Section 135.331

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

procedures used by the certificate holder in a voluntary CRM program included in a training program required
by Section 135.341, Section 135.345, or Section 135.349.
[Doc. No. FAA-2009-0023, 76 FR 3837, Jan. 21,
2011]

Section 135.331 Crewmember
training.

emergency

(a) Each training program must provide emergency training under this section for each aircraft type, model, and
configuration, each crewmember, and
each kind of operation conducted, as
appropriate for each crewmember and
the certificate holder.
(b) Emergency training must provide
the following:
(1) Instruction in emergency assignments and procedures, including coordination among crewmembers.
(2) Individual instruction in the location, function, and operation of emergency equipment including - 
(i) Equipment used in ditching and
evacuation;
(ii) First aid equipment and its proper use; and
(iii) Portable fire extinguishers, with
emphasis on the type of extinguisher to
be used on different classes of fires.
(3) Instruction in the handling of
emergency situations including - 
(i) Rapid decompression;
(ii) Fire in flight or on the surface
and smoke control procedures with emphasis on electrical equipment and related circuit breakers found in cabin
areas;
(iii) Ditching and evacuation;
(iv) Illness, injury, or other abnormal
situations involving passengers or
crewmembers; and
(v) Hijacking and other unusual situations.
(4) Review of the certificate holder-s
previous aircraft accidents and incidents involving actual emergency situations.
(c) Each crewmember must perform
at least the following emergency drills,
using the proper emergency equipment
and procedures, unless the Administrator finds that, for a particular drill,
the crewmember can be adequately
trained by demonstration:
(1) Ditching, if applicable.
(2) Emergency evacuation.

(3) Fire extinguishing and smoke control.
(4) Operation and use of emergency
exits, including deployment and use of
evacuation chutes, if applicable.
(5) Use of crew and passenger oxygen.
(6) Removal of life rafts from the aircraft, inflation of the life rafts, use of
life lines, and boarding of passengers
and crew, if applicable.
(7) Donning and inflation of life vests
and the use of other individual flotation devices, if applicable.
(d) Crewmembers who serve in operations above 25,000 feet must receive
instruction in the following:
(1) Respiration.
(2) Hypoxia.
(3) Duration of consciousness without
supplemental oxygen at altitude.
(4) Gas expansion.
(5) Gas bubble formation.
(6) Physical phenomena and incidents
of decompression.
Section 135.335 Approval of aircraft simulators and other training devices.
(a) Training courses using aircraft
simulators and other training devices
may be included in the certificate holder-s training program if approved by
the Administrator.
(b) Each aircraft simulator and other
training device that is used in a training course or in checks required under
this subpart must meet the following
requirements:
(1) It must be specifically approved
for - 
(i) The certificate holder; and
(ii) The particular maneuver, procedure, or crewmember function involved.
(2) It must maintain the performance, functional, and other characteristics that are required for approval.
(3) Additionally, for aircraft simulators, it must be - 
(i) Approved for the type aircraft
and, if applicable, the particular variation within type for which the training or check is being conducted; and
(ii) Modified to conform with any
modification to the aircraft being simulated that changes the performance,
functional, or other characteristics required for approval.

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