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Pt. 60, App. D
Sample Request for Initial, Upgrade, or Re-
instatement Evaluation.
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 D2A
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
approaches to and departures from slopes
and pinnacles.
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No additional regulatory or informational
material applies to § 60.16, Additional Quali-
fications for a Currently Qualified FTD.
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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 and replacement FTD systems
qualified prior to May 30, 2008, are not re-
quired to meet the general FTD require-
ments, the objective test requirements, and
the subjective test requirements of Attach-
ments 1, 2, and 3, respectively, of this appen-
dix as long as the FTD continues to meet the
test requirements contained in the MQTG
developed under the original qualification
basis.
c. After (1 year after date of publication of
the final rule in the F
EDERAL
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EGISTER
) each
visual scene and airport model installed in
and available for use in a qualified FTD must
meet the requirements described in Attach-
ment 3 of this appendix.
d. Simulators qualified prior to May 30,
2008, may be updated. If an evaluation is
deemed appropriate or necessary by the
NSPM after such an update, the evaluation
will not require an evaluation to standards
beyond those against which the simulator
was originally qualified.
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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 a helicopter 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
and the limitations to authorizations) to
provide a complete picture of the FTD inven-
tory regulated by the FAA. The issuance of
the statement will not require any addi-
tional evaluation or require any adjustment
to the evaluation basis for the FTD.
h. Downgrading of an FTD is a permanent
change in qualification level and will neces-
sitate the issuance of a revised SOQ to re-
flect the revised qualification level, as ap-
propriate. If a temporary restriction is
placed on an FTD because of a missing, mal-
functioning, or inoperative component or on-
going repairs, the restriction is not a perma-
nent change in qualification level. Instead,
the restriction is temporary and is removed
when the reason for the restriction has been
resolved.
i. It is not the intent of the NSPM to dis-
courage the improvement of existing simula-
tion (e.g., the ‘‘updating’’ of a control load-
ing system, or the replacement of the IOS
with a more capable unit) by requiring the
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