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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 121.909 

Evaluator 

means a person who as-

sesses or judges the performance of 
crewmembers, instructors, other eval-
uators, aircraft dispatchers, or other 
operations personnel. 

First Look 

means the assessment of 

performance to determine proficiency 
on designated flight tasks before any 
briefing, training, or practice on those 
tasks is given in the training session 
for a continuing qualification cur-
riculum. First Look is conducted dur-
ing an AQP continuing qualification 
cycle to determine trends of degraded 
proficiency, if any, due in part to the 
length of the interval between training 
sessions. 

Instructional systems development 

means a systematic methodology for 
developing or modifying qualification 
standards and associated curriculum 
content based on a documented anal-
ysis of the job tasks, skills, and knowl-
edge required for job proficiency. 

Job task listing 

means a listing of all 

tasks, subtasks, knowledge, and skills 
required for accomplishing the oper-
ational job. 

Line Operational Evaluation (LOE) 

means a simulated line environment, 
the scenario content of which is de-
signed to test integrating technical 
and CRM skills. 

Line Operational Simulation (LOS) 

means a training or evaluation session, 
as applicable, that is conducted in a 
simulated line environment using 
equipment qualified and approved for 
its intended purpose in an AQP. 

Planned hours 

means the estimated 

amount of time (as specified in a cur-
riculum outline) that it takes a typical 
student to complete a segment of in-
struction (to include all instruction, 
demonstration, practice, and evalua-
tion, as appropriate, to reach pro-
ficiency). 

Qualification standard 

means a state-

ment of a minimum required perform-
ance, applicable parameters, criteria, 
applicable flight conditions, evaluation 
strategy, evaluation media, and appli-
cable document references. 

Qualification standards document 

means a single document containing 
all the qualification standards for an 
AQP together with a prologue that pro-
vides a detailed description of all fac-
ets of the evaluation process. 

Special tracking 

means assigning a 

person to an augmented schedule of 
training, checking, or both. 

Training session 

means a contiguously 

scheduled period devoted to training 
activities at a facility approved by the 
FAA for that purpose. 

Variant 

means a specifically config-

ured aircraft for which the FAA has 
identified training and qualifications 
that are significantly different from 
those applicable to other aircraft of the 
same make, model, and series. 

§ 121.909

Approval of Advanced Quali-

fication Program. 

(a) 

Approval process. 

Application for 

approval of an AQP curriculum under 
this subpart is made, through the FAA 
office responsible for approval of the 
certificate holder’s operations speci-
fications, to the Manager of the Air 
Transportation Division. 

(b) 

Approval criteria. 

Each AQP must 

have separate curriculums for indoc-
trination, qualification, and continuing 
qualification (including upgrade, tran-
sition, and requalification), as specified 
in §§ 121.911, 121.913, and 121.915. All 
AQP curriculums must be based on an 
instructional systems development 
methodology. This methodology must 
incorporate a thorough analysis of the 
certificate holder’s operations, air-
craft, line environment and job func-
tions. All AQP qualification and con-
tinuing qualification curriculums must 
integrate the training and evaluation 
of CRM and technical skills and knowl-
edge. An application for approval of an 
AQP curriculum may be approved if 
the program meets the following re-
quirements: 

(1) The program must meet all the re-

quirements of this subpart. 

(2) Each indoctrination, qualifica-

tion, and continuing qualification 
AQP, and derivatives must include the 
following documentation: 

(i) Initial application for AQP. 
(ii) Initial job task listing. 
(iii) Instructional systems develop-

ment methodology. 

(iv) Qualification standards docu-

ment. 

(v) Curriculum outline. 
(vi) Implementation and operations 

plan. 

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