Section 121.411

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

techniques, procedures, and standards
are acceptable to the Administrator.
[Doc. No. FAA-2010-0100, 78 FR 42377, July 15,
2013]

Section 121.411 Qualifications: Check airmen
(airplane) and check airmen (simulator).
(a) For the purposes of this section
and Section 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 particular 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 functions described in Section 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 applicable, in operations under this part;
(2) Has satisfactorily completed the
appropriate training phases for the airplane, including recurrent training,
that are required to serve as a pilot in
command or flight engineer, as applicable, 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
Section 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 experience requirements of Section 121.439 of this
part, as applicable; and
(7) Has been approved by the Administrator for the check airman duties involved.
(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 section, or - 
(1) Holds the airman certificates and
ratings, except medical certificate, required 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 airplane, including recurrent training,
that are required to serve as a pilot in
command or flight engineer, as applicable, 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
Section 121.413; and
(5) Has been approved by the Administrator for the check airman (simulator) duties involved.
(d) Completion of the requirements
in paragraphs (b) (2), (3), and (4) or (c)
(2), (3), and (4) of this section, as applicable, shall be entered in the individual-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 simulator; or

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