Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 121.417

(1) Basic indoctrination ground training for newly hired crewmembers or
dispatchers including 40 programmed
hours of instruction, unless reduced
under Section 121.405 or as specified in
Section 121.401(d), in at least the following - 
(i) Duties and responsibilities of
crewmembers or dispatchers, as applicable;
(ii) Appropriate provisions of the
Federal Aviation Regulations;
(iii) Contents of the certificate holder-s operating certificate and operations specifications (not required for
flight attendants); and
(iv) Appropriate portions of the certificate holder-s operating manual.
(2) The initial and transition ground
training specified in SectionSection 121.419, 121.421
and 121.422, as applicable.
(3) For crewmembers, emergency
training as specified in SectionSection 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 provide the flight training specified in
SectionSection 121.424 through 121.425, as applicable.
(c) Each training program must provide recurrent ground and flight training as provided in Section 121.427.
(d) Each training program must provide the differences training specified
in Section 121.418(a) if the Administrator finds
that, due to differences between airplanes of the same type operated by
the certificate holder, additional training is necessary to insure that each
crewmember and dispatcher is adequately trained to perform their assigned duties.
(e) Upgrade training as specified in
SectionSection 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
SectionSection 121.419, 121.421, 121.422, 121.424, and
121.425 for transition or upgrade training, as applicable, may be omitted, or
the programmed hours of ground instruction or inflight training may be
reduced, as provided in Section 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, facilities, procedures, and techniques, including modifications to airplanes.
(h) Each training program must include a process to provide for the regular analysis of individual pilot performance to identify pilots with performance deficiencies during training
and checking and multiple failures during checking.
(i) Each training program must include 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]

Section 121.417 Crewmember
training.

emergency

(a) Each training program must provide the emergency training set forth
in this section with respect to each airplane 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 assignments and procedures, including coordination among crewmembers.
(2) Individual instruction in the location, function, and operation of emergency equipment including - 
(i) Equipment used in ditching and
evacuation;
(ii) [Reserved]

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