Distribution: Electronic Only Initiated By: AFS-200 

U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Federal Aviation 

Administration 

DRAFT 

Advisory 

Circular 

Subject: Aircraft Dispatcher Training and 

Qualification Standards Guidance for 

Appendix T (proposed 14 CFR 

part 121 subpart CC) 

Date: DRAFT 

Initiated by: AFS-200 

AC No: 120-ADTQ 

Change: 

1. PURPOSE. The FAA is seeking comment on this draft advisory circular (AC) which 

provides information and guidance on the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, 

Qualification, Service, and Use of Crewmembers and Aircraft Dispatchers, published for 

comment on May 20, 2011.. This AC provides information and practices regarding aircraft 

dispatcher training under proposed Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 

part 121 subpart CC (proposed). It is intended to be used as a resource during the development, 

implementation, and revision of an air carrier’s aircraft dispatcher training programs. 

Comments to this draft AC may be submitted to the docket for the corresponding rulemaking, 

docket FAA-2008-0677, at www.regulations.gov before the comment period closes. 

2. RELATED 14 CFR REGULATIONS.

• 14 CFR Part 1, Definitions and Abbreviations. 

• 14 CFR Part 65, Certification: Airmen Other than Flight Crewmembers. 

• 14 CFR Part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules.

• 14 CFR Part 119, Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators. 

• 14 CFR 120, Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs 

• 14 CFR Part 121, Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental 

Operations. 

• 14 CFR Part 121 Subpart CC. 

• 14 CFR Part 139, Certification of Airports. 

• 14 CFR Part 183, Representatives of the Administrator. 
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3. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS. The definitions relevant to this Qualification 

Performance Standard (QPS) appear in part 121 §121.1405. Acronyms are as follows: 

• ACARS Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System

• ADPM Aircraft Dispatcher Procedures Manual 

• AFD Airport Facility Directory 

• AFM Airplane Flight Manual 

• AIM Aeronautical Information Manual 

• AIRMET Airman Meteorological Report 

• ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center 

• ASD Aircraft Situation Display 

• ATC Air Traffic Control 

• ATIS Automated Terminal Information System 

• CEP Central East Pacific 

• CRM Crew Resource Management 

• DPD Dispatch Program Designee 

• DRM Dispatch Resource Management 

• EFIS Electronic Flight Indicating Systems 

• EGPWS Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System 

• ETOPS Extended Operations 

• ETP Equal Time Point 

• EWINS Enhanced Weather Information System 

• FCOM Flight Crew Operating Manual 

• FDC Flight Data Center 

• FMS Flight Management System 

• FSS Flight Service Station 
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• GOM General Operating Manual 

• GPS Global Positioning System 

• GPWS Ground Proximity Warning System 

• HF High Frequency 

• IAP Initial Approach Point 

• ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization 

• INS Inertial Navigation System 

• IOS Instructor’s Operating Station 

• LOFT Line Oriented Flight Training 

• MEL Minimum Equipment List 

• METAR Meteorological Aviation Routine Weather Report 

• MNPS Minimum Navigation Performance Specification 

• NATS North Atlantic Track System 

• NDB Non-directional Radio Beacon 

• NOPAC North Pacific 

• PACOTS Pacific Organized Track System 

• PIC Pilot in Command 

• PRM Precision Radar Monitor 

• RNAV Area Navigation 

• RNP Required Navigation Performance 

• RVR Runway Visual Range 

• RVSM Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum 

• SID Standard Instrument Departure 

• SIGMET Significant Meteorological Report 
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• SFAR Supplemental Federal Aviation Regulation 

• STAR Standard Terminal Arrival Route 

• TAF Terminal Aerodrome Forecast 

4. FOCUS. This AC provides information and suggested practices regarding the qualification, 

service, and use of aircraft dispatchers. The information contained in this AC regarding 

compliance with the proposed part 121 training requirements for aircraft dispatchers is advisory 

and provides certificate holders with knowledge and guidance that may be used in complying 

with the part 121 aircraft dispatcher requirements contained in part 121, subpart CC. This AC 

applies only to the training and evaluation of aircraft dispatchers with respect to the requirements 

set out in the referenced regulatory part.

5. RELATED READING MATERIAL (current editions). This AC supplements and 

contains information previously published in the documents listed below. 

a. Advisory Circulars. 

• AC 00-6, Aviation Weather for Pilots and Flight Operations Personnel. 

• AC 00-45, Aviation Weather Services. 

• AC 25.1581-1, Airplane Flight Manual. 

• AC 60-22, Aeronautical Decision Making. 

• AC 60-28, English Language Skill Standards Required by 14 CFR parts 61, 63 

and 65. 

• AC 61-84, Role of Preflight Preparation. 

• AC 120-28, Criteria for Approval of Category III Weather Minima for Takeoff, 

Landing and Rollout. 

• AC 120-29, Criteria for Approving Category I and Category II Weather Minima for 

Approach. 

• AC 120-42, Extended Operations (ETOPS and Polar Operations). 

• AC 120-55, Air Carrier Operational Approval and use of TCAS II. 

• AC 120-59, Air Carrier Internal Evaluation Programs. 

• AC 120-71, Standard Operating Procedures for Flight Deck Crewmembers. 

• AC 120-88, Preventing Injuries Caused by Turbulence. 
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• 120-100, Basics of Aviation Fatigue. 

• AC 120-101, Air Carrier Operational Control. 

• 120-103, Fatigue Risk Management Systems for Aviation Safety. 

• AC 121-32, Dispatch Resource Management Training. 
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Orders/Other Documents. 

• FAA Order 8040.4, Safety Risk Management. 

• FAA Order 8900.1, Flight Standards Information Management System (FSIMS) 

• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) 830, Notification and Reporting of 

Aircraft Accidents or Incidents and Overdue Aircraft, and Preservation of Aircraft 

Wreckage, Mail, Cargo, and Records. 

• Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM). 

• FAA-H-8083-15A, Instrument Flying Handbook. 

• International Flight Information Manual (IFIM). 

• En route Low and High Altitude Charts (at 

http://aeronav.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=aeronav/products/ifr/iindex). 

• Profile Descent Charts. 

• Standard Instrument Departure (SID). 

• Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STAR) and Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) 

Charts. (on the digital Terminal Procedures Publication (d-TPP) application at 

http://avn.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=aeronav/applications). 

• Digital Airport Facility Directory (d-AFD)(at 

http://avn.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=aeronav/applications). 

• National Flight Data Center (FDC) Notices to Airmen (NOTAM). 

• Integrated Measurement of Crew Resource Management and Technical Flying Skills, 

Department of Transportation (DOT)/Federal Aviation Administration/Research and 

Development (RD) DOT/FAA/RD-93/26 (available from the National Transportation 

Library Web site at http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/33000/33500/33527/33527.pdf). 

• ICAO Annexes: 

o Annex 2- Rules of the Air

o Annex 3 – Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation 

o Annex 4 – Aeronautical Charts 

o Annex 6 – Operation of Aircraft 

o Annex 14 – Aerodromes – Volume 1 – Aerodrome Design and Operation 
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o Annex 15 – Aeronautical Information Services 

b. Other Related CFRs. 

• 49 CFR parts 1540 through 1562, Transportation Security Regulations (TSR). 

• 49 CFR part 175, Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), Carriage by Aircraft. 

6. AUDIENCE. This AC may be valuable to the following:

• Air carriers operating under 14 CFR part 121;

• FAA personnel and divisions (such as aviation safety inspectors (ASI) with 

responsibilities for oversight of air carriers);

• Others involved in the development of aircraft dispatcher standard operating procedures 

(SOP) and training programs;

• Aircraft dispatchers and others involved in flight operations under part 121; and

• Aircraft dispatchers and others required to train under part 121 requirements.

7. BACKGROUND. This AC is part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) ongoing 

commitment to educate and inform aircraft operators and aircraft dispatchers regarding the 

aircraft dispatcher training, qualification and certification proposed requirements in 14 CFR 

part 121 subpart CC. It provides guidance and information regarding requirements for traditional 

air carrier training programs to ensure that safety-critical training is included and to make a 

significant contribution to the FAA’s accident reduction goal. While these guidelines are not 

mandatory, they are derived from extensive FAA and industry experience in determining 

compliance with the pertinent CFR. Mandatory terms used in this AC such as “shall,” “must,” or 

“will” are used only in the sense of ensuring applicability of this particular method of 

compliance when the acceptable method of compliance described herein is used. Applicable 

regulations must also be referenced to assure compliance with their provisions. This AC does not 

change regulatory requirements or create additional ones, and does not authorize changes in, or 

deviations from, regulatory requirements. The provisions of the CFR are controlling. This 

document does not interpret the regulations. Interpretations are issued only under established 

agency procedures. This AC applies only to the training and evaluation of aircraft dispatchers 

with respect to the requirements set out in the referenced regulatory part. 

8. DISCUSSION. The FAA has added four (proposed) appendices to 14 CFR part 121: 

Appendix Q to Part 121-Pilots; Appendix R to Part 121-Flight Engineers; Appendix S to 

Part 121-Flight Attendants; and Appendix T to Part 121-Aircraft Dispatchers. Appendix T 

contains minimum training and evaluation standards for aircraft dispatcher training to become 

certificated and/or qualified, under proposed subpart CC. Appendix T requirements, if adopted, 

would be regulatory and mandatory and in addition to the requirements in part 121, subpart CC. 

The information contained in this AC regarding compliance with proposed part 121 training 

requirements for aircraft dispatchers is advisory and provides certificate holders with knowledge 

and guidance that may be used in complying with the part 121 aircraft dispatcher requirements 

contained in part 121, subpart CC. The reader should not rely solely on this document or 
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Appendix T, subpart CC, for regulatory requirements in these areas. The reader must also use 

14 CFR part 65, part 91, part 121 and part 183. It should be noted that additional training not 

covered in subpart CC, such as deicing/anti-icing (see §121.629) or hazardous materials (hazmat) 

training (see §121.1001) cannot be included in the minimum curriculum program hours for initial 

or recurrent training. 

9. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. 

a. Contact Information. You may direct questions about this AC or the contents of 

Appendix T to: 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Flight Standards Service, Air Transportation Division, AFS-220 

Leo Hollis 

800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591 

Telephone: (202) 267-8166 

Fax: (202) 267-5229. 

Email: Leo.D.Hollis@faa.gov 

b. Web site. You may also find more information on the Flight Standards Web site at: 

http://www.faa.gov. On this Web site, you will find links to Flight Standards programs, 

ASI handbooks and documents, the current aviation regulations of 14 CFR, Advisory Circulars, 

and other FAA information. 

10. PURPOSE OF APPENDIX T FOR AIRCRAFT DISPATCHERS. 

a. Establishing Performance Standards. Appendix T provides an objective means of 

establishing performance-based standards for aircraft dispatcher training and qualification. 

b. Providing Update Capability. Appendix T provides routine and periodic update 

capability. This capability is needed to respond to accidents, incidents, or rapidly occurring 

changes to equipment and operations. All changes made to this appendix will be subject to public 

notice and comment, unless good cause exists to support a finding that notice and comment 

would be impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. 

c. Providing Development Standards for Certificate Holder Use. Appendix T provides 

certificate holders with a minimum set of standards for developing the following for aircraft 

dispatchers: 

• Training programs; 

• Certification standards for combined certification and initial programs (optional) 

• Performance standards; and 

• Evaluation criteria. 
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11. SUMMARY OF STANDARDS WITHIN APPENDIX T FOR AIRCRAFT

DISPATCHERS. Appendix T contains four attachments that outline, by category, the standards 

for aircraft dispatcher training. See Appendix 1 for a summary of each.

a. Attachment 1. General knowledge and skills training and evaluation requirements. 

b. Attachment 2. Basic aircraft and specific aircraft type training and evaluation 

requirements. 

c. Attachment 3. Generic training requirements for certification. With this attachment, 

certificate holders would have the option to provide additional training subjects, which when 

combined with attachments 1 and 2, would lead to the issuance of an aircraft dispatcher 

certificate. 

d. Attachment 4. Requirements and performance standards for proficiency tests and 

checks.

12. CONTINUOUS ANALYSIS PROCESS. The continuous analysis process is a certificate 

holder internal evaluation and improvement process. The continuous analysis process will enable 

the certificate holder to maintain and refine the training programby continually monitoring the 

effectiveness and efficiency of the process. Various assessment tools (testing, checking, 

inspection, documenting, evaluation, and analysis) will be used to validate the effectiveness of or 

the need to change a training program.

a. Continuous Analysis Process. This is incorporated into Appendix T through integration 

with the qualification and training program. The certificate holder is responsible for designating 

responsibility for the process. The certificate holder must ensure appropriate and adequate 

assessment tools (testing, checking, critique, inspection, observation, documenting, evaluation, 

and analysis) are utilized to enable the certificate holder to validate the effectiveness of the 

qualification and training program, or the need to change that program. 

b. Components of a Continuous Analysis Process. The certificate holder must describe 

the attributes of the continuous analysis process in the certificate holder’s FAA-approved 

training program. An example of the attributes of an effective continuous analysis process for a 

qualification and training program as approved by the Administrator are as follows: 

(1) Attributes of the continuous analysis process. 

(a) Identification of the responsible person (s). 

(b) Identification of person(s) authorized to change the process 

(c) Description of the process. 

(d) Controls for policy, procedure, training, and evaluation. 

(e) Documenting and measurement. 
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(f) Interfaces between departments for consistency (policy, procedures, and 

manuals) across departments and across divisions. 

(2) Assessment tools (adequate and appropriate). 

(a) Testing. 

(b) Checking. 

(c) Critique. 

(d) Inspection and observation. 

(e) Documenting. 

(f) Evaluation and analysis. 

1. Modification and adjustment of the qualification and training program. 

2. Approval for modification and adjustment. 

13. DISPATCH RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (DRM) TRAINING IN APPENDIX T. 

See §121.1433(b)(7). 

a. Incorporating DRM Training. DRM training is incorporated through the certificate 

holder’s aircraft dispatcher qualification and training program and the daily application of on the 

job skills. 

b. Requirements. DRM training and evaluation requirements for initial, combined 

certification and initial, recurrent, and requalification training categories are contained in 

attachments 1, 3, and 4. 

c. Daily Application of DRM for Job Skills. 

(1) The following are examples of how the daily application of DRM will assist in 

developing DRM skills: 

(a) Briefing during the change-over period between an aircraft dispatcher coming 

on duty, and the aircraft dispatcher going off duty. 

(b) Briefing of the flight crews. 

(c) The aircraft dispatcher’s ability to manage risk and mitigate potential problems. 

(d) Obtaining required operational information. 

(e) Performance feedback from operational control personnel on the aircraft 

dispatcher’s decision-making process. 
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(f) The aircraft dispatcher’s ability to handle abnormal situations and emergencies. 

(g) Interaction with fellow aircraft dispatchers. 

(h) Interaction with various departments within the airline. 

(2) Joint DRM Training: 

(a) Certificate holders are discovering the value of revising DRM training to reach 

varied employee groups and to combine those groups during training. The objective is to 

improve the effectiveness and safety of the entire operations team. 

(b) Aircraft dispatchers are required to observe flight deck operations as part of 

initial, combined certification and initial, recurrent, and requalification training. Some certificate

holders include familiarization visits to the aircraft dispatchers’ operational control center to 

provide the flightcrew members insight into the joint responsibility of the pilot in command 

(PIC) and the aircraft dispatcher. These familiarization visits have commonly been part of the 

special training offered to the first-time captains. The FAA encourages the use of aircraft 

dispatchers in Line Oriented Flight Training (LOFT). 

(c) The certificate holder should provide realistic training scenarios for aircraft 

dispatchers to improve their daily decision making process. 

(d) DRM refers to the effective use of all available resources, including human 

resources, hardware, and information. Human resources include all other groups routinely 

working with the airline operational control center (AOCC) (or PIC) who are involved in 

decisions that are required to operate a flight safely. DRM is not a single task. DRM is a set of 

competencies that must be evident in all tasks in this QPS. 

(e) DRM training is subject to the continuous analysis process required 

by §121.1441. 

(f) The DRM AC 121-32, current edition, discusses in greater detail how to 

integrate DRM into operational control and numerous departments within the certificate holder. 

14. APPLICATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING TO THE TRAINING 

REQUIREMENTS OF APPENDIX T. Distance learning means learning that can be 

accomplished via printed or electronic training materials that are completed in an environment 

other than a classroom and do not include direct interaction with an instructor. Distance learning 

affords a low-cost alternative to classroom ground training, an alternative that is timely and 

appropriate in today’s challenging economic environment. The updated guidance that follows 

should promote wider implementation of modern ground training methods apart from the 

traditional classroom. 

a. Applicability. This paragraph applies to aircraft dispatcher training programs subject to 

FAA approval under part 121. Credit for hours spent in distance learning activities applies to the 

programmed hours of ground training specified in part 121 regu 
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b. Credit for Hours of Distance Learning. Distance learning credit is appropriate only for 

academic training. The FAA may allow distance learning for subjects in each area of instruction 

unless otherwise indicated. Initially, distance learning will be limited to 50% of the academic 

training provided. However, based on the established effectiveness of a certificate holder's 

approved distance learning methods, the FAA may approve distance learning in excess of 50%. 

Areas of instruction where distance learning is not allowed are noted in Appendix T, 

attachments 1 and 2. Academic training developed in accordance with subpart CC, Appendix T, 

is subject to FAA approval. 

c. Training Media. The general nature and specific characteristics of training media used 

for distance learning vary widely. Examples include paper media, videotape, computer-based 

training (CBT), compact discs (CD), and Web-based training. The media used should meet the 

requirements of the respective training objective. Validation of training effectiveness is one of 

the most important components of the implementation plan described below. 

d. Implementation Plan. Any proposal for academic training to be accomplished by 

distance learning should include a plan for start-up, validation, operation, and maintenance of 

that training. This plan should include at least the following elements: 

(1) Start-up. 

(a) Identification of knowledge and cognitive training objectives. Training 

objectives can be reduced to simple terms such as being able: 

• To recall. 

• To recognize. 

• To comprehend. 

• To apply. 

(b) Identification of the media to be used for training and testing 

(2) A validation strategy that addresses: (1) the effectiveness of the academictraining 

itself, and (2) the learning accomplished by each person trained. Key features of a validation 

strategy are shown below. 

(a) Effectiveness of the ground training being conducted. 

1. Setting a reference. One validation method is to establish a performance 

baseline from which to measure the effectiveness of the academic training proposed. Baselines 

exist in most ongoing air carrier training programs. Examples of performance baselines include 

average academic training hours a trainee spends in learning a certain subject, average pass-fail 

rates for tests of academic training content, median scores, average pass-fail rates for proficiency 

checks, and many others. A performance baseline may be set by using an existing baseline or by 

referring to some other existing standard. 

2. Maintaining currency. Validation depends upon maintaining the currency of 

the academic training to be conducted. A reliable method to do so is an essential part of an 

academic training proposal. 
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3. Tracking. A method for keeping test results and tracking overall performance. 

(b) Learning accomplished by each person trained. 

1. A strategy for testing. Testing should be designed to determine that training 

objectives are being met by each trainee. 

2. Integrity of tests. A method should be developed to ensure integrity of tests, 

including integrity of test questions and test answers, and controlled access to tests and test 

results. 

3. Tracking. The plan should include a method for keeping test results and 

tracking each individual’s performance. 

(3) Validation. Validation of training is a determination that the training proposed 

actually succeeds in meeting the performance objectives for that training. Specific details 

regarding validation requirements are located in subpart CC, appendix T, attachment 4. 

(4) Interactivity. Training developers should provide for interactivity between trainees 

and instructors, and among the trainees themselves. In particular, a trainee should have ready 

access to an authorized academic instructor on weekdays during normal business hours to 

resolve questions encountered during distance learning and pertinent testing. When at a 

centralized training location, before any phase of training that incorporates practice, application, 

and demonstration, trainees should be convened in a proctored classroom setting with an 

instructor to resolve any remaining issues arising during distance learning. This interactivity is 

particularly beneficial in respect to standardization of trainees in initial new-hire and initial 

equipment curricula. 

15. TABLES AND FLOWCHART FOR AIRCRAFT DISPATCHER TRAINING 

REQUIREMENTS. 

a. Tables. The tables in paragraph c of Appendix T summarize aircraft dispatcher training 

requirements for certificate holders. Descriptions of the information in the tables and their use 

follow below. (See part 121 subpart CC, Appendix T for the tables.) 

(1) Table 1 shows the baseline programmed hours for aircraft dispatcher training 

programs. The Administrator considers the certificate holder’s training program, level of 

operational complexity, and aircraft dispatcher responsibilities when determining whether to 

increase the number of baseline programmed hours. 

(2) Table 2 shows the minimum program hours a certificate holder may submit to the 

administrator for a training program with reduced hours. The Administrator considers the 

certificate holder’s training program, level of operational complexity, and aircraft dispatcher 

responsibilities when determining whether to approve a reduction in programmed hours. 

(3) Table 3 shows the requalification training program and qualification requirements. 

The table shows three phases based on the number of months of lapsed currency. The certificate 

holder may requalify a previously qualified dispatcher for up to 24 months. In accordance with 
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§121.1419, the training and evaluation must be initiated and successfully completed prior to the 

end of the specific lapsed period. Initial training is required when an aircraft dispatcher has been 

out of currency for 24 months or more. 

(4) Table 4 shows the tasks in which each aircraft dispatcher must be trained and 

evaluated. In Table 4, an ‘‘X’’ means that the aircraft dispatcher must complete the task 

satisfactorily. An ‘‘N/A’’ means that the task is not applicable. 

(5) Table 5 shows the ‘‘Personnel Authorized To Administer Aircraft Dispatcher 

Training and Evaluation and To Conduct Observation Activities Under Subpart CC.’’ 

b. Flowchart. A flowchart is included below in Figure 1 to illustrate the curriculum path, 

evaluations, and timeline for initial and combined certification and initial training programs.
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FIGURE 1. FLOWCHART FOR INITIAL AND COMBINED CERTIFICATION AND 

INITIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS.

John M. Allen 

Director, Flight Standards Service

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APPENDIX 1. ATTACHMENTS IN APPENDIX T TO PART 121 

Attachment 1 of Appendix T to Part 121 

General Knowledge and Skills Requirements—Academic Training and Evaluation—for 

Initial, Combined Certification and Initial, Recurrent, and Requalification Curriculum 

Categories. 

1. The general knowledge and skills segment introduces the student to the certificate holder, its 

policies, and operations. This segment also includes other pertinent information that prepares the 

student for specific ground and skills training, including how to use the certificate holder’s 

operating manuals for exercising operational control. The general knowledge and skills segment 

also includes required subjects. In addition, some of the subjects have examples. These examples 

are for clarification only and are not all-inclusive. 

2. Rules, regulations, operations specifications (OpSpecs), procedures, environmental issues, 

cultural issues, and other factors influence the certificate holder’s operations in different parts of

the world. “Flag area of operation” means a specific geographical area that may require 

compliance with unique policies, procedures, regulations, and requirements. Because of these 

varying operational complexities, the required training is divided into 12 flag areas of operation. 

3. General Knowledge and Skills Segment for Recurrent and Requalification. This segment is 

designed to maintain the currency of each aircraft dispatcher. It ensures the necessary operational 

and procedural knowledge required for the dispatcher to effectively exercise operational control. 

The required curricula for recurrent training are outlined in attachment 1 and must be completed 

on an annual basis. 

Attachment 2 of Appendix T to Part 121 

Basic Aircraft and Specific Aircraft Type Training Requirements—Academic Training 

and Evaluation—for Initial, Combined Certification and Initial, Transition, Recurrent, 

Requalification, Differences, and Special Curriculum Categories 

1. The basic aircraft segment introduces the student to the base aircraft of the operator, 

including aircraft systems and performance. 

2. The specific aircraft segment is an overview of aircraft systems and performance that 

prepares the student for specific application and skills training, to include how to use the 

certificate holder’s aircraft manual or manuals for conducting operational control of the airline. 

3. The basic aircraft and specific aircraft segment includes required subjects. In addition, some 

of the required subjects have examples. These examples are for clarification only and are not 

all-inclusive. For certificate holders with more than one aircraft type, aircraft systems for each 

specific aircraft type may be covered over a 3-year cycle as approved by the Administrator. 
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Attachment 3 of Appendix T to Part 121 

Generic Training and Evaluation Requirements for Certification for Combined 

Certification and Initial Curriculum Category 

This attachment lists those subject areas required to train and evaluate persons who are not 

certificated dispatchers. In addition, some of the required subjects have examples. These 

examples are for clarification only and are not all-inclusive. The areas of instruction in this 

attachment will help prepare persons to take the aircraft dispatcher practical test. 

Attachment 4 of Appendix T to Part 121 Evaluation 

Requirements and Performance Standards for Proficiency Tests and Proficiency Checks 

for Initial, Combined Certification and Initial, Transition, Recurrent, and Requalification, 

Curriculum Categories 

Attachment 4 provides a set of tasks and situations by area of evaluation for the aircraft 

dispatcher. These are the areas and tasks found in the introduction to the Qualification 

Performance Standards (QPS) in Table 4, Training Category Evaluation Requirements for 

Aircraft Dispatchers, which establishes the evaluation by task. It should be noted, that prior to 

evaluation, if Supervised Operating Experience (SOE) is required, it will be conducted by an 

individual qualified under §121.1417.