Qualification curriculum

This regulation specifies what must be included in an Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) qualification curriculum for various aviation personnel. The curriculum must detail planned training hours, evaluation methods, and supervised operating experience.

For crewmembers, dispatchers, and operations personnel, it must include aircraft-specific training requirements, detailed descriptions of knowledge and skill objectives, and explain how the AQP differs from or replaces standard FAA requirements in Parts 61, 63, 65, 121, or 135. It must also describe how operating experience and recency requirements will be met.

Flight crewmembers need initial operating experience and line checks specified. Instructors require curricula covering how to teach aircraft operations, including their own qualification standards and evaluation methods. Evaluators need everything instructors do, plus additional training on how to assess others' performance, along with their own standardization and recency requirements.

This ensures AQP training programs are comprehensive and properly documented for FAA approval.

*This is a plain-English summary for study only. The official 14 CFR text on this page is controlling — always read the current regulation and consult a CFI.*