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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 121.418 

(B) Transfer of each type of slide/raft 

pack from one door to another; 

(C) Deployment, inflation, and de-

tachment from the airplane (or train-
ing device) of each type of slide/raft 
pack; and 

(D) Emergency evacuation including 

the use of a slide. 

(d) After September 1, 1993, no crew-

member may serve in operations under 
this part unless that crewmember has 
performed the PBE drill and the fire-
fighting drill described by paragraphs 
(c)(1)(i) and (c)(1)(ii) of this section, as 
part of a one-time training require-
ment of paragraphs (c)(1) or (c)(2) of 
this section as appropriate. Any crew-
member who performs the PBE drill 
and the firefighting drill prescribed in 
paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (c)(1)(ii) of this 
section after May 26, 1987, is deemed to 
be in compliance with this regulation 
upon presentation of information or 
documentation, in a form and manner 
acceptable to the Executive Director, 
Flight Standards Service, showing that 
the appropriate drills have been accom-
plished. 

(e) Crewmembers who serve in oper-

ations above 25,000 feet must receive 
instruction in the following: 

(1) Respiration. 
(2) Hypoxia. 
(3) Duration of consciousness without 

supplemental oxygen at altitude. 

(4) Gas expansion. 
(5) Gas bubble formation. 
(6) Physical phenomena and incidents 

of decompression. 

(f) For the purposes of this section 

the following definitions apply: 

(1) 

Actual fire 

means an ignited com-

bustible material, in controlled condi-
tions, of sufficient magnitude and du-
ration to accomplish the training ob-
jectives outlined in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) 
and (c)(1)(ii) of this section. 

(2) 

Approved fire extinguisher 

means a 

training device that has been approved 
by the Administrator for use in meet-
ing the training requirements of 
§ 121.417(c). 

(3) 

Approved PBE simulation device 

means a training device that has been 
approved by the Administrator for use 
in meeting the training requirements 
of § 121.417(c). 

(4) 

Combats, 

in this context, means to 

properly fight an actual or simulated 

fire using an appropriate type of fire 
extinguisher until that fire is extin-
guished. 

(5) 

Observe 

means to watch without 

participating actively in the drill. 

(6) 

PBE drill 

means an emergency 

drill in which a crewmember dem-
onstrates the proper use of protective 
breathing equipment while fighting an 
actual or simulated fire. 

(7) 

Perform 

means to satisfactorily 

accomplish a prescribed emergency 
drill using established procedures that 
stress the skill of the persons involved 
in the drill. 

(8) 

Simulated fire 

means an artificial 

duplication of smoke or flame used to 
create various aircraft firefighting sce-
narios, such as lavatory, galley oven, 
and aircraft seat fires. 

[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970] 

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tations affecting § 121.417, see the List of CFR 
Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume 
and at 

www.govinfo.gov. 

§ 121.418

Differences training and re-

lated aircraft differences training. 

(a) 

Differences training. 

(1) Differences 

training for crewmembers and dis-
patchers must consist of at least the 
following as applicable to their as-
signed duties and responsibilities: 

(i) Instruction in each appropriate 

subject or part thereof required for ini-
tial ground training in the airplane un-
less the Administrator finds that par-
ticular subjects are not necessary. 

(ii) Flight training in each appro-

priate maneuver or procedure required 
for initial flight training in the air-
plane unless the Administrator finds 
that particular maneuvers or proce-
dures are not necessary. 

(iii) The number of programmed 

hours of ground and flight training de-
termined by the Administrator to be 
necessary for the airplane, the oper-
ation, and the crewmember or aircraft 
dispatcher involved. 

(2) Differences training for all vari-
ations of a particular type airplane 
may be included in initial, transition, 
upgrade, and recurrent training for the 
airplane. 

(b) 

Related aircraft differences training. 

(1) In order to seek approval of related 
aircraft differences training for 

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