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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 121.407 

make, model, and series of the aircraft 
used. 

[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–207, 54 FR 39293, Sept. 
25, 1989; Amdt. 121–250, 60 FR 65948, Dec. 20, 
1995; Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996; 
Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 121–380, 83 FR 
9172, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 121.406

Credit for previous CRM/ 

DRM training. 

(a) For flightcrew members, the Ad-

ministrator may credit CRM training 
received before March 19, 1998 toward 
all or part of the initial ground CRM 
training required by § 121.419. 

(b) For flight attendants, the Admin-

istrator may credit CRM training re-
ceived before March 19, 1999 toward all 
or part of the initial ground CRM 
training required by § 121.421. 

(c) For aircraft dispatchers, the Ad-

ministrator may credit CRM training 
received before March 19, 1999 toward 
all or part of the initial ground CRM 
training required by § 121.422. 

(d) In granting credit for initial 

ground CRM or DRM training, the Ad-
ministrator considers training aids, de-
vices, methods, and procedures used by 
the certificate holder in a voluntary 
CRM or DRM program or in an AQP 
program that effectively meets the 
quality of an approved CRM or DRM 
initial ground training program under 
section 121.419, 121.421, or 121.422 as ap-
propriate. 

[Doc. No. 27993, 60 FR 65949, Dec. 20, 1995] 

§ 121.407

Training program: Approval 

of airplane simulators and other 
training devices. 

(a) Each airplane simulator and other 

training device used to satisfy a train-
ing requirement of this part in an ap-
proved training program, must meet 
all of the following requirements: 

(1) Be specifically approved by the 

Administrator for— 

(i) Use in the certificate holder’s ap-

proved training program; 

(ii) The type airplane and, if applica-

ble, the particular variation within 
type, for which the training or check is 
being conducted; and 

(iii) The particular maneuver, proce-

dure, or flightcrew member function 
involved. 

(2) Maintain the performance, func-

tion, and other characteristics that are 
required for qualification in accord-
ance with part 60 of this chapter or a 
previously qualified device, as per-
mitted in accordance with § 60.17 of this 
chapter. 

(3) Be modified in accordance with 

part 60 of this chapter to conform with 
any modification to the airplane being 
simulated that results in changes to 
performance, function, or other charac-
teristics required for qualification. 

(4) Be given a daily functional pre-

flight check before being used. 

(5) Have a daily discrepancy log kept 

with each discrepancy entered in that 
log by the appropriate instructor or 
check airman at the end of each train-
ing or check flight. 

(b) A particular airplane simulator or 

other training device may be approved 
for use by more than one certificate 
holder. 

(c) An airplane simulator may be 

used instead of the airplane to satisfy 
the in-flight requirements of §§ 121.439 
and 121.441 and appendices E and F of 
this part, if the simulator— 

(1) Is approved under this section and 

meets the appropriate simulator re-
quirements of appendix H of this part; 
and 

(2) Is used as part of an approved pro-

gram that meets the training require-
ments of § 121.424 (a) and (c) and appen-
dix H of this part. 

(d) An airplane simulator approved 

under this section must be used instead 
of the airplane to satisfy the pilot 
flight training requirements prescribed 
in the certificate holder’s approved 
low-altitude windshear flight training 
program set forth in § 121.409(d) of this 
part. 

(e) An airplane simulator approved 

under this section must be used instead 
of the airplane to satisfy the pilot 
flight training requirements prescribed 
in the extended envelope training set 
forth in § 121.423 of this part. Compli-
ance with this paragraph is required no 
later than March 12, 2019. 

[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 90, Jan. 3, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–161, 45 FR 44183, June 
30, 1980; Amdt. 121–199, 53 FR 37696, Sept. 27, 
1988; Amdt. 121–366, 78 FR 67836, Nov. 12, 2013] 

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