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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 91.1089

(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 and discussion of previous

aircraft accidents and incidents involv-
ing actual emergency situations.

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 slides, 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
lifelines, 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.

§ 91.1085

Hazardous materials recogni-

tion training.

No program manager may use any

person to perform, and no person may
perform, any assigned duties and re-
sponsibilities for the handling or car-
riage of hazardous materials (as de-
fined in 49 CFR 171.8), unless that per-
son has received training in the rec-
ognition of hazardous materials.

§ 91.1087

Approval of aircraft simula-

tors and other training devices.

(a) Training courses using aircraft

simulators and other training devices
may be included in the program man-

ager’s training program if approved by
the Administrator.

(b) Each aircraft simulator and other

training device that is used in a train-
ing course or in checks required under
this subpart must meet the following
requirements:

(1) It must be specifically approved

for—

(i) The program manager; and
(ii) The particular maneuver, proce-

dure, or crewmember function in-
volved.

(2) It must maintain the perform-

ance, functional, and other characteris-
tics that are required for approval.

(3) Additionally, for aircraft simula-

tors, it must be—

(i) Approved for the type aircraft

and, if applicable, the particular vari-
ation within type for which the train-
ing or check is being conducted; and

(ii) Modified to conform with any

modification to the aircraft being sim-
ulated that changes the performance,
functional, or other characteristics re-
quired for approval.

other training device may be used by
more than one program manager.

(d) In granting initial and final ap-

proval of training programs or revi-
sions to them, the Administrator con-
siders the training devices, methods,
and procedures listed in the program
manager’s curriculum under § 91.1079.

§ 91.1089

Qualifications: Check pilots

(aircraft) and check pilots (simu-
lator).

(a) For the purposes of this section

and § 91.1093:

(1) A check pilot (aircraft) is a person

who is qualified to conduct flight
checks in an aircraft, in a flight simu-
lator, or in a flight training device for
a particular type aircraft.

(2) A check pilot (simulator) is a per-

son who is qualified to conduct flight
checks, but only in a flight simulator,
in a flight training device, or both, for
a particular type aircraft.

(3) Check pilots (aircraft) and check

pilots (simulator) are those check pi-
lots who perform the functions de-
scribed in § 91.1073(a)(4) and (c).

(b) No program manager may use a

person, nor may any person serve as a

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§ 91.1091

check pilot (aircraft) in a training pro-
gram established under this subpart
unless, with respect to the aircraft
type involved, that person—

(1) Holds the pilot certificates and

ratings required to serve as a pilot in
command in operations under this sub-
part;

(2) Has satisfactorily completed the

training phases for the aircraft, includ-
ing recurrent training, that are re-
quired to serve as a pilot in command
in operations under this subpart;

(3) Has satisfactorily completed the

proficiency or competency checks that
are required to serve as a pilot in com-
mand in operations under this subpart;

(4) Has satisfactorily completed the

applicable training requirements of
§ 91.1093;

(5) Holds at least a Class III medical

certificate unless serving as a required
crewmember, in which case holds a
Class I or Class II medical certificate
as appropriate; and

(6) Has been approved by the Admin-

istrator for the check pilot duties in-
volved.

person, nor may any person serve as a
check pilot (simulator) in a training
program established under this subpart
unless, with respect to the aircraft
type involved, that person meets the
provisions of paragraph (b) of this sec-
tion, or—

(1) Holds the applicable pilot certifi-

cates and ratings, except medical cer-
tificate, required to serve as a pilot in
command in operations under this sub-
part;

(2) Has satisfactorily completed the

appropriate training phases for the air-
craft, including recurrent training,
that are required to serve as a pilot in
command in operations under this sub-
part;

(3) Has satisfactorily completed the

appropriate proficiency or competency
checks that are required to serve as a
pilot in command in operations under
this subpart;

(4) Has satisfactorily completed the

applicable training requirements of
§ 91.1093; and

(5) Has been approved by the Admin-

istrator for the check pilot (simulator)
duties involved.

(d) Completion of the requirements

in paragraphs (b)(2), (3), and (4) or
(c)(2), (3), and (4) of this section, as ap-
plicable, must be entered in the indi-
vidual’s training record maintained by
the program manager.

(e) A check pilot who does not hold

an appropriate medical certificate may
function as a check pilot (simulator),
but may not serve as a flightcrew
member in operations under this sub-
part.

(f) A check pilot (simulator) must ac-

complish the following—

(1) Fly at least two flight segments

as a required crewmember for the type,
class, or category aircraft involved
within the 12-month period preceding
the performance of any check pilot
duty in a flight simulator; or

(2) Before performing any check pilot

duty in a flight simulator, satisfac-
torily complete an approved line-obser-
vation program within the period pre-
scribed by that program.

(g) The flight segments or line-obser-

vation program required in paragraph
(f) of this section are considered to be
completed in the month required if
completed in the month before or the
month after the month in which they
are due.

§ 91.1091

Qualifications: Flight instruc-

tors (aircraft) and flight instructors
(simulator).

(a) For the purposes of this section

and § 91.1095:

(1) A flight instructor (aircraft) is a

person who is qualified to instruct in
an aircraft, in a flight simulator, or in
a flight training device for a particular
type, class, or category aircraft.

(2) A flight instructor (simulator) is a

person who is qualified to instruct in a
flight simulator, in a flight training
device, or in both, for a particular
type, class, or category aircraft.

(3) Flight instructors (aircraft) and

flight instructors (simulator) are those
instructors who perform the functions
described in § 91.1073(a)(4) and (c).