Appendix H to Part 121 - Advanced Simulation
14:3.0.1.1.7.32.3.1.14 : Appendix H
Appendix H to Part 121 - Advanced Simulation
This appendix prescribes criteria for use of Level B or higher
FFSs to satisfy the inflight requirements of Appendices E and F of
this part and the requirements of § 121.439. The criteria in this
appendix are in addition to the FFS approval requirements in §
121.407. Each FFS used under this appendix must be approved as a
Level B, C, or D FFS, as appropriate.
Advanced Simulation Training Program
For a certificate holder to conduct Level C or D training under
this appendix all required FFS instruction and checks must be
conducted under an advanced simulation training program approved by
the Administrator for the certificate holder. This program must
also ensure that all instructors and check airmen used in Appendix
H training and checking are highly qualified to provide the
training required in the training program. The advanced simulation
training program must include the following:
1. The certificate holder's initial, transition, conversion,
upgrade, and recurrent FFS training programs and its procedures for
re-establishing recency of experience in the FFS.
2. How the training program will integrate Level B, C, and D
FFSs with other FSTDs to maximize the total training, checking, and
certification functions.
3. Documentation that each instructor and check airman has
served for at least 1 year in that capacity in a certificate
holder's approved program or has served for at least 1 year as a
pilot in command or second in command in an airplane of the group
in which that pilot is instructing or checking.
4. A procedure to ensure that each instructor and check airman
actively participates in either an approved regularly scheduled
line flying program as a flightcrew member or an approved line
observation program in the same airplane type for which that person
is instructing or checking.
5. A procedure to ensure that each instructor and check airman
is given a minimum of 4 hours of training each year to become
familiar with the certificate holder's advanced simulation training
program, or changes to it, and to emphasize their respective roles
in the program. Training for instructors and check airmen must
include training policies and procedures, instruction methods and
techniques, operation of FFS controls (including environmental and
trouble panels), limitations of the FFS, and minimum equipment
required for each course of training.
6. A special Line-Oriented Flight Training (LOFT) program to
facilitate the transition from the FFS to line flying. This LOFT
program must consist of at least a 4-hour course of training for
each flightcrew. It also must contain at least two representative
flight segments of the certificate holder's operations. One of the
flight segments must contain strictly normal operating procedures
from push back at one airport to arrival at another. Another flight
segment must contain training in appropriate abnormal and emergency
flight operations. After March 12, 2019, the LOFT must provide an
opportunity for the pilot to demonstrate workload management and
pilot monitoring skills.
FFS Training, Checking and Qualification Permitted 1. Level B FFS
a. Recent experience (§ 121.439).
b. Training in night takeoffs and landings (Appendix E of this
part).
c. Except for EFVS operations, landings in a proficiency check
(Appendix F of this part).
2. Level C and D FFS
a. Recent experience (§ 121.439).
b. All pilot flight training and checking required by this part
except the following:
i. The operating experience, operating cycles, and consolidation
of knowledge and skills requirements of § 121.434;
ii. The line check required by § 121.440; and
iii. The visual inspection of the exterior and interior of the
airplane required by appendices E and F.
c. The practical test requirements of § 61.153(h) of this
chapter, except the visual inspection of the exterior and interior
of the airplane.
[Amdt. 121-382, 85 FR 10934, Feb. 25, 2020]