§ 121.411 - Qualifications: Check pilots and check flight engineers.

§ 121.411 Qualifications: Check airmen (airplane) pilots and check airmen (simulator).

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 51425, June 18, 2024.

flight engineers.

(a) For the purposes of this section and § 121.413part:

(1) A check airman pilot (airplane) or check flight engineer (airplane) is a person who is qualified, and permitted, to conduct flight checks or instruction in an airplane , in an FFS, or in a flight training device for a particular type airplane.

(2) A check airman pilot (simulator) FSTD) or check flight engineer (FSTD) is a person who is qualified to conduct flight checks or instruction, but -only in an FFS or in a flight training device FSTD for a particular type airplane.

(3) Check airmen (airplane) pilots and check airmen (simulator) flight engineers are those check airmen persons who perform the functions described in § 121.401(a)(4).

(b) No certificate holder may use a person, nor may any person serve as a check airman (airplane) in a training program established under this subpart unless, with respect to the airplane type involved, that person—

(1) Holds the airman certificates and ratings required to serve as a

pilot

in command

or check flight engineer

, as applicable,

in

operations under this part;(2) Has satisfactorily completed the appropriate training phases for the airplane, including recurrent training, that are required to serve as

a

pilot in command or flight engineer, as applicable, in operations under this part;

(3) Has satisfactorily completed the appropriate proficiency or flight checks that are required to serve as a pilot in command or flight engineer, as applicable, in operations under this part;

(4) Has satisfactorily completed the applicable

training

requirements of § 121.413 including inflight training and practice for initial and transition training;

(5) Holds at least a Class III medical certificate unless serving as a required crewmember, in which case holds a Class I or Class II medical certificate as appropriate;

(6) Has satisfied the recency of experience requirements of § 121.439 of this part, as applicable; and

(7) Has been approved by the Administrator for the check airman duties involved.

(c) No certificate holder may use a person nor may any person serve as a check airman (simulator) in a training

program established under this subpart unless, with respect to the airplane type involved, that

person meets the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section, or—(

person—

(1) Holds the

airman

pilot certificates and ratings

, except medical certificate,

required to serve as a pilot in command or a flight engineer certificate, as applicable, in operations under this part;

(2) Has satisfactorily completed the appropriate training phases for the airplane, including recurrent training, that are required to serve as a pilot in command or flight engineer, as applicable, in operations under this part;

(3) Has satisfactorily completed the appropriate proficiency or flight checks that are required to serve as a pilot in command or flight engineer, as applicable, in operations under this part;

(4) Has satisfactorily completed the applicable training requirements of § 121.413; and

(5) Has been approved by the Administrator for the check

airman (simulator)

pilot or check flight engineer duties involved.

(

d

c) Completion of the requirements in paragraphs (b)(2), (3), and (4)

or (c) (2), (3), and (4)

of this section, as applicable, shall be entered in the individual's training record maintained by the certificate holder.

(

e) Check airmen who have reached their 65th birthday or who do not hold an appropriate medical certificate may function as check airmen, but may not serve as pilot flightcrew members in operations under this part.(f) A check airman (simulator

d) A check pilot (FSTD) and check flight engineer (FSTD) must accomplish the following—

(1) Fly at least two flight segments as a required crewmember for the type airplane involved within the 12-month period preceding the performance of any check

airman

pilot or check flight engineer duty in an

FFS

FSTD; or

(2) Satisfactorily complete an approved line-observation program within the period prescribed by that program and that must precede the performance of any check

airman

pilot or check flight engineer duty in an

FFS

FSTD.

(

g

e) The flight segments or line-observation program required in paragraph (

f

d) of this section are considered to be completed in the month required if completed in the calendar month before or in the calendar month after the month in which it is due.

[Doc. No. 28471, 61 FR 30741, June 17, 1996, as amended by Amdt. 121-344, 74 FR 34235, July 15, 2009; Amdt. 121-366, 78 FR 67837, Nov. 12, 2013; Amdt. 121-382, 85 FR 10922, Feb. 25, 2020

(f) A person who serves as a required flightcrew member while performing check pilot or check flight engineer duties must also meet the requirements of this chapter for the duty position in which they are serving.

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0360; Amdt. No. 121-392, 89 FR 51425, June 18, 2024]