title-14-part-60-sec60-7

Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 60.7

Sponsor qualification require-

ments.

(a) A person is eligible to apply to be

a sponsor of an FSTD if the following
conditions are met:

(1) The person holds, or is an appli-

cant for, a certificate under part 119,
141, or 142 of this chapter; or holds, or
is an applicant for, an approved flight
engineer course in accordance with
part 63 of this chapter.

(2) The FSTD will be used, or will be

offered for use, in the sponsor’s FAA-
approved flight training program for
the aircraft being simulated as evi-
denced in a request for evaluation sub-
mitted to the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office.

(b) A person is a sponsor if the fol-

lowing conditions are met:

(1) The person is a certificate holder

under part 119, 141, or 142 of this chap-
ter or has an approved flight engineer
course in accordance with part 63 of
this chapter.

(2) The person has—
(i) Operations specifications author-

izing the use of the specific aircraft or
set of aircraft and has an FAA-ap-
proved training program under which
at least one FSTD, simulating the air-
craft or set of aircraft and for which
the person is the sponsor, is used by
the sponsor as described in paragraphs
(b)(5) or (b)(6) of this section; or

(ii) Training specifications or an

FAA-approved course of training under
which at least one FSTD, simulating
that aircraft or set of aircraft and for
which the person is the sponsor, is used
by the sponsor as described in para-
graphs (b)(5) or (b)(6) of this section.

(3) The person has a quality manage-

ment system currently approved by the
responsible Flight Standards office in
accordance with § 60.5.

(4) The responsible Flight Standards

office has accepted the person as the
sponsor of the FSTD and that accept-
ance has not been withdrawn by the
FAA.

(5) At least one FSTD (as referenced

in paragraph (b)(2)(i) or (b)(2)(ii) of this
section) that is initially qualified on or
after May 30, 2008, is used within the
sponsor’s FAA-approved flight training
program for the aircraft or set of air-
craft at least once within the 12-month
period following the initial/upgrade

evaluation, and at least once within
each subsequent 12-month period there-
after.

(6) At least one FSTD (as referenced

in paragraph (b)(2)(i) or (b)(2)(ii) of this
section) that was qualified before May
30, 2008, is used within the sponsor’s
FAA-approved flight training program
for the aircraft or set of aircraft at
least once within the 12-month period
following the first continuing quali-
fication evaluation conducted by the
responsible Flight Standards office
after May 30, 2008 and at least once
within each subsequent 12-month pe-
riod thereafter.

graphs (b)(2) and either (b)(5) or (b)(6)
of this section are not met, the person
will forfeit the right to sponsor that
FSTD and that person will not be eligi-
ble to apply to sponsor that FSTD for
at least 12 calendar months following
the expiration of the qualification sta-
tus.

(d) In addition to the FSTD described

in paragraph (b) of this section, an
FSTD sponsor may sponsor any num-
ber of other FSTDs regardless of spe-
cific aircraft or set of aircraft provided
either—

(1) During the preceding 12-month pe-

riod, all of the other FSTDs are used
within the sponsor’s or another certifi-
cate holder’s FAA-approved flight
training program for the aircraft or set
of aircraft simulated; or

(2) The sponsor obtains a written

statement at least annually from a
qualified pilot who has flown the air-
craft or set of aircraft (as appropriate)
during the preceding 12-month period
stating that the subject FSTD’s per-
formance and handling qualities, with-
in the normal operating envelope, rep-
resent the aircraft or set of aircraft de-
scribed in the FAA Type Certificate
and the type data sheet, if appropriate.
The sponsor must retain the two most
current written statements for review
by the responsible Flight Standards of-
fice.

[Doc. No. FAA–2002–12461, 71 FR 63426, Oct.
30, 2006; Amdt. 60–2, 72 FR 59599, Oct. 22, 2007,
as amended by Docket No. FAA–2022–1355,
Amdt. No. 60–7, 87 FR 75711, Dec. 9, 2022]

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