Section 121.440

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

to maintain or reestablish recency
based on review of the related aircraft,
the operation, and the duty position.
(3) The administrator may, at any
time, terminate a grant of deviation
authority issued under this paragraph
(f).
[Doc. No. 16383, 43 FR 22648, May 25, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 121-148, 43 FR 46235, Oct.
5, 1978; Amdt. 121-179, 47 FR 33390, Aug. 2,
1982; Amdt. 121-366, 78 FR 67841, Nov. 12, 2013]

Section 121.440

Line checks.

(a) No certificate holder may use any
person nor may any person serve as
pilot in command of an airplane unless,
within the preceding 12 calendar
months, that person has passed a line
check in which he satisfactorily performs the duties and responsibilities of
a pilot in command in one of the types
of airplanes he is to fly.
(b) A pilot in command line check for
domestic and flag operations must - 
(1) Be given by a pilot check airman
who is currently qualified on both the
route and the airplane; and
(2) Consist of at least one flight over
a typical part of the certificate holder-s route, or over a foreign or Federal
airway, or over a direct route.
(c) A pilot in command line check for
supplemental operations must - 
(1) Be given by a pilot check airman
who is currently qualified on the airplane; and
(2) Consist of at least one flight over
a part of a Federal airway, foreign airway, or advisory route over which the
pilot may be assigned.
[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 96, Jan. 3, 1970, as
amended by Amdt. 121-143, 43 FR 22642, May
25, 1978; Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26,
1996; Amdt. 121-344, 74 FR 34235, July 15, 2009;
Amdt. 121-359, 77 FR 34785, June 12, 2012]

Section 121.441

Proficiency checks.

(a) No certificate holder may use any
person nor may any person serve as a
required pilot flight crewmember unless that person has satisfactorily completed either a proficiency check, or an
approved simulator course of training
under Section 121.409, as follows:
(1) For a pilot in command - 
(i) Before March 12, 2019,
(A) A proficiency check within the
preceding 12 calendar months and,

(B) In addition, within the preceding
6 calendar months, either a proficiency
check or the approved simulator course
of training.
(ii) Beginning on March 12, 2019,
(A) A proficiency check within the
preceding 12 calendar months in the
aircraft type in which the person is to
serve and,
(B) In addition, within the preceding
6 calendar months, either a proficiency
check or the approved simulator course
of training.
(2) For all other pilots - 
(i) Within the preceding 24 calendar
months either a proficiency check or
the line-oriented simulator training
course under Section 121.409; and
(ii) Within the preceding 12 calendar
months, either a proficiency check or
any simulator training course under
Section 121.409.
(b) Except as provided in paragraphs
(c) and (d) of this section, a proficiency
check must meet the following requirements:
(1) It must include at least the procedures and maneuvers set forth in appendix F to this part unless otherwise
specifically provided in that appendix.
(2) It must be given by the Administrator or a pilot check airman.
(c) An approved airplane simulator or
other appropriate training device may
be used in the conduct of a proficiency
check as provided in appendix F to this
part.
(d) A person giving a proficiency
check may, in his discretion, waive any
of the maneuvers or procedures for
which a specific waiver authority is set
forth in appendix F to this part if - 
(1) The Administrator has not specifically required the particular maneuver
or procedure to be performed;
(2) The pilot being checked is, at the
time of the check, employed by a certificate holder as a pilot; and
(3) The pilot being checked is currently qualified for operations under
this part in the particular type airplane and flight crewmember position
or has, within the preceding six calendar months, satisfactorily completed
an approved training program for the
particular type airplane.
(e) If the pilot being checked fails
any of the required maneuvers, the person giving the proficiency check may

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