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§ 135.339 

(3) Has satisfactorily completed the 

proficiency or competency checks that 
are required to serve as a pilot in com-
mand in operations under this part; 

(4) Has satisfactorily completed the 

applicable training requirements of 
§ 135.340; 

(5) Holds at least a Class III medical 

certificate; and 

(6) Has satisfied the recency of expe-

rience requirements of § 135.247. 

(c) No certificate holder may use a 

person, nor may any person serve as a 
flight instructor (simulator) in a train-
ing program established under this sub-
part, unless, with respect to the type, 
class, or category aircraft involved, 
that person meets the provisions of 
paragraph (b) of this section, or— 

(1) Holds the airman certificates and 

ratings, except medical certificate, re-
quired to serve as a pilot in command 
in operations under this part except be-
fore March 19, 1997 that person need not 
hold a type rating for the type, class, 
or category of aircraft involved. 

(2) Has satisfactorily completed the 

appropriate training phases for the air-
craft, including recurrent training, 
that are required to serve as a pilot in 
command in operations under this 
part; 

(3) Has satisfactorily completed the 

appropriate proficiency or competency 
checks that are required to serve as a 
pilot in command in operations under 
this part; and 

(4) Has satisfactorily completed the 

applicable training requirements of 
§ 135.340. 

(d) Completion of the requirements 

in paragraphs (b) (2), (3), and (4) or (c) 
(2), (3), and (4) of this section, as appli-
cable, shall be entered in the individ-
ual’s training record maintained by the 
certificate holder. 

(e) An airman who does not hold a 

medical certificate may function as a 
flight instructor in an aircraft if func-
tioning as a non-required crewmember, 
but may not serve as a flightcrew 
member in operations under this part. 

(f) A flight instructor (simulator) 

must accomplish the following— 

(1) Fly at least two flight segments 

as a required crewmember for the type, 
class, or category aircraft involved 
within the 12-month period preceding 

the performance of any flight instruc-
tor duty in a flight simulator; or 

(2) Satisfactorily complete an ap-

proved line-observation program with-
in the period prescribed by that pro-
gram preceding the performance of any 
flight instructor duty in a flight simu-
lator. 

(g) The flight segments or line-obser-

vation program required in paragraph 
(f) of this section are considered com-
pleted in the month required if com-
pleted in the calendar month before, or 
in the calendar month after, the month 
in which they are due. 

[Doc. No. 28471, 61 FR 30744, June 17, 1996; 62 
FR 3739, Jan. 24, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 
135–125, 76 FR 35104, June 16, 2011] 

§ 135.339

Initial and transition train-

ing and checking: Check airmen 
(aircraft), check airmen (simulator). 

(a) No certificate holder may use a 

person nor may any person serve as a 
check airman unless— 

(1) That person has satisfactorily 

completed initial or transition check 
airman training; and 

(2) Within the preceding 24 calendar 

months, that person satisfactorily con-
ducts a proficiency or competency 
check under the observation of an FAA 
inspector or an aircrew designated ex-
aminer employed by the operator. The 
observation check may be accom-
plished in part or in full in an aircraft, 
in a flight simulator, or in a flight 
training device. This paragraph applies 
after March 19, 1997. 

(b) The observation check required 

by paragraph (a)(2) of this section is 
considered to have been completed in 
the month required if completed in the 
calendar month before or the calendar 
month after the month in which it is 
due. 

(c) The initial ground training for 

check airmen must include the fol-
lowing: 

(1) Check airman duties, functions, 

and responsibilities. 

(2) The applicable Code of Federal 

Regulations and the certificate hold-
er’s policies and procedures. 

(3) The applicable methods, proce-

dures, and techniques for conducting 
the required checks. 

(4) Proper evaluation of student per-

formance including the detection of— 

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