Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 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]

Section 121.406 Credit for
DRM training.

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CRM/

(a) For flightcrew members, the Administrator may credit CRM training
received before March 19, 1998 toward
all or part of the initial ground CRM
training required by Section 121.419.
(b) For flight attendants, the Administrator may credit CRM training received before March 19, 1999 toward all
or part of the initial ground CRM
training required by Section 121.421.
(c) For aircraft dispatchers, the Administrator may credit CRM training
received before March 19, 1999 toward
all or part of the initial ground CRM
training required by Section 121.422.
(d) In granting credit for initial
ground CRM or DRM training, the Administrator considers training aids, devices, 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 appropriate.
[Doc. No. 27993, 60 FR 65949, Dec. 20, 1995]

Section 121.407 Training program: Approval
of airplane simulators and other
training devices.
(a) Each airplane simulator and other
training device used to satisfy a training requirement of this part in an approved training program, must meet
all of the following requirements:
(1) Be specifically approved by the
Administrator for - 
(i) Use in the certificate holder-s approved training program;
(ii) The type airplane and, if applicable, the particular variation within
type, for which the training or check is
being conducted; and
(iii) The particular maneuver, procedure, or flightcrew member function
involved.

(2) Maintain the performance, function, and other characteristics that are
required for qualification in accordance with part 60 of this chapter or a
previously qualified device, as permitted in accordance with Section 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 characteristics required for qualification.
(4) Be given a daily functional preflight 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 training 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 SectionSection 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 requirements of appendix H of this part;
and
(2) Is used as part of an approved program that meets the training requirements of Section 121.424 (a) and (c) and appendix 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 Section 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 Section 121.423 of this part. Compliance 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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