Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/12/24/2013-30603/pilot-certification-and-qualification-requirements-for-air-carrier-operations-technical-amendment
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On July 15, 2013, the FAA published a final rule entitled, “Pilot Certification and Qualification Requirements for Air Carrier Operations” (78 FR 42324). In that final rule, which became effective July 15, 2013, the FAA revised the pilot certificate requirements for a second in command (SIC) in part 121 operations. Specifically, § 121.436(a) requires a pilot in command to have an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate, an aircraft type rating for the aircraft flown, and 1,000 hours of air carrier experience obtained as SIC in part 121 operations, as pilot in command (PIC) in operations conducted under §§ 135.243(a)(1), as PIC in operations conducted under § 91.1053(a)(2)(i), or any combination thereof. Section 121.436(b) requires the SIC to hold an ATP certificate and an aircraft type rating for the airplane flown.
The FAA intended these certification requirements to apply only to pilots serving in part 121 operations. Existing § 135.3 states, however, that each certificate holder that conducts commuter operations under part 135 with airplanes in which two pilots are required by the aircraft type certificate shall comply with subparts N and O of part 121 instead of the requirements of subparts E, G, and H of part 135. Because the certification requirements in § 121.436 are located in subpart O of part 121, a PIC serving in part 135 commuter operations in airplanes that require two pilots by type certificate would be required by reference to comply with the new 1,000-hour air carrier experience requirement. Likewise, an SIC in those operations would now be required by reference to hold an ATP certificate and an aircraft type rating. The FAA did not discuss this issue in the preamble to the final rule nor did the FAA intend to impose this requirement on part 135 commuter operations.
Because the FAA did not intend to impose additional requirements on PICs and SICs serving in part 135 commuter operations that require two pilots by type certificate, the FAA is revising § 135.3(b) to clarify that an SIC in part 135 commuter operations does not need to comply with § 121.436(b) but may continue to hold a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating. The FAA is also amending § 121.436(a) to make clear that the 1,000 hour air carrier experience requirement applies only to PICs in part 121 operations.
The FAA is also making a number of minor corrections that have been Start Printed Page 77573identified since publication of the final rule. The FAA is amending § 61.35 to clarify the age requirements for applicants who take the knowledge test for an ATP certificate with an airplane category multiengine class rating prior to August 1, 2014. The final rule established that applicants who take the knowledge test for an ATP certificate with an airplane category multiengine rating on or after August 1, 2014, must be at least 18 years old. 14 C.F.R. § 61.35(a)(3)(iii)(B). This age was established by subtracting 60 months, which will be the validity period for the ATP multiengine knowledge test, from the minimum age of 23 for an unrestricted ATP certificate. Although discussed in guidance materials, § 61.35 is silent with regard to the age requirement for applicants who take the existing ATP knowledge test before August 1, 2014. This amendment clarifies that an applicant for an ATP knowledge test taken prior to August 1, 2014, which has a validity period of 24 months, must be at least 21 years of age.
The FAA is also revising § 61.39(a)(1)(ii) to clarify that the 60-month expiration period for the knowledge test for an ATP certificate with a multiengine class rating applies to knowledge tests taken after July 31, 2014. As noted in the preamble to the final rule, the FAA is revising the ATP knowledge test to incorporate the new aeronautical knowledge areas in the airline transport pilot certification training program (ATP CTP). 78 FR 42324, 42342. Although applicants for the knowledge test may complete the ATP CTP prior to August 1, 2014, the revised knowledge test upon which the 60-month expiration date is based will not be available until August 1, 2014. As such, the FAA has added the relevant date to § 61.39(a)(1)(ii) for clarity. All knowledge tests for the ATP certificate taken prior to August 1, 2014, will continue to have a 24-month expiration date.
The FAA is making two clarifying amendments to § 61.159. Section 61.159(a)(3) is revised to clarify that the 25 hours of aeronautical experience in a full flight simulator must be appropriate to the class of aircraft (e.g. multiengine-land) for the rating sought. Section 61.159(a)(6) is revised to clarify that applicants for the restricted privileges ATP certificate may credit 100 hours of time accomplished in flight simulation training devices (full flight simulators and flight training devices) toward the total aeronautical experience requirements in § 61.160. As currently written, § 61.159(a)(6) could be construed as allowing only applicants for an ATP certificate under the aeronautical experience requirements in § 61.159 to credit time in a flight simulation training device. It was not the FAA's intention to prevent applicants for the restricted privileges ATP certificate from utilizing that provision.
The FAA is clarifying in § 61.165(f)(2) that applicants seeking to add a multiengine class rating to an ATP certificate with a single engine class rating are only required to take a new knowledge test after July 31, 2014—the date that the new knowledge test that incorporates the aeronautical knowledge areas specific to the ATP CTP will be available.
Finally, the FAA is correcting two cross-reference errors. In § 61.167, the FAA is correcting the reference in paragraph (a)(2)(ii) to reflect paragraph (a)(2)(i) rather than (b)(1). The FAA is also revising § 135.341(a) by replacing the reference to paragraph (c) with the proper reference to § 135.336.
2. Amend § 61.35 by revising paragraph (a)(3) to read as follows:
3. Amend § 61.39 by revising paragraph (a)(1)(ii) to read as follows:
(ii) Within the 60-calendar month period preceding the month the applicant completes the practical test for those applicants who complete the airline transport pilot certification training program in § 61.156 and pass the knowledge test for an airline transport pilot certificate with a multiengine class rating after July 31, 2014;
4. Amend § 61.159 by revising paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(6) to read as follows:
(3) 50 hours of flight time in the class of airplane for the rating sought. A maximum of 25 hours of training in a full flight simulator representing the class of airplane for the rating sought may be credited toward the flight time requirement of this paragraph if the training was accomplished as part of an approved training course in parts 121, 135, 141, or 142 of this chapter. A flight training device or aviation training Start Printed Page 77574device may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
5. Amend § 61.165 by revising paragraph (f)(2) to read as follows:
(2) After July 31, 2014, pass a required knowledge test on the aeronautical knowledge areas of § 61.155(c), as applicable to multiengine airplanes;
6. Amend § 61.167 by removing the phrase “paragraph (b)(1)” from paragraph (a)(2)(ii) and adding the phrase “paragraph (a)(2)(i)” in its place.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 40119, 41706, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 46105.2.
8. Amend § 121.436 by revising paragraph (a)(3) to read as follows:
10. Amend § 135.3 by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 135.341
11. Amend § 135.341 by removing the phrase “paragraph (c) of this section” from paragraph (a) and adding the phrase “§ 135.336” in its place.
Issued in Washington, DC under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a) and Secs. 216-217, Public Law 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348 on December 18, 2013
[FR Doc. 2013-30603 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]