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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

Pt. 60, App. A 

3. D

EFINITIONS

(§ 60.3) 

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See Appendix F of this part for a list of 

definitions and abbreviations from part 1 and 
part 60, including the appropriate appendices 
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No additional regulatory or informational 

material applies to § 60.4, Qualification Per-
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See Appendix E of this part for additional 

regulatory and informational material re-
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a. The intent of the language in § 60.7(b) is 

to have a specific FFS, identified by the 
sponsor, used at least once in an FAA-ap-
proved flight training program for the air-
plane simulated during the 12-month period 
described. The identification of the specific 
FFS may change from one 12-month period 
to the next 12-month period as long as the 
sponsor sponsors and uses at least one FFS 
at least once during the prescribed period. 
No minimum number of hours or minimum 
FFS periods are required. 

b. The following examples describe accept-

able operational practices: 

(1) Example One. 
(a) A sponsor is sponsoring a single, spe-

cific FFS for its own use, in its own facility 
or elsewhere—this single FFS forms the 
basis for the sponsorship. The sponsor uses 
that FFS at least once in each 12-month pe-
riod in the sponsor’s FAA-approved flight 
training program for the airplane simulated. 
This 12-month period is established accord-
ing to the following schedule: 

(i) If the FFS was qualified prior to May 30, 

2008, the 12-month period begins on the date 
of the first continuing qualification evalua-
tion conducted in accordance with § 60.19 
after May 30, 2008, and continues for each 
subsequent 12-month period; 

(ii) A device qualified on or after May 30, 

2008, will be required to undergo an initial or 
upgrade evaluation in accordance with 
§ 60.15. Once the initial or upgrade evaluation 
is complete, the first continuing qualifica-
tion evaluation will be conducted within 6 
months. The 12-month continuing qualifica-
tion evaluation cycle begins on that date and 
continues for each subsequent 12-month pe-
riod. 

(b) There is no minimum number of hours 

of FFS use required. 

(c) The identification of the specific FFS 

may change from one 12-month period to the 
next 12-month period as long as the sponsor 
sponsors and uses at least one FFS at least 
once during the prescribed period. 

(2) Example Two. 
(a) A sponsor sponsors an additional num-

ber of FFSs, in its facility or elsewhere. 
Each additionally sponsored FFS must be— 

(i) Used by the sponsor in the sponsor’s 

FAA-approved flight training program for 
the airplane simulated (as described in 
§ 60.7(d)(1)); 

OR 

(ii) Used by another FAA certificate holder 

in that other certificate holder’s FAA-ap-
proved flight training program for the air-
plane simulated (as described in § 60.7(d)(1)). 
This 12-month period is established in the 
same manner as in example one; 

OR 

(iii) Provided a statement each year from a 

qualified pilot (after having flown the air-
plane, not the subject FFS or another FFS, 
during the preceding 12-month period), stat-
ing that the subject FFS’s performance and 
handling qualities represent the airplane (as 
described in § 60.7(d)(2)). This statement is 
provided at least once in each 12-month pe-
riod established in the same manner as in ex-
ample one. 

(b) No minimum number of hours of FFS 

use is required. 

(3) Example Three. 
(a) A sponsor in New York (in this exam-

ple, a Part 142 certificate holder) establishes 
‘‘satellite’’ training centers in Chicago and 
Moscow. 

(b) The satellite function means that the 

Chicago and Moscow centers must operate 
under the New York center’s certificate (in 
accordance with all of the New York center’s 
practices, procedures, and policies; e.g., in-
structor and/or technician training/checking 
requirements, record keeping, QMS pro-
gram). 

(c) All of the FFSs in the Chicago and Mos-

cow centers could be dry-leased (i.e., the cer-
tificate holder does not have and use FAA- 

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