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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 135.299 

the instrument proficiency check re-
quired under paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion. 

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as 
amended by Amdt. 135–15, 46 FR 30971, June 
11, 1981; Amdt. 135–129, 79 FR 9975, Feb. 21, 
2014] 

§ 135.299

Pilot in command: Line 

checks: Routes and airports. 

(a) No certificate holder may use a 

pilot, nor may any person serve, as a 
pilot in command of a flight unless, 
since the beginning of the 12th cal-
endar month before that service, that 
pilot has passed a flight check in one of 
the types of aircraft which that pilot is 
to fly. The flight check shall— 

(1) Be given by an approved check 

pilot or by the Administrator; 

(2) Consist of at least one flight over 

one route segment; and 

(3) Include takeoffs and landings at 

one or more representative airports. In 
addition to the requirements of this 
paragraph, for a pilot authorized to 
conduct IFR operations, at least one 
flight shall be flown over a civil air-
way, an approved off-airway route, or a 
portion of either of them. 

(b) The pilot who conducts the check 

shall determine whether the pilot being 
checked satisfactorily performs the du-
ties and responsibilities of a pilot in 
command in operations under this 
part, and shall so certify in the pilot 
training record. 

(c) Each certificate holder shall es-

tablish in the manual required by 
§ 135.21 a procedure which will ensure 
that each pilot who has not flown over 
a route and into an airport within the 
preceding 90 days will, before beginning 
the flight, become familiar with all 
available information required for the 
safe operation of that flight. 

§ 135.301

Crewmember: Tests and 

checks, grace provisions, training 
to accepted standards. 

(a) If a crewmember who is required 

to take a test or a flight check under 
this part, completes the test or flight 
check in the calendar month before or 
after the calendar month in which it is 
required, that crewmember is consid-
ered to have completed the test or 
check in the calendar month in which 
it is required. 

(b) If a pilot being checked under this 

subpart fails any of the required ma-
neuvers, the person giving the check 
may give additional training to the 
pilot during the course of the check. In 
addition to repeating the maneuvers 
failed, the person giving the check may 
require the pilot being checked to re-
peat any other maneuvers that are nec-
essary to determine the pilot’s pro-
ficiency. If the pilot being checked is 
unable to demonstrate satisfactory 
performance to the person conducting 
the check, the certificate holder may 
not use the pilot, nor may the pilot 
serve, as a flight crewmember in oper-
ations under this part until the pilot 
has satisfactorily completed the check. 

Subpart H—Training 

§ 135.321

Applicability and terms used. 

(a) Except as provided in § 135.3, this 

subpart prescribes the requirements 
applicable to— 

(1) A certificate holder under this 

part which contracts with, or other-
wise arranges to use the services of a 
training center certificated under part 
142 to perform training, testing, and 
checking functions; 

(2) Each certificate holder for estab-

lishing and maintaining an approved 
training program for crewmembers, 
check airmen and instructors, and 
other operations personnel employed or 
used by that certificate holder; and 

(3) Each certificate holder for the 

qualification, approval, and use of air-
craft simulators and flight training de-
vices in the conduct of the program. 

(b) For the purposes of this subpart, 

the following terms and definitions 
apply: 

(1) 

Initial training. 

The training re-

quired for crewmembers who have not 
qualified and served in the same capac-
ity on an aircraft. 

(2) 

Transition training. 

The training 

required for crewmembers who have 
qualified and served in the same capac-
ity on another aircraft. 

(3) 

Upgrade training. 

The training re-

quired for crewmembers who have 
qualified and served as second in com-
mand on a particular aircraft type, be-
fore they serve as pilot in command on 
that aircraft. 

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