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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 121.417 

(1) Basic indoctrination ground train-

ing for newly hired crewmembers or 
dispatchers including 40 programmed 
hours of instruction, unless reduced 
under § 121.405 or as specified in 
§ 121.401(d), in at least the following— 

(i) Duties and responsibilities of 

crewmembers or dispatchers, as appli-
cable; 

(ii) Appropriate provisions of the 

Federal Aviation Regulations; 

(iii) Contents of the certificate hold-

er’s operating certificate and oper-
ations specifications (not required for 
flight attendants); and 

(iv) Appropriate portions of the cer-

tificate holder’s operating manual. 

(2) The initial and transition ground 

training specified in §§ 121.419, 121.421 
and 121.422, as applicable. 

(3) For crewmembers, emergency 

training as specified in §§ 121.417 and 
121.805. 

(4) After February 15, 2008, training 

for crewmembers and dispatchers in 
their roles and responsibilities in the 
certificate holder’s passenger recovery 
plan, if applicable. 

(b) Each training program must pro-

vide the flight training specified in 
§§ 121.424 through 121.425, as applicable. 

(c) Each training program must pro-

vide recurrent ground and flight train-
ing as provided in § 121.427. 

(d) Each training program must pro-

vide the differences training specified 
in § 121.418(a) if the Administrator finds 
that, due to differences between air-
planes of the same type operated by 
the certificate holder, additional train-
ing is necessary to insure that each 
crewmember and dispatcher is ade-
quately trained to perform their as-
signed duties. 

(e) Upgrade training as specified in 

§§ 121.419 and 121.424 for a particular 
type airplane may be included in the 
training program for crewmembers who 
have qualified and served as second in 
command pilot or flight engineer on 
that airplane. 

(f) Particular subjects, maneuvers, 

procedures, or parts thereof specified in 
§§ 121.419, 121.421, 121.422, 121.424, and 
121.425 for transition or upgrade train-
ing, as applicable, may be omitted, or 
the programmed hours of ground in-
struction or inflight training may be 
reduced, as provided in § 121.405. 

(g) In addition to initial, transition, 

upgrade, recurrent and differences 
training, each training program must 
also provide ground and flight training, 
instruction, and practice as necessary 
to insure that each crewmember and 
dispatcher— 

(1) Remains adequately trained and 

currently proficient with respect to 
each airplane, crewmember position, 
and type of operation in which he 
serves; and 

(2) Qualifies in new equipment, facili-

ties, procedures, and techniques, in-
cluding modifications to airplanes. 

(h) Each training program must in-

clude a process to provide for the reg-
ular analysis of individual pilot per-
formance to identify pilots with per-
formance deficiencies during training 
and checking and multiple failures dur-
ing checking. 

(i) Each training program must in-

clude methods for remedial training 
and tracking of pilots identified in the 
analysis performed in accordance with 
paragraph (h) of this section. 

(j) Compliance with paragraphs (h) 

and (i) of this section is required no 
later than March 12, 2019. 

[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–130, 41 FR 47229, Oct. 
28, 1976; Amdt. 121–281, 66 FR 19043, Apr. 12, 
2001; Amdt. 121–329, 72 FR 1881, Jan. 16, 2007; 
Amdt. 121–366, 78 FR 67839, Nov. 12, 2013] 

§ 121.417

Crewmember emergency 

training. 

(a) Each training program must pro-

vide the emergency training set forth 
in this section with respect to each air-
plane type, model, and configuration, 
each required crewmember, and each 
kind of operation conducted, insofar as 
appropriate for each crewmember and 
the certificate holder. 

(b) Emergency training must provide 

the following: 

(1) Instruction in emergency assign-

ments and procedures, including co-
ordination among crewmembers. 

(2) Individual instruction in the loca-

tion, function, and operation of emer-
gency equipment including— 

(i) Equipment used in ditching and 

evacuation; 

(ii) [Reserved] 

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