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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 135.619 

(4) Participate in the preflight risk 

analysis required under § 135.617 to in-
clude the following: 

(i) Ensure the pilot has completed all 

required items on the preflight risk 
analysis worksheet; 

(ii) Confirm and verify all entries on 

the preflight risk analysis worksheet; 

(iii) Assist the pilot in mitigating 

any identified risk prior to takeoff; and 

(iv) Acknowledge in writing, speci-

fying the date and time, that the pre-
flight risk analysis worksheet has been 
accurately completed and that, accord-
ing to their professional judgment, the 
flight can be conducted safely. 

(b) 

Operations control center staffing. 

Each certificate holder conducting hel-
icopter air ambulance operations must 
provide enough operations control spe-
cialists at each operations control cen-
ter to ensure the certificate holder 
maintains operational control of each 
flight. 

(c) 

Documentation of duties and respon-

sibilities. 

Each certificate holder must 

describe in its operations manual the 
duties and responsibilities of oper-
ations control specialists, including 
preflight risk mitigation strategies and 
control measures, shift change check-
list, and training and testing proce-
dures to hold the position, including 
procedures for retesting. 

(d) 

Training requirements. 

No certifi-

cate holder may use, nor may any per-
son perform the duties of, an oper-
ations control specialist unless the op-
erations control specialist has satisfac-
torily completed the training require-
ments of this paragraph. 

(1) 

Initial training. 

Before performing 

the duties of an operations control spe-
cialist, each person must satisfactorily 
complete the certificate holder’s FAA- 
approved operations control specialist 
initial training program and pass an 
FAA-approved knowledge and practical 
test given by the certificate holder. 
Initial training must include a min-
imum of 80 hours of training on the 
topics listed in paragraph (f) of this 
section. A certificate holder may re-
duce the number of hours of initial 
training to a minimum of 40 hours for 
persons who have obtained, at the time 
of beginning initial training, a total of 
at least 2 years of experience during 

the last 5 years in any one or in any 
combination of the following areas— 

(i) In military aircraft operations as 

a pilot, flight navigator, or meteorolo-
gist; 

(ii) In air carrier operations as a 

pilot, flight engineer, certified aircraft 
dispatcher, or meteorologist; or 

(iii) In aircraft operations as an air 

traffic controller or a flight service 
specialist. 

(2) 

Recurrent training. 

Every 12 

months after satisfactory completion 
of the initial training, each operations 
control specialist must complete a 
minimum of 40 hours of recurrent 
training on the topics listed in para-
graph (f) of this section and pass an 
FAA-approved knowledge and practical 
test given by the certificate holder on 
those topics. 

(e) 

Training records. 

The certificate 

holder must maintain a training record 
for each operations control specialist 
employed by the certificate holder for 
the duration of that individual’s em-
ployment and for 90 days thereafter. 
The training record must include a 
chronological log for each training 
course, including the number of train-
ing hours and the examination dates 
and results. 

(f) 

Training topics. 

Each certificate 

holder must have an FAA-approved op-
erations control specialist training 
program that covers at least the fol-
lowing topics— 

(1) Aviation weather, including: 
(i) General meteorology; 
(ii) Prevailing weather; 
(iii) Adverse and deteriorating weath-

er; 

(iv) Windshear; 
(v) Icing conditions; 
(vi) Use of aviation weather products; 
(vii) Available sources of informa-

tion; and 

(viii) Weather minimums; 
(2) Navigation, including: 
(i) Navigation aids; 
(ii) Instrument approach procedures; 
(iii) Navigational publications; and 
(iv) Navigation techniques; 
(3) Flight monitoring, including: 
(i) Available flight-monitoring proce-

dures; and 

(ii) Alternate flight-monitoring pro-

cedures; 

(4) Air traffic control, including: 

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