Section 65.51

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

Section 65.51 Certificate required.
(a) No person may act as an aircraft
dispatcher (exercising responsibility
with the pilot in command in the operational control of a flight) in connection with any civil aircraft in air commerce unless that person has in his or
her personal possession an aircraft dispatcher certificate issued under this
subpart.
(b) Each person who holds an aircraft
dispatcher certificate must present it
for inspection upon the request of the
Administrator or an authorized representative of the National Transportation Safety Board, or of any Federal,
State, or local law enforcement officer.

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Section 65.53 Eligibility requirements: General.
(a) To be eligible to take the aircraft
dispatcher knowledge test, a person
must be at least 21 years of age.
(b) To be eligible for an aircraft dispatcher certificate, a person must - 
(1) Be at least 23 years of age;
(2) Be able to read, speak, write, and
understand the English language;
(3) Pass the required knowledge test
prescribed by Section 65.55 of this part;
(4) Pass the required practical test
prescribed by Section 65.59 of this part; and
(5) Comply with the requirements of
Section 65.57 of this part.
Section 65.55 Knowledge requirements.
(a) A person who applies for an aircraft dispatcher certificate must pass a
knowledge test on the following aeronautical knowledge areas:
(1) Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations of this chapter that relate to
airline transport pilot privileges, limitations, and flight operations;
(2) Meteorology, including knowledge
of and effects of fronts, frontal characteristics, cloud formations, icing, and
upper-air data;
(3) General system of weather and
NOTAM collection, dissemination, interpretation, and use;
(4) Interpretation and use of weather
charts, maps, forecasts, sequence reports, abbreviations, and symbols;
(5) National Weather Service functions as they pertain to operations in
the National Airspace System;
(6) Windshear and microburst awareness, identification, and avoidance;

(7) Principles of air navigation under
instrument meteorological conditions
in the National Airspace System;
(8) Air traffic control procedures and
pilot responsibilities as they relate to
enroute operations, terminal area and
radar operations, and instrument departure and approach procedures;
(9) Aircraft loading, weight and balance, use of charts, graphs, tables, formulas, and computations, and their effect on aircraft performance;
(10) Aerodynamics relating to an aircraft-s flight characteristics and performance in normal and abnormal
flight regimes;
(11) Human factors;
(12) Aeronautical decision making
and judgment; and
(13) Crew resource management, including crew communication and coordination.
(b) The applicant must present documentary evidence satisfactory to the
administrator of having passed an aircraft dispatcher knowledge test within
the preceding 24 calendar months.
Section 65.57 Experience or training requirements.
An applicant for an aircraft dispatcher certificate must present documentary evidence satisfactory to the
Administrator that he or she has the
experience prescribed in paragraph (a)
of this section or has accomplished the
training described in paragraph (b) of
this section as follows:
(a) A total of at least 2 years experience in the 3 years before the date of
application, in any one or in any combination of the following areas:
(1) In military aircraft operations
as a - 
(i) Pilot;
(ii) Flight navigator; or
(iii) Meteorologist.
(2) In aircraft operations conducted
under part 121 of this chapter as - 
(i) An assistant in dispatching air
carrier aircraft, under the direct supervision of a dispatcher certificated
under this subpart;
(ii) A pilot;
(iii) A flight engineer; or
(iv) A meteorologist.
(3) In aircraft operations as - 
(i) An Air Traffic Controller; or
(ii) A Flight Service Specialist.

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