Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 121.400

(2) At least one floor level exit remains open to provide for passenger
egress; and
(3) The number of flight attendants
on board is at least half the number required by Section 121.391, rounded down to the
next lower number in the case of fractions, but never fewer than one.
(c) If only one flight attendant is on
the airplane during passenger boarding
or deplaning, that flight attendant
must be located in accordance with the
certificate holder-s FAA-approved operating procedures. If more than one
flight attendant is on the airplane during passenger boarding or deplaning,
the flight attendants must be evenly
distributed throughout the airplane
cabin, in the vicinity of the floor-level
exits, to provide the most effective assistance in the event of an emergency.
(d) The time spent by any crewmember conducting passenger boarding
or deplaning duties is considered duty
time.
[Doc. No. FAA-2009-0022, 75 FR 68198, Nov. 5,
2010]

Section 121.395 Aircraft dispatcher: Domestic
and flag operations.
Each certificate holder conducting
domestic or flag operations shall provide enough qualified aircraft dispatchers at each dispatch center to ensure proper operational control of each
flight.
[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2611, Jan. 26, 1996]

Section 121.397 Emergency and
evacuation duties.

emergency

(a) Each certificate holder shall, for
each type and model of airplane, assigned to each category of required
crewmember, as appropriate, the necessary functions to be performed in an
emergency or a situation requiring
emergency evacuation. The certificate
holder shall show those functions are
realistic, can be practically accomplished, and will meet any reasonably
anticipated emergency including the
possible incapacitation of individual
crewmembers or their inability to
reach the passenger cabin because of
shifting cargo in combination cargopassenger airplanes.
(b) The certificate holder shall describe in its manual the functions of

each category of required crewmembers under paragraph (a) of this
section.
[Doc. No. 2033, 30 FR 3206, Mar. 9, 1965, as
amended by Amdt. 121-7, 30 FR 6727, May 18,
1965]

Subpart N - Training Program
SOURCE: Docket No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3,
1970, unless otherwise noted.

Section 121.400

Applicability and terms used.

(a) This subpart prescribes the requirements applicable to each certificate holder for establishing and maintaining a training program for crewmembers, aircraft dispatchers, and
other operations personnel, and for the
approval and use of training devices in
the conduct of the program.
(b) For the purpose of this subpart,
airplane groups are as follows:
(1) Group I. Propeller driven, including - 
(i) Reciprocating powered; and
(ii) Turbopropeller powered.
(2) Group II. Turbojet powered.
(c) For the purpose of this subpart,
the following terms and definitions
apply:
(1) Initial training. The training required for crewmembers and dispatchers who have not qualified and
served in the same capacity on another
airplane of the same group.
(2) Transition training. The training
required for crewmembers and dispatchers who have qualified and served
in the same capacity on another airplane of the same group.
(3) Upgrade training. The training required for crewmembers who have
qualified and served as second in command or flight engineer on a particular
airplane type, before they serve as
pilot in command or second in command, respectively, on that airplane.
(4) Differences training. The training
required for crewmembers and dispatchers who have qualified and served
on a particular type airplane, when the
Administrator finds differences training is necessary before a crewmember
serves in the same capacity on a particular variation of that airplane.
(5) Programmed hours. The hours of
training prescribed in this subpart

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