Section 125.289

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

of pilot authorization, including, when
applicable, instrument approach facilities and procedures;
(5) Air traffic control procedures, including IFR procedures when applicable;
(6) Meteorology in general, including
the principles of frontal systems, icing,
fog, thunderstorms, and windshear,
and, if appropriate for the operation of
the certificate holder, high altitude
weather;
(7) Procedures for avoiding operations in thunderstorms and hail, and
for operating in turbulent air or in
icing conditions;
(8) New equipment, procedures, or
techniques, as appropriate;
(9) Knowledge and procedures for operating during ground icing conditions,
(i.e., any time conditions are such that
frost, ice, or snow may reasonably be
expected to adhere to the airplane), if
the certificate holder expects to authorize takeoffs in ground icing conditions, including:
(i) The use of holdover times when
using deicing/anti-icing fluids.
(ii) Airplane deicing/anti-icing procedures, including inspection and check
procedures and responsibilities.
(iii) Communications.
(iv) Airplane surface contamination
(i.e., adherence of frost, ice, or snow)
and critical area identification, and
knowledge of how contamination adversely affects airplane performance
and flight characteristics.
(v) Types and characteristics of deicing/anti-icing fluids, if used by the certificate holder.
(vi) Cold weather preflight inspection
procedures.
(vii) Techniques for recognizing contamination on the airplane.
(b) No certificate holder may use any
person, nor may any person serve, as a
pilot in any airplane unless, since the
beginning of the 12th calendar month
before that service, that person has
passed a competency check given by
the Administrator or an authorized
check airman in that type of airplane
to determine that person-s competence
in practical skills and techniques in
that airplane or type of airplane. The
extent of the competency check shall
be determined by the Administrator or
authorized check airman conducting

the competency check. The competency check may include any of the
maneuvers and procedures currently
required for the original issuance of
the particular pilot certificate required
for the operations authorized and appropriate to the category, class, and
type of airplane involved. For the purposes of this paragraph, type, as to an
airplane, means any one of a group of
airplanes determined by the Administrator to have a similar means of propulsion, the same manufacturer, and
no significantly different handling or
flight characteristics.
(c) The instrument proficiency check
required by Section 125.291 may be substituted
for the competency check required by
this section for the type of airplane
used in the check.
(d) For the purposes of this part,
competent performance of a procedure
or maneuver by a person to be used as
a pilot requires that the pilot be the
obvious master of the airplane with the
successful outcome of the maneuver
never in doubt.
(e) The Administrator or authorized
check airman certifies the competency
of each pilot who passes the knowledge
or flight check in the certificate holder-s pilot records.
(f) Portions of a required competency
check may be given in an airplane simulator or other appropriate training device, if approved by the Administrator.
(g) If the certificate holder is authorized to conduct EFVS operations, the
competency check in paragraph (b) of
this section must include tasks appropriate to the EFVS operations the certificate holder is authorized to conduct.
[45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as amended by
Amdt. 125-18, 58 FR 69629, Dec. 30, 1993; Docket FAA-2013-0485, Amdt. 125-66, 81 FR 90176,
Dec. 13, 2016]

Section 125.289 Initial and recurrent flight
attendant crewmember testing requirements.
No certificate holder may use any
person, nor may any person serve, as a
flight attendant crewmember, unless,
since the beginning of the 12th calendar month before that service, the
certificate holder has determined by
appropriate initial and recurrent testing that the person is knowledgeable

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