Federal Aviation Regulations
Sec. 121.440 — Line checks.
(a) No certificate holder may use any person nor may any person serve as pilot in command of an airplane unless, within the preceding 12 calendar months, that person has passed a line check in which he satisfactorily performs the duties and responsibilities of a pilot in command in one of the types of airplanes he is to fly.(b) A pilot in command line check for domestic and flag operations must—
(1) Be given by a pilot check airman who is currently qualified on both the route and the airplane; and
(2) Consist of at least one flight over a typical part of the certificate holder's route, or over a foreign or Federal airway, or over a direct route.
(c) A pilot in command line check for supplemental operations must—
(1) Be given by a pilot check airman who is currently qualified on the airplane; and
(2) Consist of at least one flight over a part of a Federal airway, foreign airway, or advisory route over which the pilot may be assigned.
(d) No certificate holder may use the services of any person as a pilot in operations under this part unless the certificate holder evaluates every 6 months the performance, through a line check, of each pilot of the certificate holder who has attained 60 years of age. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a certificate holder is not required to conduct for a 6-month period a line check under this paragraph of a pilot serving as a second-in-command if the pilot has undergone a regularly scheduled simulator evaluation during that period.
(e) No pilot who has attained 60 years of age may serve as a pilot in operations under this part unless the certificate holder has evaluated the pilot's performance every 6 months, through a line check. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a certificate holder is not required to conduct for a 6-month period a line check under this paragraph of a pilot serving as a second-in-command if the pilot has undergone a regularly scheduled simulator evaluation during that period.
(f) The training program provisions of §121.401(b) do not apply to pilots who have attained 60 years of age and serve in operations under this part.
[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 96, Jan. 3, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 121–143, 43 FR 22642, May 25, 1978; Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996; Amdt. 121–344, 74 FR 34235, July 15, 2009]
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