Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 121, App. H

(3) Availability of terminal, gateway, area,
and en route ground-based aids, if required,
to support the self-contained system.
(4) Acceptability of cockpit workload.
(5) Adequacy of flight crew qualifications.
(6) Adequacy of maintenance training and
availability of spare parts.
After successful completion of evaluation
demonstrations, FAA approval is indicated
by issuance of amended operations specifications and en route flight procedures defining
the new operation. Approval is limited to
those operations for which the adequacy of
the equipment and the feasibility of cockpit
navigation has been satisfactorily demonstrated.
[Doc. No. 10204, 37 FR 6464, Mar. 30, 1972, as
amended by Amdt. 121-207, 54 FR 39293, Sept.
25, 1989; Docket FAA-2017-0733, Amdt. 121-
379, 82 FR 34398, July 25, 2017; Docket FAA-
2018-0119, Amdt. 121-380, 83 FR 9173, Mar. 5,
2018]

APPENDIX H TO PART 121 - ADVANCED
SIMULATION
This appendix provides guidelines and a
means for achieving flightcrew training in
advanced airplane simulators. The requirements in this appendix are in addition to the
simulator approval requirements in Section 121.407.
Each simulator used under this appendix
must be approved as a Level B, C, or D simulator, as appropriate.

in either an approved regularly scheduled
line flying program as a flight crewmember
or an approved line observation program in
the same airplane type for which that person
is instructing or checking.
5. A procedure to ensure that each instructor and check airman is given a minimum of
4 hours of training each year to become familiar with the operator-s advanced simulation training program, or changes to it, and
to emphasize their respective roles in the
program. Training for simulator instructors
and check airmen must include training
policies and procedures, instruction methods
and techniques, operation of simulator controls (including environmental and trouble
panels), limitations of the simulator, and
minimum equipment required for each
course of training.
6. A special Line Oriented Flight Training
(LOFT) program to facilitate the transition
from the simulator to line flying. This LOFT
program must consist of at least a 4-hour
course of training for each flightcrew. It also
must contain at least two representative
flight segments of the operator-s route. One
of the flight segments must contain strictly
normal operating procedures from push back
at one airport to arrival at another. Another
flight segment must contain training in appropriate abnormal and emergency flight operations. After March 12, 2019, the LOFT
must provide an opportunity for the pilot to
demonstrate workload management and
pilot monitoring skills.

ADVANCED SIMULATION TRAINING PROGRAM

LEVEL B

For an operator to conduct Level C or D
training under this appendix all required
simulator instruction and checks must be
conducted under an advanced simulation
training program approved by the Administrator for the operator. This program must
also ensure that all instructors and check
airmen used in appendix H training and
checking are highly qualified to provide the
training required in the training program.
The advanced simulation training program
must include the following:
1. The operator-s initial, transition, upgrade, and recurrent simulator training programs and its procedures for re-establishing
recency of experience in the simulator.
2. How the training program will integrate
Level B, C, and D simulators with other simulators and training devices to maximize the
total training, checking, and certification
functions.
3. Documentation that each instructor and
check airman has served for at least 1 year
in that capacity in a certificate holder-s approved program or has served for at least 1
year as a pilot in command or second in command in an airplane of the group in which
that pilot is instructing or checking.
4. A procedure to ensure that each instructor and check airman actively participates

Training and Checking Permitted
1. Recency of experience (Section 121.439).
2. Night takeoffs and landings (Part 121,
Appendix E).
3. Except for EFVS operations, landings in
a proficiency check without the landing on
the line requirements (Section 121.441).
LEVEL C
Training and Checking Permitted
1. For all pilots, transition training between airplanes in the same group, and for a
pilot in command the certification check required by Section 61.153 of this chapter.
2. Upgrade to pilot-in-command training
and the certification check when the pilot - 
a. Has previously qualified as second in
command in the equipment to which the
pilot is upgrading;
b. Has at least 500 hours of actual flight
time while serving as second in command in
an airplane of the same group; and
c. Is currently serving as second in command in an airplane in this same group.
3. Initial pilot-in-command training and
the certification check when the pilot - 
a. Is currently serving as second in command in an airplane of the same group;

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