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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 121.411 

techniques, procedures, and standards 
are acceptable to the Administrator. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2010–0100, 78 FR 42377, July 15, 
2013] 

§ 121.411

Qualifications: Check airmen 

(airplane) and check airmen (simu-
lator). 

(a) For the purposes of this section 

and § 121.413: 

(1) A check airman (airplane) is a 

person who is qualified, and permitted, 
to conduct flight checks or instruction 
in an airplane, in a flight simulator, or 
in a flight training device for a par-
ticular type airplane. 

(2) A check airman (simulator) is a 

person who is qualified to conduct 
flight checks or instruction, but only 
in a flight simulator or in a flight 
training device for a particular type 
airplane. 

(3) Check airmen (airplane) and 

check airmen (simulator) are those 
check airmen who perform the func-
tions described in § 121.401(a)(4). 

(b) No certificate holder may use a 

person, nor may any person serve as a 
check airman (airplane) in a training 
program established under this subpart 
unless, with respect to the airplane 
type involved, that person— 

(1) Holds the airman certificates and 

ratings required to serve as a pilot in 
command or flight engineer, as appli-
cable, in operations under this part; 

(2) Has satisfactorily completed the 

appropriate training phases for the air-
plane, including recurrent training, 
that are required to serve as a pilot in 
command or flight engineer, as appli-
cable, in operations under this part; 

(3) Has satisfactorily completed the 

appropriate proficiency or flight 
checks that are required to serve as a 
pilot in command or flight engineer, as 
applicable, in operations under this 
part; 

(4) Has satisfactorily completed the 

applicable training requirements of 
§ 121.413 including in-flight training and 
practice for initial and transition 
training; 

(5) Holds at least a Class III medical 

certificate unless serving as a required 
crewmember, in which case holds a 
Class I or Class II medical certificate 
as appropriate; 

(6) Has satisfied the recency of expe-

rience requirements of § 121.439 of this 
part, as applicable; and 

(7) Has been approved by the Admin-

istrator for the check airman duties in-
volved. 

(c) No certificate holder may use a 

person nor may any person serve as a 
check airman (simulator) in a training 
program established under this subpart 
unless, with respect to the airplane 
type involved, that person meets the 
provisions of paragraph (b) of this sec-
tion, or— 

(1) Holds the airman certificates and 

ratings, except medical certificate, re-
quired to serve as a pilot in command 
or a flight engineer, as applicable, in 
operations under this part; 

(2) Has satisfactorily completed the 

appropriate training phases for the air-
plane, including recurrent training, 
that are required to serve as a pilot in 
command or flight engineer, as appli-
cable, in operations under this part; 

(3) Has satisfactorily completed the 

appropriate proficiency or flight 
checks that are required to serve as a 
pilot in command or flight engineer, as 
applicable, in operations under this 
part; 

(4) Has satisfactorily completed the 

applicable training requirements of 
§ 121.413; and 

(5) Has been approved by the Admin-

istrator for the check airman (simu-
lator) duties involved. 

(d) Completion of the requirements 

in paragraphs (b) (2), (3), and (4) or (c) 
(2), (3), and (4) of this section, as appli-
cable, shall be entered in the individ-
ual’s training record maintained by the 
certificate holder. 

(e) Check airmen who have reached 

their 65th birthday or who do not hold 
an appropriate medical certificate may 
function as check airmen, but may not 
serve as pilot flightcrew members in 
operations under this part. 

(f) A check airman (simulator) must 

accomplish the following— 

(1) Fly at least two flight segments 

as a required crewmember for the type 
airplane involved within the 12-month 
period preceding the performance of 
any check airman duty in a flight sim-
ulator; or 

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