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operation of the FTD during the training, 
testing, or checking activities. 

r. Problems with objective test results are 

handled as follows: 

(1) If a problem with an objective test re-

sult is detected by the NSP evaluation team 
during an evaluation, the test may be re-
peated or the QTG may be amended. 

(2) If it is determined that the results of an 

objective test do not support the qualifica-
tion level requested but do support a lower 
level, the NSPM may qualify the FTD at a 
lower level. For example, if a Level 6 evalua-
tion is requested, but the FTD fails to meet 
the spiral stability test tolerances, it could 
be qualified at Level 5. 

s. After an FTD is successfully evaluated, 

the NSPM issues an SOQ to the sponsor, the 
NSPM recommends the FTD to the TPAA, 
who will approve the FTD for use in a flight 
training program. The SOQ will be issued at 
the satisfactory conclusion of the initial or 
continuing qualification evaluation and will 
list the tasks for which the FTD is qualified, 
referencing the tasks described in Table B1B 
in Attachment 1 of this appendix. However, 
it is the sponsor’s responsibility to obtain 
TPAA approval prior to using the FTD in an 
FAA-approved flight training program. 

t. Under normal circumstances, the NSPM 

establishes a date for the initial or upgrade 
evaluation within ten (10) working days after 
determining that a complete QTG is accept-
able. Unusual circumstances may warrant 
establishing an evaluation date before this 
determination is made. A sponsor may 
schedule an evaluation date as early as 6 
months in advance. However, there may be a 
delay of 45 days or more in rescheduling and 
completing the evaluation if the sponsor is 
unable to meet the scheduled date. See At-
tachment 4, Figure B4A, Sample Request for 
Initial, Upgrade, or Reinstatement Evalua-
tion, of this appendix. 

u. The numbering system used for objec-

tive test results in the QTG should closely 
follow the numbering system set out in At-
tachment 2, FTD Objective Tests, Table B2A, 
of this appendix. 

v. Contact the NSPM or visit the NSPM 

Web site for additional information regard-
ing the preferred qualifications of pilots used 
to meet the requirements of § 60.15(d). 

w. Examples of the exclusions for which 

the FTD might not have been subjectively 
tested by the sponsor or the NSPM and for 
which qualification might not be sought or 
granted, as described in § 60.15(g)(6), include 
engine out maneuvers or circling approaches. 

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a. In instances where a sponsor plans to re-

move an FTD from active status for a period 
of less than two years, the following proce-
dures apply: 

(1) The NSPM must be notified in writing 

and the notification must include an esti-
mate of the period that the FTD will be inac-
tive; 

(2) Continuing Qualification evaluations 

will not be scheduled during the inactive pe-
riod; 

(3) The NSPM will remove the FTD from 

the list of qualified FTDs on a mutually es-
tablished date not later than the date on 
which the first missed continuing qualifica-
tion evaluation would have been scheduled; 

(4) Before the FTD is restored to qualified 

status, it must be evaluated by the NSPM. 
The evaluation content and the time re-
quired to accomplish the evaluation is based 
on the number of continuing qualification 
evaluations and sponsor-conducted quarterly 
inspections missed during the period of inac-
tivity. 

(5) The sponsor must notify the NSPM of 

any changes to the original scheduled time 
out of service; 

b. FTDs qualified prior to May 31, 2016, and 

replacement FTD systems, are not required 
to meet the general FTD requirements, the 
objective test requirements, and the subjec-
tive test requirements of Attachments 1, 2, 
and 3 of this appendix as long as the FTD 
continues to meet the test requirements con-
tained in the MQTG developed under the 
original qualification basis. 

c. [Reserved] 
d. FTDs qualified prior to May 31, 2016, 

may be updated. If an evaluation is deemed 
appropriate or necessary by the NSPM after 
such an update, the evaluation will not re-
quire an evaluation to standards beyond 
those against which the FTD was originally 
qualified. 

e. Other certificate holders or persons de-

siring to use an FTD may contract with FTD 
sponsors to use FTDs previously qualified at 
a particular level for an airplane type and 
approved for use within an FAA-approved 
flight training program. Such FTDs are not 
required to undergo an additional qualifica-
tion process, except as described in § 60.16. 

f. Each FTD user must obtain approval 

from the appropriate TPAA to use any FTD 
in an FAA-approved flight training program. 

g. The intent of the requirement listed in 

§ 60.17(b), for each FTD to have an SOQ with-
in 6 years, is to have the availability of that 
statement (including the configuration list 

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