Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 121.915

flight: Proficiency training in an aircraft, flight training device, flight simulator, or other equipment, as appropriate, on normal, abnormal, and emergency flight procedures and maneuvers.
(iv) For dispatchers and other operational personnel who do not conduct
their duties in flight: ground training
including a general review of knowledge and skills covered in qualification
training, updated information on newly
developed procedures, safety related information, and, if applicable, a line observation program.
(v) For instructors and evaluators:
Proficiency training in the type flight
training device or the type flight simulator, as appropriate, regarding training equipment operation. For instructors and evaluators who are limited to
conducting their duties in flight simulators or flight training devices:
Training in operational flight procedures and maneuvers (normal, abnormal, and emergency).
(b) Evaluation of performance. Continuing qualification must include
evaluation of performance on a sample
of those events and major subjects
identified as diagnostic of competence
and approved for that purpose by the
FAA. The following evaluation requirements apply:
(1) Evaluation of proficiency as follows:
(i) For pilots in command, seconds in
command, and flight engineers: An
evaluation of proficiency, portions of
which may be conducted in an aircraft,
flight simulator, or flight training device as approved in the certificate
holder-s curriculum that must be completed during each evaluation period.
(ii) For any other persons covered by
an AQP, a means to evaluate their proficiency in the performance of their duties in their assigned tasks in an operational setting.
(2) Line checks as follows:
(i) Except as provided in paragraph
(b)(2)(ii) of this section, for pilots in
command: A line check conducted in
an aircraft during actual flight operations under part 121 or part 135 of this
chapter or during operationally (line)
oriented flights, such as ferry flights or
proving flights. A line check must be
completed in the calendar month at
the midpoint of the evaluation period.

(ii) With the FAA-s approval, a nonotice line check strategy may be used
in lieu of the line check required by
paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section. The
certificate holder who elects to exercise this option must ensure the  - nonotice -  line checks are administered so
the flight crewmembers are not notified before the evaluation. In addition,
the AQP certificate holder must ensure
that each pilot in command receives at
least one  - no-notice -  line check every
24 months. As a minimum, the number
of  - no-notice -  line checks administered each calendar year must equal at
least 50% of the certificate holder-s
pilot-in-command workforce in accordance with a strategy approved by the
FAA for that purpose. In addition, the
line checks to be conducted under this
paragraph must be conducted over all
geographic areas flown by the certificate holder in accordance with a sampling methodology approved by the
FAA for that purpose.
(iii) During the line checks required
under paragraph (b)(2)(i) and (ii) of this
section, each person performing duties
as a pilot in command, second in command, or flight engineer for that flight,
must be individually evaluated to determine whether the person remains
adequately trained and currently proficient with respect to the particular
aircraft, crew position, and type of operation in which he or she serves; and
the person has sufficient knowledge
and skills to operate effectively as part
of a crew. The evaluator must be a
check airman, an APD, or an FAA inspector and must hold the certificates
and ratings required of the pilot in
command.
(c) Recency of experience. For pilots in
command, seconds in command, flight
engineers, aircraft dispatchers, instructors, evaluators, and flight attendants,
approved recency of experience requirements appropriate to the duty position.
(d) Duration of cycles and periods. Initially, the continuing qualification
cycle approved for an AQP must not
exceed 24 calendar months in duration,
and must include two or more evaluation periods of equal duration. After
that, upon demonstration by a certificate holder that an extension is warranted, the FAA may approve an extension of the continuing qualification

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