 
occupies each crewmember position: 

(1) A crewmember qualified in the 

aircraft category, class, and type, if a 
type rating is required, provided that 
no flight instructor who is giving in-
struction may occupy a crewmember 
position. 

(2) A student, provided that no stu-

dent may be used in a crewmember po-
sition with any other student not in 
the same specific course. 

(c) The holder of a training center 

certificate may not recommend a 
trainee for a certificate or rating, un-
less the trainee— 

(1) Has satisfactorily completed the 

training specified in the course ap-
proved under § 142.37; and 

(2) Has passed the final tests required 

by § 142.37. 

(d) The holder of a training center 

certificate may not graduate a student 
from a course unless the student has 
satisfactorily completed the cur-
riculum requirements of that course.