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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 121.401 

which may be reduced by the Adminis-
trator upon a showing by the certifi-
cate holder that circumstances justify 
a lesser amount. 

(6) 

Inflight. 

Refers to maneuvers, pro-

cedures, or functions that must be con-
ducted in the airplane. 

(7) 

Training center. 

An organization 

governed by the applicable require-
ments of part 142 of this chapter that 
provides training, testing, and check-
ing under contract or other arrange-
ment to certificate holders subject to 
the requirements of this part. 

(8) 

Requalification training. 

The train-

ing required for crewmembers pre-
viously trained and qualified, but who 
have become unqualified due to not 
having met within the required period 
the recurrent training requirements of 
§ 121.427 or the proficiency check re-
quirements of § 121.441. 

(9) 

Related aircraft. 

Any two or more 

aircraft of the same make with either 
the same or different type certificates 
that have been demonstrated and de-
termined by the Administrator to have 
commonality to the extent that credit 
between those aircraft may be applied 
for flightcrew member training, check-
ing, recent experience, operating expe-
rience, operating cycles, and line oper-
ating flight time for consolidation of 
knowledge and skills. 

(10) 

Related aircraft differences train-

ing. 

The flightcrew member training 

required for aircraft with different type 
certificates that have been designated 
as related by the Administrator. 

(11) 

Base aircraft. 

An aircraft identi-

fied by a certificate holder for use as a 
reference to compare differences with 
another aircraft. 

[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970; 35 FR 
2819, Feb. 11, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 121– 
104, 38 FR 14915, June 7, 1973; Amdt. 121–259, 
61 FR 34560, July 2, 1996; Amdt. 121–366, 78 FR 
67836, Nov. 12, 2013] 

§ 121.401

Training program: General. 

(a) Each certificate holder shall: 
(1) Establish and implement a train-

ing program that satisfies the require-
ments of this subpart and appendices E 
and F of this part and that ensures 
that each crewmember, aircraft dis-
patcher, flight instructor and check 
airman is adequately trained to per-
form his or her assigned duties. Prior 

to implementation, the certificate 
holder must obtain initial and final 
FAA approval of the training program. 

(2) Provide adequate ground and 

flight training facilities and properly 
qualified ground instructors for the 
training required by this subpart; 

(3) Provide and keep current with re-

spect to each airplane type and, if ap-
plicable, the particular variations 
within that airplane type, appropriate 
training material, examinations, 
forms, instructions, and procedures for 
use in conducting the training and 
checks required by this part; and 

(4) Provide enough flight instructors, 

simulator instructors, and approved 
check airmen to conduct required 
flight training and flight checks, and 
simulator training courses permitted 
under this part. 

(b) Whenever a crewmember or air-

craft dispatcher who is required to 
take recurrent training, a flight check, 
or a competence check, takes the 
check or completes the training in the 
calendar month before or after the cal-
endar month in which that training or 
check is required, he is considered to 
have taken or completed it in the cal-
endar month in which it was required. 

(c) Each instructor, supervisor, or 

check airman who is responsible for a 
particular ground training subject, seg-
ment of flight training, course of train-
ing, flight check, or competence check 
under this part shall certify as to the 
proficiency and knowledge of the crew-
member, aircraft dispatcher, flight in-
structor, or check airman concerned 
upon completion of that training or 
check. That certification shall be made 
a part of the crewmember’s or dis-
patcher’s record. When the certifi-
cation required by this paragraph is 
made by an entry in a computerized 
recordkeeping system, the certifying 
instructor, supervisor, or check airman 
must be identified with that entry. 
However, the signature of the certi-
fying instructor, supervisor, or check 
airman is not required for computer-
ized entries. 

(d) Training subjects that are appli-

cable to more than one airplane or 
crewmember position and that have 
been satisfactorily completed in con-
nection with prior training for another 

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