Training And Evaluation
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Generic Training, General Knowledge and Skills, and Basic Aircraft        X \a\         X \a\         X \c\             X         X \a\                           X             X   ............
DRM, Certificate Holder Computer Systems, Computer Flight                                             X \c\             X                 ............            X             X   ............
 Planning, Contingency Operations, Practical Dispatch Applications
Specific Aircraft Type............................................        X \a\         X \a\         X \c\             X         X \a\   ............            X             X   ............
Flag and Flag Area of Operations..................................        X \a\                       X \c\             X                 ............            X             X   ............
Supervised Operating Experience...................................                                    X \c\         X \b\                       X \b\             X             X   ............

Proficiency Test (Initial, Transition)............................                                    X \c\                                                       X             X             X
Proficiency Check (Recurrent, Requalification)....................                                    X \c\                                                       X             X             X
Practical Test for Certificate....................................                                                                                X             X
Proficiency Test (Combined Certification and Initial).............                                                                                X             X
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                                                                                Observation Activities
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Observation of Dispatch Program Designee (DPD)....................                                                                                X
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\a\ Must be acceptable to the Administrator.
\b\ May be conducted by a check dispatcher or a person who meets the experience requirements of Sec.   121.1417.
\c\ Applicable to certificate holders that have been issued deviation authority under 14 CFR 121.1411(b).

Attachment 1 of Appendix T to Part 121

General Knowledge and Skills--Academic Training and Evaluation
Requirements for Initial, Combined Certification and Initial,
Recurrent, and Requalification Curriculum Categories

    A. General. (see Sec. Sec.  121.1411; 121.1413; 121.1415;
121.1417; 121.1431; 121.1433; 121.1435; 121.1437; 121.1439;
121.1441; 121.1451; 121.1453; 121.1455; and 121.1471)
    1. The FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Knowledge Test is a requirement
for certification and the practical test. The certificate holder's
academic evaluations under this attachment are not a substitute for
the FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Knowledge Test.
    2. Training and academic evaluation are required for all areas
of instruction and subjects listed in this attachment that pertain
to the certificate holder's operations for persons in initial,
combined certification and initial, recurrent, and requalification.
    3. The certificate holder must develop a written, oral, or
electronic test of the knowledge obtained during academic training
that is approved by the Administrator as part of the approved
training program. The training program must include development and
maintenance of the academic evaluation, methods to establish the
validity of the academic evaluation, required student remediation,
and adjustment of instruction when required.
    The QPS provides job tasks and related areas of required
instruction. Each area of instruction contains subjects that must be
trained and evaluated if pertinent to the certificate holder's
operations. An academic evaluation must include the minimum number
of questions indicated in this attachment for each area of
instruction. Students must achieve a performance of 80% in each area
of instruction. Student performance of at least 80% in an area of
instruction must be corrected to 100%. Student performance below 80%
in an area of instruction must be corrected to 100% and the student
must be reevaluated in that area of instruction.
    A test question repository must be developed to include a
minimum number of questions for each subject.
    4. The academic evaluations for each curriculum category must
meet the following requirements:
    (a) For initial and combined certification and initial, an
academic evaluation must be comprised of the minimum number of
questions required for each area of instruction.
    (b) For recurrent, an academic evaluation must be comprised of
at least 20 questions selected from the applicable areas of
instruction.
    (c) For requalification that requires missed recurrent training,
each recurrent academic evaluation must be comprised of at least 20
questions per missed recurrent training cycle, selected from the
applicable areas of instruction. The academic evaluation must

also include five questions from the additional academic training
and evaluation activities listed in Table 3 (General Knowledge and
Skills and General Knowledge per Flag Area of Operation).
    5. 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%.
    B. General Knowledge and Skills for Initial or Combined
Certification and Initial. (See Sec. Sec.  121.1413; 121.1431;
121.1433; 121.1435; 121.1439; 121.1451; 121.1453; and 121.1471)
    1. General Knowledge required--Areas of Instruction--With
Subjects:
    (a) Area of Instruction: Introduction and Orientation. (5
questions required)
    Subjects:
    (1) Course contents, schedules, and materials
    (2) Key personnel
    (3) Recordkeeping requirements
    (4) Drug testing and alcohol testing
    (5) Identification badges
    (6) Certificate holder publications
    (7) Schedule
    (8) Dispatcher's duties and responsibilities
    (9) Joint dispatcher and pilot in command responsibilities
    (b) Area of Instruction: Applicable Federal Regulations. (10
questions required)
    Subjects:
    (1) 14 CFR part 1
    (2) 14 CFR part 65
    (3) 14 CFR part 91
    (4) 14 CFR part 119
    (5) 14 CFR part 120
    (6) 14 CFR part 121
    (7) 14 CFR part 139
    (8) 49 CFR part 175 (HMR)
    (9) 49 CFR part 830 (NTSB)
    (10) Special Federal Aviation Regulations (SFARs)
    (11) 49 CFR Chapter 12 (TSR)
    (c) Area of Instruction: Manual overview. (10 questions
required) Subjects:
    (1) The certificate holder's operations specifications
    (2) Manuals containing the following:
    (i) Procedures established by FAA authorized exemptions to
certain Federal Aviation Regulations (if applicable)
    (ii) Procedures established by FAA authorized deviations to
certain Federal Aviation Regulations (if applicable)
    (iii) Minimum Equipment List (MEL)
    (iv) Configuration Deviation List (CDL)
    (v) Dispatch Deviation Guide (DDG) procedures
    (vi) Maintenance flight logs procedures
    (vii) Procedures for maintenance, test, training, and ferry
flights
    (viii) Deicing and anti-icing procedures
    (ix) The process for gathering safety related information such
as NOTAMs and weather
    (x) The certificate holder's approved training program
    (xi) Certificate holder security procedures and directives
    (xii) Certificate holder communications and procedures
    (xiii) Emergency procedures
    (xiv) Procedures for determining whether hazardous materials are
on board an aircraft and notification procedures in an emergency
    (xv) Dispatch procedures
    (xvi) Weight and balance procedures
    (xvii) Contents of the Airplane Flight Manual
    (xviii) Certificate holder operations (e.g., GOM, FOM)
    (xix) Station operations procedures
    (xx) Crew operating procedures
    (d) Area of Instruction: Meteorology. (15 questions required)
Subjects:
    (1) Upper air meteorology
    (2) METAR
    (3) TAF
    (4) SIGMET-AIRMET
    (5) Area forecast
    (6) Winds aloft (high and low altitude)
    (7) Surface meteorology
    (8) Thunderstorms
    (9) Tornadoes
    (10) Tropical weather (if applicable)
    (i) Typhoons
    (ii) Tropical storms
    (iii) Hurricanes
    (11) Atmospheric hazards to aviation:
    (i) Low level windshear
    (ii) Microburst
    (iii) Mountain waves (if applicable)
    (iv) Turbulence (all types)
    (v) Icing
    (vi) Reduced visibility (e.g., fog, ice fog, smog)
    (vii) Volcanic ash
    (12) FAA approved weather service providers and approved sources
    (13) Interpretation and use of weather charts
    (14) Enhanced Weather Information System (EWINS), (if
applicable)
    (e) Area of Instruction: Approach plates and charts. (5
questions required)

    Subjects:
    (1) SIDS and DP
    (2) STARS
    (f) Area of Instruction: Navigation Aids and Publications. (10
questions required)

    Subjects:
    (1) ILS/Localizer
    (2) ILS PRM (if applicable)
    (3) VOR and VOR/DME
    (4) VOR Classification
    (5) NDB
    (6) RNAV (e.g., GPS, Inertial)
    (7) Class I, Class II, or Performance Based Navigation (as
applicable)
    (8) Terminal and en route charts and publications
    (9) Inoperative navigation aids
    (10) RADAR
    (g) Area of Instruction: Airport characteristics. (5 questions
required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Airports (emphasizing special or unique characteristics)
    (2) Runway configurations (e.g., parallel runways, orientation)
    (3) Runway surfaces (e.g., grooved, porous friction, runway
weight bearing capacity)
    (4) Obstacles
    (5) Slope
    (6) Elevation
    (7) Terrain features
    (8) Methods of receiving information about airport operations
and conditions
    (9) Airport lighting and marking
    (h) Area of Instruction: Air Traffic Control. (15 questions
required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Air Traffic Control communication and coordination
    (2) Instrument approach procedures
    (3) Terminal departure procedures
    (4) Terminal arrival procedures
    (5) En route procedures (e.g., strategic and tactical planning
tools such as Coded Departure Routes (CDR), National Route Program
(NRP), Severe Weather Avoidance Procedures (SWAP))
    (6) Flow Control, ARTCC, approach, departure, tower, ground, FSS
    (7) National Airspace System
    (8) High Altitude Redesign (HAR)
    (9) Airspace (Class A-G)
    (10) Controlled and uncontrolled airspace and airports
    (11) Approved instrument approach procedures (operations
specifications)
    (12) Information required on ATC Flight Plans (e.g., RNP, RVSM)
    (13) Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) (as applicable)
    (14) Certificate holder policy on reroutes and deviations and
impact on operational control
    (i) Area of Instruction: NOTAMS (as applicable) (10 questions
required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Distant (D)
    (2) FDC
    (3) Chart NOTAMs
    (4) Chart supplements
    (5) FIR boundary NOTAMs
    (6) Oceanic NOTAMs
    (7) ATC NOTAMs
    (8) Military NOTAMs
    (9) TFRs and prohibited airspace
    (10) Airport Facility Directory (AFD)
    (11) Certificate holder
    (12) Field conditions
    (13) SFARs
    (14) Method for gathering and disseminating NOTAMs
    (15) Other NOTAM sources
    (j) Area of Instruction: Crewmember requirement, if applicable
per certificate holder procedures. (5 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Duty time requirements
    (2) Qualification
    (i) Aircraft
    (ii) Airports
    (iii) Areas
    (iv) Takeoff and landing minimums
    (k) Area of Instruction: Dispatch Resource Management (DRM)
Training. Distance learning not allowed. (5 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Briefings
    (2) Assertiveness
    (3) Inquiry
    (4) Conflict resolution
    (5) Interdepartmental coordination process
    (6) Interpersonal relationships
    (7) Situational awareness
    (8) Preparation, planning, and vigilance
    (9) Time management (prioritizing)
    (10) Tactical and strategic use of resources

    (11) Stress management
    (12) Decisionmaking process
    (13) Multi-tasking
    (14) Risk management
    (15) Leadership
    (16) Communication
    (l) Area of Instruction: Ground de-ice and anti-ice program (5
questions required).

    Subjects:
    (1) Types, purpose, characteristics, and effectiveness of de-ice
and anti-ice fluids
    (2) De-ice and anti-ice handling and performance implications
    (3) Aircraft surface contamination and critical area
identification
    (4) Use of holdover times
    (5) Aircraft de-ice and anti-ice procedures and checks to detect
contaminated surfaces
    (m) Area of Instruction: Computer System, as applicable. (10
questions required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Weather
    (2) Flight planning
    (3) Dispatch release
    (4) Irregular operations
    (5) Takeoff, en route, and landing gross weight calculations
    (6) Weight and balance
    (7) Flight monitoring, times, and schedule
    (8) Airborne and ground based aircraft situation displays (e.g.,
ASD)
    (9) NOTAMs
    (10) Computer applications and technology required to perform
aircraft dispatcher duties
    (n) Area of Instruction: Contingency operations for maintaining
operational control in the event of single or multiple system
failures (e.g., power, communication). Distance learning not
allowed. (5 questions required).
    (o) Area of Instruction: Other required training. The hours for
other required training are in addition to approved programmed hours
of instruction stated in Table 1 of this appendix.

    Subjects:
    (1) Awareness training for hazardous materials (part 121,
subpart Z)
    (2) Drug testing program and alcohol misuse prevention program
(part 120)
    (3) Security training (49 CFR part 1544)
    2. Training and evaluation for a specific type of operation,
Domestic or Flag.
    (a) Area of Instruction: General knowledge training and
evaluation for Domestic operations: (15 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Definition of a domestic operation and what constitutes a
domestic operation.
    (2) The certificate holder's approved operations specifications
related to Domestic operations. Examples:
    (i) Special use airspace (e.g., Domestic RVSM)
    (ii) Fuel reserves for domestic operations
    (iii) Operations specification A012 (Operations to certain
foreign airports).
    (iv) Exemptions or deviations (if applicable)
    (v) Operations specification C070 (Authorized airports)
    (3) En route operations over routes and diversions, if
applicable, that may expose passengers and crew to extreme
environmental conditions. Examples:
    (i) Western U.S. terrain clearance and driftdown
    (ii) Ozone and hazardous weather
    (4) Unique domestic instrument approach and departure
procedures. Examples:
    (i) Missed approach procedures
    (ii) Unique local procedures
    (iii) Special instrument approach and departure procedures
    (iv) Specific SFAR requirements (if applicable)
    (v) Engine out departure procedures
    (5) Required Navigation Performance (RNP) or Performance Based
Navigation
    (6) Domestic communications system; air to ground, radio relay
    (7) Procedures for determining alternate airport requirements.
Examples:
    (i) Alternate airport selection
    (ii) Changes to alternates
    (8) Crewmember requirement, if applicable per certificate holder
procedures
    (i) Duty time requirement
    (ii) Qualification
    (A) Aircraft
    (B) Airports
    (C) Areas
    (D) Takeoff and landing minimums
    (9) Dispatch release and its validity time for an intermediate
airport
    (10) Other issues surrounding operational control of domestic
operations.
    Examples:
    (i) Holding fuel requirements
    (ii) Dispatching into congested airspace
    (iii) Reanalysis of airborne flights
    (iv) Uncontrolled airspace authorizations, en route and terminal
    (b) Area of Instruction: General knowledge training and
evaluation for Flag Operations: (10 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Definition of a flag operation and what constitutes a flag
operation
    (2) Flag regulations
    (3) Class II navigation (e.g., Inertial, GPS)
    (4) Equal Time Point (ETP), if applicable
    (5) Extended overwater
    (6) Fuel requirements
    (7) The practical application of the term ``Re-dispatch'' and
information required to be exchanged between the aircraft dispatcher
and the pilot in command, if applicable
    (8) International weather. Accessing international weather
information (unique problems associated with obtaining international
weather information)
    (9) ICAO NOTAMS, as applicable
    (i) Chart NOTAMS
    (ii) Chart supplements
    (iii) The certificate holder's procedures for obtaining NOTAM
information
    (iv) Track messages
    (v) International ATC environments. Examples:
    (A) Uncontrolled airspace
    (B) Airspace restrictions and procedures
    (C) Language barriers
    (vi) Operations over high terrain. Example: Driftdown
considerations (terrain clearance, oxygen, and alternate
requirements)
    (vii) Procedures for determining alternate airport requirements.
Examples:
    (A) Alternate airport selection
    (B) Changes to alternates
    (viii) Crewmember requirement, if applicable per certificate
holder procedures
    (A) Duty time requirements
    (B) Qualification
    (1) Aircraft
    (2) Airports
    (3) Areas
    (4) Takeoff and landing minimums
    (ix) Compliance with foreign regulations and requirements that
may be more restrictive than U.S. regulations and requirements
    (x) Dispatch release and its validity time for an intermediate
airport
    (c) Area of Instruction: General Knowledge training and
evaluation per Flag Area of Operation. The following subjects must
be used to build the training and evaluation for each flag area of
operation. For training programs that include multiple flag areas of
operation, duplicate subjects (e.g., ETOPS, Flag Regulations) need
only be trained once. (10 questions required)
    (1) Each Flag Area of Operation must contain the minimum number
of programmed hours as outlined in Tables 1, 2, or 3, as applicable.
    (2) Flag Areas of Operation:
    (i) Africa. Includes: Continental Africa, Cape Verde,
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
    (ii) Asia-Eastern. Includes: Mainland China, Mongolia, Siberia
    (iii) Commonwealth of Independent States. Includes: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,
Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
    (iv) Europe-Central. Includes: Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Madeira Islands, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United
Kingdom
    (v) Europe-Eastern. Includes: Albania, Boznia-Herzegovinia,
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
    (vi) Latin America. Includes: Mexico, Central America, Caribbean
Islands and Cuba
    (vii) Middle East-South Asia. Includes: Afghanistan, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Chagos Archipelago, Cyprus, India, Iran, Iraq,
Israel, Jordan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Indian Ocean
    (viii) North America. Includes: Alaska, Bermuda, Canada,
Contiguous United States
    (ix) Atlantic Basin. Includes: Special Contingency Routes, MNPS,
Greenland, Iceland, South Atlantic Ocean
    (x) Pacific Basin. Includes: Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea,
Aleutian Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Pacific Islands
    (xi) Polar Routes, Antarctica, Area of Magnetic Unreliability,
and any applicable alternates
    (xii) South America. Includes: All Continental Countries
    (3) The certificate holder's approved operations specifications
related to flag operations
    (4) Long range navigation and associated special requirements.

    Examples:

    (i) Number of Long Range Navigation Systems (LRNS) required for
a specific airspace
    (ii) Contingency procedures
    (5) Long range communication and associated special
requirements.

    Examples:
    (i) Number of Long Range Communication Systems (LRCS) required
for a specific airspace
    (ii) Types required for specific airspace (e.g., VHF, HF,
Satellite, data link)
    (iii) Contingency procedures
    (6) Extended Operations (ETOPS), as applicable. Examples of
variables that must be considered:
    (i) Fuel
    (ii) Weather
    (iii) Alternate airport requirements
    (iv) Adequate or suitable airports
    (v) Required equipment
    (vi) Maintenance status
    (vii) Entry and exit points
    (7) En route operations over routes and diversions, as
applicable that may expose passengers and crew to extreme
environmental conditions.

    Examples:
    (i) Greenland
    (ii) Himalayas
    (iii) Polar
    (iv) Russian airspace
    (8) Special use airspace (e.g., Reduced Vertical Separation
Minimums (RVSM))
    (9) Required Navigation Performance (RNP) or Performance Based
Navigation
    (10) Unique international instrument approach and departure
procedures.

    Examples:
    (i) Limited navigational aids
    (ii) Limited ATC facilities
    (iii) Missed approach procedures
    (iv) Unique local procedures
    (v) Special instrument approach procedures
    (vi) Specific SFAR requirements, as applicable
    (vii) Engine out departure procedures
    (11) Approved airports and landing rights
    (12) Over-fly permission
    (13) Unique characteristics and special conditions in
international airspace and at international airports.

    Examples:
    (i) Performance limitations
    (ii) Mountainous terrain
    (iii) Navigation aids
    (14) Issues unique to flag area of operations into which the
certificate holder operates.

    Examples:
    (i) Air traffic control
    (ii) Organized tracks
    (iii) Polar operations
    (iv) Uncontrolled airspace

C. General Knowledge and Skills for Recurrent and Requalification (See
Sec. Sec.  121.1419; 121.1431; 121.1433; 121.1435; 121.1437; 121.1439;
121.1441; 121.1455; and 121.1471)

    1. Training is required for dispatchers in recurrent or
requalification programs for a certificate holder. Training must
address operational and procedural review of topics deemed necessary
by the certificate holder and approved by the Administrator.
Curriculums must contain (but are not limited to) selected portions
of the following areas of instruction. The academic evaluation that
is required for recurrent must contain 20 questions. For
requalification, the number of questions required for academic
evaluation is based on the number of missed recurrent training
cycles. See paragraph A.4.(c) of this attachment for specific
requirements for academic evaluations during requalification.
    2. General Knowledge training and evaluation required--
    Areas of Instruction:
    (a) Operations Specifications
    (b) General Operating Manual
    (c) Air Traffic Control and Instrument Approach Procedures
    (d) Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM)
    (e) Certificate holder communications systems and procedures
    (f) Meteorology
    (g) NOTAMS
    (h) Maintenance procedures
    (i) Emergency procedures
    (j) Joint dispatcher and pilot in command responsibilities
    (k) Characteristics of appropriate airports
    (l) Prevailing weather phenomena
    (m) Approach plates and charts
    (n) Navigational aids and publications
    (o) Certificate holder computer systems (distance learning not
allowed)
    (p) Computer flight planning (distance learning not allowed)
    (q) Dispatch Resource Management (DRM) (distance learning not
allowed)
    (r) Ground de-ice and anti-ice procedures and policies (must be
covered each year)
    (s) Flag Areas of Operation--Selected subjects from paragraphs
B.2.(b) and (c) of this attachment
    3. Area of Instruction: Other required training--
    The hours for other required training are in addition to
approved programmed hours of instruction stated in Table 1 of this
appendix.

    Subjects:
    (a) Awareness training for hazardous materials (part 121,
subpart Z)
    (b) Drug testing program and alcohol misuse prevention program
(part 120)
    (c) Security training (49 CFR part 1544)

Attachment 2 of Appendix T to Part 121

Basic Aircraft and Specific Aircraft Type--Academic Training and
Evaluation Requirements for Initial, Combined Certification and
Initial, Transition, Recurrent, Requalification, Differences, and
Special Curriculum Categories

    A. General. (see Sec. Sec.  121.1411; 121.1413; 121.1415;
121.1417; 121.1431; 121.1433; 121.1435; 121.1437; 121.1439;
121.1441; 121.1451; 121.1453; 121.1455, and 121.1471)
    1. The FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Knowledge Test is a requirement
for certification and the practical test. The certificate holder's
academic evaluations under this attachment are not a substitute for
the FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Knowledge Test.
    2. Training and academic evaluation are required for all areas
of instruction and subjects listed in this attachment that pertain
to the certificate holder's operations for persons in initial,
combined certification and initial, recurrent, and requalification.
    3. The certificate holder must develop a written, oral, or
electronic test of the knowledge obtained during academic training
that is approved by the Administrator as part of the approved
training program. The training program must include development and
maintenance of the academic evaluation, methods to establish the
validity of the academic evaluation, required student remediation,
and adjustment of instruction when required.
    The QPS provides job tasks and related areas of required
instruction. Each area of instruction contains subjects that must be
trained and evaluated if pertinent to the certificate holder's
operations. An academic evaluation must include the minimum number
of questions indicated in this attachment for each area of
instruction. Students must achieve a performance of 80% in each area
of instruction. Student performance of at least 80% in an area of
instruction must be corrected to 100%. Student performance below 80%
in an area of instruction must be corrected to 100% and the student
must be reevaluated in that area of instruction.
    A test question repository must be developed to include a
minimum number of questions for each subject.
    4. The academic evaluation for each curriculum category must
meet the following requirements:
    (a) For initial and combined certification and initial, an
academic evaluation must be comprised of the minimum number of
questions required for each area of instruction.
    (b) For recurrent, an academic evaluation must be comprised of
at least 20 questions selected from the applicable areas of
instruction. 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.
    (c) For requalification that requires missed recurrent training,
each recurrent academic evaluation must be comprised of at least 20
questions per missed recurrent training, selected from the
applicable areas of instruction. The academic evaluation must also
include five questions from the additional academic training and
evaluation activity listed in Table 3 (Specific Training and
Evaluation per Aircraft Type).
    (d) For differences training at least 5 questions. Training and
evaluation is required in specific subject areas specified when
differences are required.
    5. 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%.
    B. Basic Aircraft Training and Evaluation Requirements for
Initial or Combined Certification and Initial. (see Sec. Sec.
121.1431; 121.1433; 121.1435; 121.1437; 121.1439;

121.1441; 121.1451; 121.1453; 121.1455, and 121.1471)
    Areas of Instruction--With Subjects:
    1. Area of Instruction: Basic Aircraft Systems Theory and
Performance. (10 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (a) Air conditioning
    (b) Pressurization
    (c) Auto flight
    (d) Communications
    (e) Electrical
    (f) Equipment and furnishings
    (g) Fire protection
    (h) Flight controls
    (i) Fuel
    (j) Hydraulics
    (k) Ice and rain protection
    (l) Instrumentation
    (m) Landing gear
    (n) Lights
    (o) Oxygen
    (p) Water and waste
    (q) Auxiliary power
    (r) Doors
    (s) Propellers
    (t) Engines
    (u) Weight and balance theory
    (v) Flight planning overview
    (w) Aircraft performance
    2. Area of Instruction: A general description of the aircraft
performance characteristics emphasizing the following as applicable:
(5 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (a) Aircraft limitations that may affect the aircraft
performance
    (b) Navigation equipment and required navigation performance
    (c) Communication equipment and required communication
performance
    (d) Other factors affecting operating and performance
characteristics
    3. Area of Instruction: MEL and CDL specific applications and
appropriate operating manual procedures applicable to dispatch for:
(10 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (a) Air conditioning
    (b) Pressurization
    (c) Auto flight
    (d) Communications
    (e) Electrical
    (f) Equipment and furnishings
    (g) Fire protection
    (h) Flight controls
    (i) Fuel
    (j) Hydraulics
    (k) Ice and rain protection
    (l) Instrumentation
    (m) Landing gear
    (n) Lights
    (o) Oxygen
    (p) Water and waste
    (q) Auxiliary power
    (r) Doors
    (s) Propellers
    (t) Engines
    4. Area of Instruction: Additional training and evaluation in
the following subjects must be included (as applicable): (10
questions required)

    Subjects:
    (a) Instrument approach and communication equipment
    (b) Aircraft specific deicing procedures
    (c) Special considerations and authorizations for international
operations
    (d) Reduced separation standards
    (e) Special maintenance procedures
    (f) Flight manual specific emergency procedures and equipment.
    (g) Weight and balance considerations
    (h) Basic aircraft performance dispatch requirements and
procedures
    (i) Flight planning including route, track and altitude
selection, en route performance, flight time analysis, weather
considerations, and fuel analysis
    (j) Aircraft specific emergency procedures
    (k) Mission capable considerations (e.g., over-water equipped)
    C. Aircraft Type Specific Training and Evaluation Requirements
for Initial, Combined Certification and Initial, Transition,
Recurrent, and Requalification. (see Sec. Sec.  121.1431; 121.1433;
121.1435; 121.1437; 121.1439; 121.1441; 121.1451; 121.1453;
121.1455, and 121.1471)
    1. Aircraft Type Specific Training and Evaluation Requirements--
Areas of Instruction--With Subjects:
    (a) Area of Instruction: Systems Overview: (15 questions
required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Air conditioning
    (2) Pressurization
    (3) Auto flight
    (4) Communications
    (5) Electrical
    (6) Equipment and furnishings
    (7) Fire protection
    (8) Flight controls
    (9) Fuel
    (10) Hydraulics
    (11) Ice and rain protection
    (12) Instrumentation
    (13) Landing gear
    (14) Lights
    (15) Oxygen
    (16) Water and waste
    (17) Auxiliary power
    (18) Doors
    (19) Propellers
    (20) Engines

    (b) Area of Instruction: Performance. (5 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Take-off performance
    (2) En route performance
    (3) Landing performance
    (c) Area of Instruction: Other. (10 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (1) Aircraft manuals
    (2) Aircraft limitations
    (3) Weight and balance
    (4) Emergency and abnormal procedures
    2. Differences. (5 questions required)
    Each training program must provide differences training and
evaluation if the Administrator finds that, due to differences
between aircraft of the same type operated by the certificate
holder, additional training and evaluation is necessary to ensure
that each dispatcher is adequately trained to perform the assigned
duties. The programmed hours established for differences training
are in addition to the previously approved programmed hours for the
approved training program. For differences training and evaluation
(Sec.  121.1471), the hours remain in the differences curriculum
category. There are no programmed hours in Tables 1 and 2 of this
appendix for differences training and evaluation.

Attachment 3 of Appendix T to Part 121

Generic Training and Evaluation Requirements for Certification Under
the Combined Certification and Initial Curriculum Category

    A. General (see Sec. Sec.  121.1411; 121.1413; 121.1415;
121.1417; 121.1419; 121.1421; 121.1423; 121.1425; 121.1431;
121.1433; 121.1435; 121.1437; 121.1439; 121.1441; 121.1451;
121.1453; and 121.1471)
    1. The FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Knowledge Test is a requirement
for certification and the practical test. The certificate holder's
testing under this attachment is not a substitute for the FAA
Aircraft Dispatcher Knowledge Test.
    2. Training and evaluation is required in all of the subjects
listed in this attachment for combined certification and initial.
    3. The certificate holder must develop a written, oral, or
electronic test of the knowledge obtained during academic training
that is approved by the Administrator as part of the approved
training program. The training program must include development and
maintenance of the academic evaluation, methods to establish the
validity of the academic evaluation, required student remediation,
and adjustment of instruction when required.
    An academic evaluation must include the minimum number of
questions indicated in the QPS for each subject. Students must
achieve a performance of 80% in each area of instruction. Student
performance of at least 80% in an area of instruction must be
corrected to 100%. Student performance below 80% in an area of
instruction must be corrected to 100% and the student must be
reevaluated in that area of instruction.
    4. 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%.
    B. General Training and Evaluation Requirements Areas of
Instruction--With Subjects: (see Sec. Sec.  121.1411; 121.1413;
121.1415; 121.1417; 121.1419; 121.1421; 121.1423; 121.1425;
121.1431; 121.1433; 121.1435; 121.1437; 121.1439; 121.1441;
121.1451; 121.1453; and 121.1471)

    1. Area of Instruction: Regulations (10 questions required)
    Subjects:

    (a) 14 CFR part 65, subparts A and C
    (b) 14 CFR parts 1, 25, 61, 71, 91, 121, 139, and 175
    (c) 49 CFR part 830 (NTSB)
    (d) General Operating Manual (GOM)

    2. Area of Instruction: Meteorology (15 questions required)
    Subjects:

    (a) Basic Weather Studies

    (1) The earth's motion and its effects on weather
    (2) Analysis of the following regional weather types,
characteristics, and structures, or combinations thereof:

    (i) Maritime
    (ii) Continental
    (iii) Polar
    (iv) Tropical

    (3) Analysis of the following local weather types,
characteristics, and structures or combinations thereof:
    (i) Coastal
    (ii) Mountainous
    (iii) Island
    (iv) Plains
    (4) The following characteristics of the atmosphere:
    (i) Layers
    (ii) Composition
    (iii) Global wind patterns
    (iv) Ozone
    (v) Tropopause
    (5) Pressure:
    (i) Units of measure
    (ii) Weather systems characteristics
    (iii) Temperature effects on pressure
    (iv) Altimeters
    (v) Pressure gradient force
    (vi) Pressure pattern flying weather
    (6) Wind:
    (i) Major wind systems and coriolis force
    (ii) Jetstreams and their characteristics
    (iii) Local wind and related terms
    (7) States of matter:
    (i) Solids, liquid, and gases
    (ii) Causes of change of state
    (8) Clouds:
    (i) Composition, formation, and dissipation
    (ii) Types and associated precipitation
    (iii) Use of cloud knowledge in forecasting
    (9) Fog:
    (i) Causes, formation, and dissipation
    (ii) Types
    (10) Ice:
    (i) Causes, formation, and dissipation
    (ii) Types
    (11) Stability and instability:
    (i) Temperature lapse rate, convection
    (ii) Adiabatic processes
    (iii) Lifting processes
    (iv) Divergence
    (v) Convergence
    (12) Turbulence:
    (i) Jetstream associated
    (ii) Pressure pattern recognition
    (iii) Low level windshear
    (iv) Mountain waves
    (v) Thunderstorms
    (vi) Clear air turbulence.
    (13) Airmasses:
    (i) Classification and characteristics
    (ii) Source regions
    (iii) Use of airmass knowledge in forecasting
    (14) Fronts:
    (i) Structure and characteristics, both vertical and horizontal
    (ii) Frontal types
    (iii) Frontal weather flying
    (15) Theory of storm systems:
    (i) Thunderstorms
    (ii) Tornadoes
    (iii) Hurricanes and typhoons
    (iv) Microbursts
    (v) Causes, formation, and dissipation
    (b) Weather, analysis, and forecasts
    (1) Observations:
    (i) Surface observations
    (A) Observations made by certified weather observer
    (B) Automated weather observations
    (ii) Terminal forecasts
    (iii) Significant en route reports and forecasts
    (A) Pilot reports
    (B) Area forecasts
    (C) Sigmets, airmets
    (D) Center weather advisories
    (iv) Weather imagery
    (A) Surface analysis
    (B) Weather depiction
    (C) Significant weather prognosis
    (D) Winds and temperature aloft
    (E) Composite moisture stability chart
    (F) Surface weather prognostic chart
    (G) Radar meteorology
    (H) Satellite meteorology
    (I) Other charts as applicable
    (v) Meteorological information data collection systems
    (2) Data collection, analysis, and forecast facilities
    (3) Service outlets providing aviation weather products.
    (c) Weather Related Hazards
    (1) Crosswinds and gusts
    (2) Contaminated runways
    (3) Restrictions to surface visibility
    (4) Turbulence and windshear
    (5) Icing
    (6) Thunderstorms and microburst
    (7) Volcanic ash
    3. Area of Instruction: Navigation (10 questions required)

    Subjects:
    (a) Study of the Earth
    (1) Time reference and location (0 Longitude, UTC)
    (2) Definitions
    (3) Projections
    (4) Charts.
    (b) Chart Reading, Application, and Use
    (c) National Airspace Plan
    (d) Navigation Systems
    (e) Airborne Navigation Instruments
    (f) Instrument Approach Procedures
    (1) Transition procedures
    (2) Precision approach procedures
    (3) Non-precision approach procedures
    (4) Minimums and the relationship to weather
    (g) Special Navigation and Operations
    (1) North Atlantic
    (2) Pacific
    (3) Global differences
    4. Area of Instruction: Communications (5 questions required)
    Subjects:
    (a) Regulatory requirements
    (b) Communication Protocol
    (c) Voice and Data Communications
    (d) Notice to Airmen (NOTAMS)
    (e) Aeronautical Publications
    (f) Abnormal Procedures
    5. Area of Instruction: Air Traffic Control (10 questions
required)
    Subjects:
    (a) Responsibilities
    (b) Facilities and Equipment
    (c) Airspace classification and route structure
    (d) Flight Plans
    (1) Domestic
    (2) International
    (e) Separation Minimums
    (f) Priority Handling
    (g) Holding Procedures
    (h) Traffic Management
    6. Area of Instruction: Emergency and Abnormal Procedures. (5
questions required)
    Subjects:
    (a) Security measures on the ground
    (b) Security measures in the air
    (c) FAA responsibility and services
    (d) Collection and dissemination of information on overdue or
missing aircraft
    (e) Means of declaring an emergency
    (f) Responsibility for declaring an emergency
    7. Area of Instruction: Practical dispatch applications
(distance learning not allowed)
    Subjects:
    (a) Human Factors
    (1) Decision-making:
    (i) Situation assessment
    (ii) Generation and evaluation of alternatives
    (A) Tradeoffs and prioritization
    (B) Contingency planning
    (iii) Support tools and technologies
    (2) Human error:
    (i) Causes
    (A) Individual and organizational factors
    (B) Technology-induced error
    (ii) Prevention
    (iii) Detection and recovery
    (3) Teamwork:
    (i) Communication and information exchange
    (ii) Cooperative and distributed problem-solving
    (iii) Resource management
    (A) Air Traffic Control (ATC) activities and workload
    (B) Flight crew activities and workload
    (C) Maintenance activities and workload
    (D) Operations control staff activities and workload
    (b) Applied Dispatching
    (1) Briefing techniques, Dispatcher, Pilot.
    (2) Preflight:
    (i) Safety
    (ii) Weather analysis
    (A) Satellite imagery
    (B) Upper and lower altitude charts
    (C) Significant en route reports and forecasts
    (D) Surface charts
    (E) Surface observations
    (iii) NOTAMS and airport conditions
    (iv) Crew
    (A) Qualifications.
    (B) Limitations
    (v) Flight planning
    (A) Route of flight
    (1) Standard Instrument Departures and Standard Terminal Arrival
Routes
    (2) En route charts
    (3) Operational altitude
    (4) Departure and arrival charts
    (B) Minimum departure fuel
    (1) Climb
    (2) Cruise
    (3) Descent
    (vi) Decision to operate the flight
    (vii) ATC flight plan filing
    (viii) Flight documentation

    (A) Flight plan
    (B) [Reserved]
    (3) Authorize flight departure with concurrence of pilot in
command
    (4) In-flight operational control:
    (i) Situational awareness
    (ii) Information exchange
    (iii) Amend original dispatch release as required
    (5) Post-flight:
    (i) Arrival verification
    (ii) Weather debrief
    (iii) Flight irregularity reports as required
    8. Area of Instruction: Weight and balance subject: (5 questions
required)
    Subject:
    (a) Theory and application weight and balance
    (b) [Reserved]
    9. Area of Instruction: Performance for the type of aircraft (5
questions required)

Attachment 4 of Appendix T to Part 121

Requirements and Performance Standards for Proficiency Tests and
Proficiency Checks for Initial, Combined Certification and Initial,
Transition, Recurrent, and Requalification Curriculum Categories

    A. Evaluation Requirements for Proficiency Tests and Checks.
(see Sec. Sec.  121.1411; 121.1413; 121.1415; 121.1417; 121.1419;
121.1421; 121.1423; 121.1425; 121.1431; 121.1433; 121.1435;
121.1437; 121.1439; 121.1441; 121.1451; 121.1453; 121.1455; and
121.1471)
    1. Evaluation is required for all tasks and situations listed in
each duty area that pertain to the certificate holder's operations
for persons in initial, combined certification and initial,
transition, recurrent, and requalification curriculum categories.
The aircraft dispatcher must understand and, where applicable,
satisfactorily complete the tasks required for the areas of
evaluation listed in Table 4 of this appendix.
    2. The certificate holder must use Table 4 to determine the
tasks and situations on which each aircraft dispatcher must be
evaluated for each curriculum category. If the certificate holder
adds tasks or situations to those listed in Table 4, it must further
develop the tasks or situations to include the requirement and
frequency for training and evaluation in each specific curriculum
category listed in the table. These changes must be approved by the
POI.
    3. Evaluation Requirements for Initial, Combined Certification
and Initial, and Transition Curriculum Categories.
    (a) Academic evaluation will be accomplished through all phases
of the academic training as specified in attachments 1, 2, and 3.
    (b) The proficiency test for initial and combined certification
and initial is a combination of knowledge evaluation and skills
evaluation during which additional training or practice is not
allowed. The proficiency test is administered after the completion
of SOE in order to dispatch aircraft for the certificate holder in
accordance with part 121.
    (c) The proficiency test for transition may be a knowledge
evaluation, a skills evaluation, or a combination of knowledge
evaluation and skills evaluation, during which additional training
or practice is not allowed. This test is administered at the end of
transition training.
    (d) The proficiency test must be administered in either an
actual or simulated dispatch work environment and must cover the
tasks in each area of instruction as depicted in Table 4. Each
proficiency test must include a representative number of questions
for each task which demonstrates the aircraft dispatcher's
proficiency. Each area of evaluation must be satisfactorily
demonstrated to the Check Dispatcher, Dispatch Program Designee, or
FAA principal Operations Inspector, as applicable. Retraining is
required for each task in each area of evaluation that is not
satisfactorily completed. Retraining is followed by reevaluation of
the student in each retrained area of instruction. The FAA must also
approve the form and content of the reevaluation.
    4. Evaluation Requirements for Recurrent and Requalification
Curriculum Categories.
    (a) Academic evaluation will be accomplished through all phases
of the academic training as specified in attachments 1 and 2.
    (b) For recurrent and requalification, the proficiency check is
a combination of knowledge evaluation and skills evaluation of tasks
listed in Table 4 and described in this attachment. Additional
training or practice is allowed during the proficiency check.
    (c) The proficiency check must be administered in either an
actual or simulated dispatch work environment. Each proficiency
check must include a representative number of questions for each
task which demonstrates the aircraft dispatcher's proficiency. Each
area of evaluation must be satisfactorily demonstrated to the Check
Dispatcher, Dispatch Program Designee, or FAA Principal Operations
Inspector, as applicable. Retraining is required for each task in
each area of evaluation that is not satisfactorily completed.
Retraining is followed by reevaluation of the student in each
retrained area of instruction. The FAA must also approve the form
and content of the reevaluation.
    5. Dispatch Resource Management (DRM) indicators must be
evaluated throughout the entire proficiency test or check.
    6. The certificate holder must tailor the procedures in this
attachment for each aircraft type and approved area of operation.
The certificate holder must include these procedures in the
manual(s) provided to the aircraft dispatcher.
    B. Tasks and Situations by Area of Evaluation (see Sec. Sec.
121.1411; 121.1413; 121.1415; 121.1417; 121.1419; 121.1421;
121.1423; 121.1425; 121.1431; 121.1433; 121.1435; 121.1437;
121.1439; 121.1441; 121.1451; 121.1453; and 121.1471)

1. Area of Evaluation: General

    (a) Task: Equipment Knowledge.
    The dispatcher must have an understanding and a basic knowledge
about the following subjects (systems and components) (as
applicable):

    (1) Landing gear, including: Extension and retraction systems,
brakes, anti-skid, tires, nose-wheel steering, and shock absorbers.
    (2) Engine(s), including: Controls and indications, induction
system, carburetor and fuel injection, turbo-charging, cooling, fire
detection and protection, mounting points, turbine wheels,
compressors, de-icing, anti-icing, and other related components.
    (3) Propellers, including: Type, controls, feathering and
unfeathering, auto feather, negative torque sensing, synchronizing,
and synchro-phasing.
    (4) Fuel system, including: Capacity, controls; indicators;
cross-feeding; transferring; jettison; fuel grade, color and
additives; fueling and de-fueling procedures; and allowable fuel
substitutions, if applicable.
    (5) Oil system, including: Grade and indicators.
    (6) Hydraulic system, including: Capacity pumps, pressure,
reservoirs, grade, and regulators.
    (7) Electrical system, including: Alternators, generators,
battery, circuit breakers and protection devices, controls,
indicators, and external and auxiliary power sources and ratings.
    (8) Environmental systems, including: Heating, cooling,
ventilation, oxygen and pressurization, controls, indicators, and
regulating devices.
    (9) Avionics and communications, including: Autopilot, flight
director, and Electronic Flight Indicating Systems (EFIS); Flight
Management System(s) (FMS); Long Range Navigation systems; Doppler
Radar; Inertial Navigation Systems (INS); Global Positioning System
(GPS, DGPS, WGPS); VOR, NDB, ILS, MLS, and RNAV systems and
components; indicating devices; transponder; and emergency locator
transmitter.
    (10) Ice protection (anti-ice and de-ice), including: Pitot-
static system, propeller (if appropriate), windshield, wing and tail
surfaces.
    (11) Flight controls, including: Ailerons, elevator(s),
rudder(s), control tabs, balance tabs, stabilizer, flaps, spoilers,
leading edge flaps and slats, and trim systems.
    (b) Task: Aircraft Performance and Limitations Knowledge.
    (1) The dispatcher must understand and be proficient in the use
of (as appropriate to the aircraft) performance charts, tables,
graphs, or other data relating to the certificate holder's approved
system for the following:
    (i) Accelerate--stop distance.
    (ii) Accelerate--go distance.
    (iii) Balanced field.
    (iv) Takeoff performance, all engines and with engine(s)
inoperative, as appropriate.
    (v) Climb performance including segmented climb performance;
with all engines operating; with one or more engine(s) inoperative,
and with other engine malfunctions as may be appropriate.
    (vi) Service ceiling, all engines, with engine(s) inoperative,
including Drift Down and Terrain Clearance, if appropriate.
    (vii) Cruise performance.
    (viii) Fuel consumption, range, and endurance.
    (ix) Descent performance.
    (xi) Go-around from rejected landings
    (xii) The effects of meteorological conditions upon performance
characteristics

with correct application of these factors to a specific chart,
table, graph or other performance data
    (xiii) How to determine longitudinal and lateral center-of-
gravity location for a specific load condition including how to add,
remove, or shift weight to meet longitudinal (forward and aft), and
lateral balance limits for takeoff, cruise, and landing
    (2) The aircraft dispatcher must know all of the limitations
appropriate to each aircraft type and the kind of operation the
dispatcher dispatches with respect to:
    (i) Systems and components
    (ii) Performance
    (iii) MEL issues and how they may be different for a flag
operation or a domestic operation
    (c) Task: Operating Requirements
    The aircraft dispatcher must understand the certificate holder's
operating requirements as provided in:
    (1) Operations Specifications
    (2) General Operating Manual
    (3) 14 CFR part 1
    (4) 14 CFR part 91
    (5) 14 CFR part 119
    (6) 14 CFR part 121
    (7) 14 CFR part 139
    (8) 49 CFR part 175 (HMR)
    (9) 49 CFR part 830 (NTSB)
    (10) Special Federal Aviation Regulations (SFARs)
    (11) 49 CFR Chapter 12 (TSR)
    (12) ATC System
    (13) Airport Facility Directory
    (d) Task: National Weather System
    The aircraft dispatcher must know the National weather system
(international weather systems, if applicable) and be able to use
the system to assess weather conditions at departure, intermediate,
en route, destination, and alternate airports.
    (e) Task: National NOTAM System
    The aircraft dispatcher must know the National NOTAM system
(international NOTAM systems, if applicable) and be able to
determine the impact of these NOTAMs on en route flight planning and
at departure, intermediate, en route, destination, and alternate
airports.

2. Area of Evaluation: Duty Period Orientation

    (a) Task: Operations Orientation
    The dispatcher must know how to use available information to
create an operations orientation that covers, as applicable:
    (1) The location of all flights for which the dispatcher is
responsible
    (2) Planned flights and any special flights for the duty period
    (3) Knowledge of issues, such as anticipated ATC problems and
delays
    (4) NOTAMS, weather, and field conditions for regular and
alternate airports
    (5) Navigation facilities and any irregularities that may affect
the safety of flight
    (b) Task: Dispatcher Shift Turnover
    The dispatcher must:
    (1) Determine that his or her duty schedule complies with part
121 dispatcher duty regulations and certificate holder operating
procedures
    (2) Become thoroughly briefed at the beginning of duty period by
the dispatcher who is turning over operational control
    (3) Develop situational awareness and prioritize his or her
workload
    (4) Provide thorough briefing at the end of the duty period to
the relieving dispatcher
    (c) Task: Shift Self Briefing
    The aircraft dispatcher must use available information to
anticipate and respond to events that may occur during the duty
period, including:
    (1) The general weather patterns
    (2) Weather information system status
    (3) EWINS status (if applicable)
    (4) Radar imagery
    (5) Fuel status of current and planned flights
    (6) MEL status of current and planned flights
    (7) General airport conditions
    (d) Task: Certificate Holder Manuals, Procedures, and Operating
Information
    The aircraft dispatcher must understand and verify the currency
of the operational procedures contained in the following:
    (1) Certificate holder manual containing Flight Crew Operating
Manual (FCOM) information
    (2) Airplane Flight Manual (AFM)
    (3) Manual containing certificate holder operations procedures
    (4) Manual containing the Aircraft Dispatcher Procedures Manual
(ADPM)
    (5) Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM)
    (6) Certificate holder's operations specifications
    (7) Maintenance restrictions such as airworthiness directives
    (8) MEL
    (9) CDL
    3. Area of Evaluation: Planning and Executing a Dispatch Release
    (a) Task: Obtain, Evaluate, and Disseminate Required Information
    The aircraft dispatcher must do the following, as applicable:
    (1) Obtain, evaluate, and disseminate to the flight crew all
pertinent weather information in the aircraft dispatcher's area of
responsibility as follows:
    (i) Weather reports and forecasts
    (ii) Pilot and radar reports
    (iii) Surface analysis reports
    (iv) Radar summary charts
    (v) Significant weather prognostics
    (vi) Winds and temperature aloft
    (vii) Freezing level charts
    (viii) Turbulence reports and forecasts
    (ix) Icing reports and forecasts
    (x) Stability charts
    (xi) Severe weather outlook charts
    (xii) Constant pressure charts
    (xiii) Constant pressure prognostics
    (xiv) Tables and conversion graphs
    (xv) SIGMETS, convective SIGMETS, convective outlooks, weather
warnings, and AIRMETS
    (xvi) ATIS report
    (xvii) Satellite imagery
    (xviii) NOTAMs
    (xix) Field condition reports
    (2) Obtain, evaluate, and disseminate to the flight crew other
information in the aircraft dispatcher's area of responsibility,
such as the following:
    (i) Aircraft status
    (A) Maintenance and MEL
    (B) Loading and fuel
    (C) Performance data
    (ii) ATC problems such as departure or arrival delays, flow
control and en route or altitude problems
    (iii) ATC tower closures, curfews, or other information, such as
noise abatement requirements at or near the arrival period
    (iv) Fuel and ground handling issues
    (v) Highlight restrictive MEL and CDL items
    (vi) Irregular operations plan of action (e.g., diversion)
    (3) Obtain, review, and disseminate to the flight crew the
following:
    (i) The suitability of runways, including whether closed runways
or runways with displaced thresholds are accounted for in the
performance computations
    (ii) All NOTAMs
    (iii) Information about field conditions (contact the station,
if the information is not readily available) at airports to
determine the validity of the information and the impact on
operations
    (iv) The fueling restrictions and any station equipment problems
(contact the station, if the information is not readily available)
for the airports to determine the impact on planned operations
    (4) Review the aircraft dispatcher ``read file'' for updated
operational information
    (5) Review AIM
    (i) Navaids
    (ii) Airports and air navigation and lighting
    (iii) Airspace
    (iv) Air traffic control procedures including clearances
    (v) Airport operations
    (vi) Departure, en route, and arrival procedures
    (6) Review the Flight Crew Qualification for route to be flown
    (i) Special Airports
    (ii) Special use airspace
    (iii) High minimum captains and flight crew minimums
    (7) Review the aircraft status
    (i) Maintenance and MEL
    (ii) Loading and fuel
    (iii) Performance data
    (iv) Special areas of operation requirements
    (b) Task: Flight Planning.
    The aircraft dispatcher must do the following, as applicable:
    (1) Select an alternate airport
    (i) Use a flight movement forecast (FMF) under an approved EWINS
program
    (ii) Determine whether an alternate airport is required for the
destination airport in accordance with 14 CFR part 121, any existing
exemptions, deviations, operations specification requirements, and
procedures, for the certificate holder
    (iii) If weather conditions at the departure airport are below
landing minimums in the certificate holder's operation
specifications for that airport, specify a departure alternate in
accordance with 14 CFR part 121, and the approved certificate holder
procedures
    (iv) Ensure that each alternate airport selected (whether for
departure or destination airports) meets the requirements of 14 CFR
part 121, and the approved certificate holder procedures

    (v) Consider and plan for an unscheduled stop
    (vi) Determine the operational suitability of the planned
alternate by determining the following:
    (A) Field conditions (e.g., wet runways, runway friction
reports, braking action reports)
    (B) The MEL and CDL status of the aircraft and any potential
weather related condition or restriction
    (C) Crosswind and tailwind components
    (D) Weather reporting service is available
    (E) Approach chart does not prohibit its use as an alternate
    (F) The appropriate navigational facilities are monitored and
operational.
    (G) The airport has an instrument approach procedure authorized
for use by the certificate holder
    (H) Tower closures and alternative procedures
    (2) Determine whether holding is anticipated at both the
destination and the appropriate alternate(s) by considering the
following:
    (i) En route conditions
    (ii) ATC constraints
    (iii) Possible re-routes
    (iv) Marginal weather conditions at the arrival airports
    (v) MEL and CDL considerations
    (3) Determine the MEL and CDL status of the aircraft and its
impact on the flight plan
    (4) Plan the flight considering the following:
    (i) The ATC preferred routing (e.g., High Altitude Redesign,
RVSM, RNP)
    (ii) The performance requirements of part 121, subpart I
    (iii) The MEL or CDL status of the aircraft and any potential
weather related considerations of resultant restrictions
    (iv) The en route navigational facilities are monitored and
operational
    (v) Maintenance, test, training, and ferry flights (as
applicable)
    (5) Determine the fuel load requirements
    (i) Ensure that the flight is released with sufficient fuel on
board to comply with the requirements of 14 CFR and the certificate
holder's requirements for computing minimum fuel supply
    (ii) Consider the impact of underfueling or overfueling on the
dispatch release
    (iii) Comply with the requirements of any deviations or
exemptions used
    (6) Determine aircraft performance requirements. Ensure that the
flight is released at a weight and configuration that complies with
the requirements of 14 CFR part 121, subpart I and any additional
certificate holder requirements.
    (c) Task: Create and Issue Dispatch Release.
    The aircraft dispatcher must do the following, as applicable:
    (1) Create and issue a dispatch release using the certificate
holder's approved system for issuing dispatch releases
    (2) Create and issue a dispatch release using the certificate
holder's approved back-up system for issuing dispatch releases
    (3) Ensure that the dispatch release meets the regulatory
requirements and contains or has attached to it the available
weather reports, weather forecasts (or a combination of these) for
the destination airport, any intermediate stops, and any alternate
airports
    (4) Ensure the dispatch release meets the approved certificate
holder requirements
    (d) Task: Briefing Flight Crews
    The aircraft dispatcher must demonstrate the ability to brief
the flight crew on the topics listed in paragraph B.3. of this
attachment
    4. Area of Evaluation: Flight Monitoring
    (a) Task: Updating and Gathering Information.
    During the en route portion of the flight, the dispatcher must:
    (1) Track changing weather and operating conditions
    (2) Determine the actual time the aircraft departed, progress of
flight, and its estimated time of arrival
    (3) Provide the PIC with necessary information for the safe
conduct of the flight, such as changing meteorological conditions or
irregularities of facilities and services. Provide this information
using the certificate holder's approved communication system(s).
    (4) Advise the PIC of any changes in the operations environment
as follows:
    (i) ATC constraints
    (ii) Updated NOTAMs that may affect the flight
    (iii) Change in operations and an alternate plan
    (iv) Field conditions and runway availability
    (b) Task: Operational Control Decisionmaking
    The aircraft dispatcher must do the following, as applicable:
    (1) Understand the operational function of and interaction with
other departments, such as the following:
    (i) Maintenance
    (ii) Crew scheduling
    (iii) Training
    (iv) Customer service
    (v) Airport and station
    (2) Process the operational function of and interaction with
these departments into an operational control decision in accordance
with approved certificate holder procedures
    (c) Task: Amend Dispatch Release. The aircraft dispatcher must
demonstrate the following:
    (1) Determine when an amendment to a dispatch release is
required (e.g., mechanical problem, alternate or destination
changes)
    (2) Amend the dispatch release in accordance with approved
certificate holder procedures
    (3) Record that amendment in accordance with approved
certificate holder procedures
    5. Area of Evaluation: Situation Management
    (a) Task: Dispatch and Aircraft Abnormality or Emergency
    The dispatcher must demonstrate the ability to do the following:
    (1) Manage the following abnormal and emergency situations
generated from a source other that the flight crew:
    (i) A bomb threat is received
    (ii) In-flight medical emergency
    (iii) Engine failure in flight
    (iv) In-flight fire
    (v) Overweight landings
    (vi) Low fuel emergencies
    (vii) Aircraft diversions
    (viii) Hijacking
    (ix) Sabotage threats
    (x) An aircraft has been involved in a major accident
    (xi) An aircraft is overdue or missing
    (xii) Actions or alerts issued by military or other security
agencies
    (xiii) Any other operational situation that affects the safety
of flight
    (2) Establish communication with the Aircraft through the normal
certificate holder air to ground communication system
    (3) Immediately notify the PIC of an emergency situation that
arises during flight that requires an immediate decision and action
by an aircraft dispatcher and record that decision
    (4) Determine whether the PIC has declared an emergency
    (5) Declare an emergency (if appropriate) in accordance with 14
CFR in the event the aircraft dispatcher cannot communicate with the
PIC
    (6) Maintain operational control of the flight experiencing the
abnormal or emergency situation
    (7) Notify certificate holder management of the abnormal or
emergency situation
    (8) Maintain operational control of all flights in the
dispatcher's control
    (9) Contact maintenance for mechanical situations
    (10) Determine the extent of the situation and attempt to
classify the type of situation in order to report it properly to the
authorities
    (11) Use of the appropriate certificate holder manuals (e.g.,
QRH, emergency procedures manual)
    (b) Task: Collection and dissemination of information on overdue
or missing aircraft
    The aircraft dispatcher must:
    (1) Know how to send a written report of any deviation (within
10 days of the emergency) through the certificate holder's
operations manager to the POI at the certificate holding district
office in accordance with 14 CFR

    (2) Know how to notify the nearest National Transportation
Safety Board (NTSB) office when an accident or any of the following
occur:
    (i) Flight control system malfunction or failure
    (ii) Inability of any required flightcrew member to perform
normal flight duties as a result of injury or illness
    (iii) Failure of structural components of a turbine engine
excluding compressor and turbine blades and vanes
    (iv) In-flight fire
    (v) Aircraft collide in flight
    (vi) Damage to property, other than the aircraft, estimated to
exceed $25,000 for repair (including materials and labor) or fair
market value in the event of total loss, whichever is less
    (vii) For large multiengine aircraft (more than 12,500 pounds
maximum certificated takeoff weight):

    (A) In-flight failure of electrical systems which requires the
sustained use of an emergency bus powered by a back-up source such
as a battery, auxiliary power unit, or air-

driven generator to retain flight control or essential instruments
    (B) In-flight failure of hydraulic systems that results in
sustained reliance on the sole remaining hydraulic or mechanical
system for movement of flight control surfaces
    (C) Sustained loss of the power or thrust produced by two or
more engines and
    (D) An evacuation of an aircraft in which an emergency egress
system is utilized
    (viii) An aircraft is overdue and is believed to have been
involved in an accident
    6. Area of Evaluation: Dispatch Resource Management
    (a) Evaluation. Evaluation of an aircraft dispatcher's practical
application of DRM skills must occur as follows:
    (1) After the aircraft dispatcher has completed initial,
combined certification and initial, recurrent, and requalification
training. This evaluation must be completed during the proficiency
test (for initial and combined certification and initial training)
and during the proficiency check (for recurrent or requalification
training).
    (2) During the supervised operating experience delivered after
initial, combined certification and initial, and requalification
training.
    (b) Task: Demonstrate and apply DRM concepts. (Evaluation must
be in the form of demonstration)
    The aircraft dispatcher must know and be able to apply the
following DRM competencies:

    (1) Briefings
    (2) Assertiveness
    (3) Inquiry
    (4) Conflict resolution
    (5) Interdepartmental coordination process
    (6) Interpersonal relationships
    (7) Situational awareness
    (8) Preparation, planning, and vigilance
    (9) Time management (prioritizing)
    (10) Tactical and strategic use of resources
    (11) Stress management
    (12) Decisionmaking process
    (13) Multi-tasking
    (14) Risk management
    (15) Leadership
    (16) Communication

PART 135--OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: COMMUTER AND ON-DEMAND OPERATIONS

    35. The authority citation for part 135 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 44113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709,
44711-44713, 44715-44717, 44722.

    36. Revise Sec.  135.1(a)(4) to read as follows:

Sec.  135.1  Applicability.

    (a) * * *
    (4) Each person who applies for initial or provisional approval of
an Advanced Qualification Program curriculum, curriculum segment, or
portion of a curriculum segment under subpart Y of part 121 of this
chapter and each person employed or used by a certificate holder to
perform training, qualification, or evaluation functions under an
Advanced Qualification Program under subpart Y of part 121 of this
chapter.
* * * * *
    37. Amend Sec.  135.3 by revising paragraphs (b) and (c) and by
adding paragraph (d) to read as follows:

Sec.  135.3  Rules applicable to operations under this part.

* * * * *
    (b) Each certificate holder that conducts commuter operations under
this part with airplanes in which two pilots are required by the type
certification rules of this chapter must comply with subpart BB of part
121 of this chapter instead of the requirements of subparts E, G, and H
of this part.
    (c) The rules in subpart BB of part 121 of this chapter are
considered a subpart of part 135 of this chapter for certificate
holders identified in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (d) If authorized by the Administrator upon application, each
certificate holder that conducts operations under this part to which
paragraph (b) of this section does not apply, may comply with the
applicable sections of subpart BB of part 121 of this chapter instead
of the requirements of subparts E, G, and H of this part, except that
those authorized certificate holders may choose to comply with the
operating experience requirements of Sec.  135.244, instead of the
requirements of Sec.  121.1225 of this chapter.

PART 142--TRAINING CENTERS

    38. The authority citation for part 142 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701-44703,
44705, 44707, 44709-44711, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

Sec.  142.1  [Amended]

    39. Remove and reserve Sec.  142.1(b)(2).
    40. Revise Sec.  142.63(b) to read as follows:

Sec.  142.63  Privileges.

* * * * *
    (b) Approved under subpart Y, Advanced Qualification Program, of
part 121 of this chapter, for meeting recency of experience
requirements.

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 26, 2011.
 John M. Allen,
Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-10554 Filed 5-11-11; 11:15 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) has received a request for a waiver of compliance
from certain requirements of its safety standards. The individual
petition is described below, including the party seeking relief, the
regulatory provisions involved, the nature of the relief being
requested, and the petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.

Norfolk Southern Corporation

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2009-0064]

    Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) has petitioned FRA for a waiver
from 49 CFR 213.113(a) to permit variance from the accepted practice of
stop/start rail test hand verification for a continuous rail test pilot
project. The pilot project will be conducted for a period of 2 years on
all main line tracks of the CNO & TP on the Central division between
Cincinnati, Ohio and Chattanooga, Tennessee, milepost limits 2.4 to
338.2. NS also states that prior to beginning the pilot project, the
Central division main tracks will be rail tested with a conventional
stop/start rail test vehicle and any normally scheduled intervals
during the pilot project will be maintained by convention stop/start
rail test vehicle.
    The continuous high speed rail test vehicle will be a self
propelled rail-bound ultrasound Sperry car operating at speeds up to 25
miles per hour in non-stop mode making weekly runs. Upon completion of
each run, data will

be analyzed offline by a group of experts with experience in this
process. The analysis will categorize and prioritize suspect defect
locations. Three teams of verifiers will then be sent out with field
instruments to check locations based upon GPS coordinates. Locations
will be checked 60 feet; either side of suspect GPS point. Remedial
actions will be applied as per CFR 213.113 for confirmed rail defects.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2009-0064) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
    Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice
will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments
received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. All
written communications concerning these proceedings are available for
examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above
facility. All documents in the public docket are also available for
inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web
site at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment,
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages
19477-78).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 10, 2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E9-16919 Filed 7-15-09; 8:45 am]

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