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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 60.9 

§ 60.9

Additional responsibilities of the 

sponsor. 

(a) The sponsor must allow the re-

sponsible Flight Standards office upon 
request to inspect the FSTD as soon as 
practicable. This inspection may in-
clude all records and documents relat-
ing to the FSTD, to determine its com-
pliance with this part. 

(b) The sponsor must do the following 

for each FSTD: 

(1) Establish a mechanism to receive 

written comments regarding the FSTD 
and its operation in accordance with 
the QPS appendix E of this part. 

(2) Post in or adjacent to the FSTD 

the Statement of Qualification issued 
by the responsible Flight Standards of-
fice. An electronic copy of the State-
ment of Qualification that may be 
accessed by an appropriate terminal or 
display in or adjacent to the FSTD is 
satisfactory. 

(c) Each sponsor of an FSTD must 

identify to the responsible Flight 
Standards office by name, one indi-
vidual to be the management rep-
resentative (MR). 

(1) One person may serve as an MR 

for more than one FSTD, but one 
FSTD must not have more than one 
person serving in this capacity. 

(2) Each MR must be an employee of 

the sponsor with the responsibility and 
authority to— 

(i) Monitor the on-going qualification 

of assigned FSTDs to ensure that all 
matters regarding FSTD qualification 
are being carried out as provided for in 
this part; 

(ii) Ensure that the QMS is properly 

established, implemented, and main-
tained by overseeing the structure (and 
modifying where necessary) of the QMS 
policies, practices, and procedures; and 

(iii) Regularly brief sponsor’s man-

agement on the status of the on-going 
FSTD qualification program and the 
effectiveness and efficiency of the 
QMS. 

(3) The MR serves as the primary 

contact point for all matters between 
the sponsor and the responsible Flight 
Standards office regarding the quali-
fication of that FSTD as provided for 
in this part. 

(4) The MR may delegate the duties 

described in paragraph (c)(2) and (c)(3) 

of this section to an individual at each 
of the sponsor’s locations. 

[Docket No. FAA–2002–12461, 71 FR 63426, Oct. 
30, 2006, as amended by Docket No. FAA– 
2022–1355, Amdt. No. 60–7, 87 FR 75711, Dec. 9, 
2022] 

§ 60.11

FSTD use. 

No person may use or allow the use 

of or offer the use of an FSTD for flight 
crewmember training or evaluation or 
for obtaining flight experience to meet 
any of the requirements under this 
chapter unless, in accordance with the 
QPS for the specific device, the FSTD 
meets all of the following: 

(a) Has a single sponsor who is quali-

fied under § 60.7. The sponsor may ar-
range with another person for services 
of document preparation and presen-
tation, as well as FSTD inspection, 
maintenance, repair, and servicing; 
however, the sponsor remains respon-
sible for ensuring that these functions 
are conducted in a manner and with a 
result of continually meeting the re-
quirements of this part. 

(b) Is qualified as described in the 

Statement of Qualification. 

(c) Remains qualified, through satis-

factory inspection, continuing quali-
fication evaluations, appropriate main-
tenance, and use requirements in ac-
cordance with this part and the appli-
cable QPS. 

(d) Functions during day-to-day 

training, evaluation, or flight experi-
ence activities with the software and 
hardware that was evaluated as satis-
factory by the responsible Flight 
Standards office and, if modified, modi-
fied only in accordance with the provi-
sions of this part. However, this sec-
tion does not apply to routine software 
or hardware changes that do not fall 
under the requirements of § 60.23. 

(e) Is operated in accordance with the 

provisions and limitations of § 60.25. 

[Docket No. FAA–2002–12461, 71 FR 63426, Oct. 
30, 2006, as amended by Docket No. FAA– 
2022–1355, Amdt. No. 60–7, 87 FR 75711, Dec. 9, 
2022] 

§ 60.13

FSTD objective data require-

ments. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) and (c) of this section, for the pur-
poses of validating FSTD performance 

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