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§ 121.907 

(b) A certificate holder is eligible 

under this subpart if the certificate 
holder is required or elects to have an 
approved training program under 
§§ 121.401, 135.3(c), or 135.341 of this 
chapter. 

(c) A certificate holder obtains ap-

proval of each proposed curriculum 
under this AQP as specified in § 121.909. 

§ 121.903

General requirements for Ad-

vanced Qualification Programs. 

(a) A curriculum approved under an 

AQP may include elements of existing 
training programs under part 121 and 
part 135 of this chapter. Each cur-
riculum must specify the make, model, 
series or variant of aircraft and each 
crewmember position or other posi-
tions to be covered by that curriculum. 
Positions to be covered by the AQP 
must include all flight crewmember po-
sitions, flight instructors, and eval-
uators and may include other posi-
tions, such as flight attendants, air-
craft dispatchers, and other operations 
personnel. 

(b) Each certificate holder that ob-

tains approval of an AQP under this 
subpart must comply with all the re-
quirements of the AQP and this sub-
part instead of the corresponding pro-
visions of parts 61, 63, 65, 121, or 135 of 
this chapter. However, each applicable 
requirement of parts 61, 63, 65, 121, or 
135 of this chapter, including but not 
limited to practical test requirements, 
that is not specifically addressed in the 
AQP continues to apply to the certifi-
cate holder and to the individuals 
being trained and qualified by the cer-
tificate holder. No person may be 
trained under an AQP unless that AQP 
has been approved by the FAA and the 
person complies with all the require-
ments of the AQP and this subpart. 

(c) No certificate holder that con-

ducts its training program under this 
subpart may use any person nor may 
any person serve in any duty position 
as a required crewmember, an aircraft 
dispatcher, an instructor, or an eval-
uator, unless that person has satisfac-
torily accomplished, in a training pro-
gram approved under this subpart for 
the certificate holder, the training and 
evaluation of proficiency required by 
the AQP for that type airplane and 
duty position. 

(d) All documentation and data re-

quired under this subpart must be sub-
mitted in a form and manner accept-
able to the FAA. 

(e) Any training or evaluation re-

quired under an AQP that is satisfac-
torily completed in the calendar month 
before or the calendar month after the 
calendar month in which it is due is 
considered to have been completed in 
the calendar month it was due. 

§ 121.905

Confidential commercial in-

formation. 

(a) Each certificate holder that 

claims that AQP information or data it 
is submitting to the FAA is entitled to 
confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 
552(b)(4) because it constitutes con-
fidential commercial information as 
described in 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4), and 
should be withheld from public disclo-
sure, must include its request for con-
fidentiality with each submission. 

(b) When requesting confidentiality 

for submitted information or data, the 
certificate holder must: 

(1) If the information or data is 

transmitted electronically, embed the 
claim of confidentiality within the 
electronic record so the portions 
claimed to be confidential are readily 
apparent when received and reviewed. 

(2) If the information or data is sub-

mitted in paper format, place the word 
‘‘CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the top of each 
page containing information or data 
claimed to be confidential. 

(3) Justify the basis for a claim of 

confidentiality under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4). 

§ 121.907

Definitions. 

The following definitions apply to 

this subpart: 

Crew Resource Management (CRM) 

means the effective use of all the re-
sources available to crewmembers, in-
cluding each other, to achieve a safe 
and efficient flight. 

Curriculum outline 

means a listing of 

each segment, module, lesson, and les-
son element in a curriculum, or an 
equivalent listing acceptable to the 
FAA. 

Evaluation of proficiency 

means a Line 

Operational Evaluation (LOE) or an 
equivalent evaluation under an AQP 
acceptable to the FAA. 

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