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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 60.19 

(ii) Not restored under § 60.27 for two 

(2) years or more, then the qualifica-
tion basis (in terms of objective tests 
and subjective tests) for the re-quali-
fication will be those standards in ef-
fect and current at the time of re-qual-
ification application. 

(d) Except as provided in paragraph 

(e) of this section, any change in FSTD 
qualification level initiated on or after 
May 30, 2008 requires an evaluation for 
initial qualification in accordance with 
this part. 

(e) A sponsor may request that an 

FSTD be permanently downgraded. In 
such a case, the NSPM may downgrade 
a qualified FSTD without requiring 
and without conducting an initial eval-
uation for the new qualification level. 
Subsequent continuing qualification 
evaluations will use the existing 
MQTG, modified as necessary to reflect 
the new qualification level. 

(f) When the sponsor has appropriate 

validation data available and receives 
approval from the NSPM, the sponsor 
may adopt tests and associated toler-
ances described in the current quali-
fication standards as the tests and tol-
erances applicable for the continuing 
qualification of a previously qualified 
FSTD. The updated test(s) and toler-
ance(s) must be made a permanent part 
of the MQTG. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2002–12461, 71 FR 63426, Oct. 
30, 2006; Amdt. 60–2, 72 FR 59599, Oct. 22, 2007, 
as amended by Docket FAA–2014–0391, Amdt. 
60–4, 81 FR 18218, Mar. 30, 2016] 

§ 60.19

Inspection, continuing quali-

fication evaluation, and mainte-
nance requirements. 

(a) 

Inspection. 

No sponsor may use or 

allow the use of or offer the use of an 
FSTD for flight crewmember training, 
evaluation, or flight experience to 
meet any of the requirements of this 
chapter unless the sponsor does the fol-
lowing: 

(1) Accomplishes all appropriate ob-

jective tests each year as specified in 
the applicable QPS. 

(2) Completes a functional preflight 

check within the preceding 24 hours. 

(b) 

Continuing qualification evaluation. 

(1) This evaluation consists of objec-
tive tests, and subjective tests, includ-
ing general FSTD requirements, as de-
scribed in the applicable QPS or as 

may be amended by an FSTD Direc-
tive. 

(2) The sponsor must contact the 

NSPM to schedule the FSTD for con-
tinuing qualification evaluations not 
later than 60 days before the evalua-
tion is due. 

(3) The sponsor must provide the 

NSPM access to the objective test re-
sults in the MQTG and access to the 
FSTD for the length of time necessary 
for the NSPM to complete the required 
continuing qualification evaluations. 

(4) The frequency of NSPM-conducted 

continuing qualification evaluations 
for each FSTD will be established by 
the NSPM and specified in the State-
ment of Qualification. 

(5) Continuing qualification evalua-

tions conducted in the 3 calendar 
months before or after the calendar 
month in which these continuing quali-
fication evaluations are required will 
be considered to have been conducted 
in the calendar month in which they 
were required. 

(6) No sponsor may use or allow the 

use of or offer the use of an FSTD for 
flight crewmember training or evalua-
tion or for obtaining flight experience 
for the flight crewmember to meet any 
requirement of this chapter unless the 
FSTD has passed an NSPM-conducted 
continuing qualification evaluation 
within the time frame specified in the 
Statement of Qualification or within 
the grace period as described in para-
graph (b)(5) of this section. 

(c) 

Maintenance. 

The sponsor is re-

sponsible for continuing corrective and 
preventive maintenance on the FSTD 
to ensure that it continues to meet the 
requirements of this part and the appli-
cable QPS appendix. No sponsor may 
use or allow the use of or offer the use 
of an FSTD for flight crewmember 
training, evaluation, or flight experi-
ence to meet any of the requirements 
of this chapter unless the sponsor does 
the following: 

(1) Maintains a discrepancy log. 
(2) Ensures that, when a discrepancy 

is discovered, the following require-
ments are met: 

(i) A description of each discrepancy 

is entered in the log and remains in the 
log until the discrepancy is corrected 
as specified in § 60.25(b). 

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