G/TBT/N/USA/1099  
 
11 April 2016  
(16-2011)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Federal Aviation Admini stration (FAA) [1117] 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point 
Email: usatbtep@nist.gov   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: X 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Flight simulation 
training devices. On-board equipment and instruments (ICS: 49.090) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Flight Simulation 
Training Device Qualification Standards for Extended Envelope and Adverse Weather Event 
Training Tasks (212 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The FAA has determined this rule is necessary to amend the 
Qualification Performance Standards for flight simulation training devices (FSTDs) for the 
primary purpose of improving existing technical standards and introducing new technical standards for full stall and stick pusher maneuvers, upset recognition and recovery 
maneuvers, maneuvers conducted in airbor ne icing conditions, takeoff and landing 
maneuvers in gusting crosswinds, and bounced  landing recovery maneuvers. These new 
and improved technical standards are intended to fully define FSTD fidelity requirements 
for conducting new flight training tasks in troduced through recent changes to the air 
carrier training requirements, as well as to address various National Transportation Safety 
Board (NTSB) and Aviation Rulemaking Committee recommendations. This final rule also updates the FSTD technical standards to better  align with the current international FSTD 
evaluation guidance and introduces a new FSTD level that expands the number of qualified 
flight training tasks in a fixed-base flight training device. These changes will ensure that the training and testing environment is accurate and realistic, will codify existing practice, 
and will provide greater harmonization with international guidance for simulation. The 
amendments will not apply to previously qual ified FSTDs with the exception of the FSTD 
Directive, which codifies the new FSTD technical standards for specific training tasks.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/USA/1099 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 81 Federal Register (FR) 18178, 30 March 2016; Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 50. 
 Flight Simulation Training Device Qualification Standards for Extended Envelope and 
Adverse Weather Event Training Tasks, 10 July 2014:  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2014-07-10/html/2014-15432.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2014-07-10/pd f/2014-15432.pdf  
 Flight Simulation Training Device Qualification Standards for Extended Envelope and 
Adverse Weather Event Training Task s; Extension of Comment Period, 16 
September 2014: 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2014-09-16/html/2014-21938.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2014-09-16/pd f/2014-21938.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 31 May 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 31 May 2016   
10. Final date for comments: None 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2016-03-30/htm l/2016-05860.htm   
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-03-30/pdf/2016-05860.pdf