Categories of Training

St. Charles Flying Service, Inc. Section: 2

Training Program Page: 1

Revision: 4

Date: 2/11/2009

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CATEGORIES OF TRAINING

Categories of training: Courses of training which provide the necessary training and checking or testing for various types of crewmembers who have not previously qualified (or have or will become unqualified) to serve unsupervised in specific duty positions. Each category of training consists of one or more curriculums.

Initial NewHire: This training category is for personnel who have not had previous experience with the operator (newly hired personnel). It also applies, however, to personnel employed by the operator who have not previously held a crewmember duty position with that operator. Initial new-hire training includes basic indoctrination training and training for a specific duty position and aircraft type. Except for a basic indoctrination curriculum segment, the regulatory requirements for “initial new-hire” and “initial equipment” training are the same. Since initial new-hire training is usually the employee’s first exposure to specific company methods, systems, and procedures, it must be the most comprehensive of the six categories of training. For this reason, initial new-hire training is a distinct separate category of training and should not be confused with initial equipment training. Initial equipment training is a separate category of training.

Initial Equipment Training: This category of training is for personnel who have been previously trained and qualified for a duty position by the operator (not new hires) and who are being reassigned for any of the following reasons:

1. Reassignment is to a different duty position on a different aircraft type and the crewmember has not been previously trained and qualified by the operator for that duty position and aircraft type.
2. Reassignment is to an aircraft of a category or class for which the crewmember has not previously qualified with that operator.

Transition Training: This category of training is for an employee who has been previously trained and qualified for a specific duty position by the operator and who is being assigned to the same duty position on a different aircraft type.

Recurrent Training: This category of training is for an employee who has been trained and qualified by the operator, who will continue to serve in the same duty position and aircraft type, and who must receive recurring training and/or checking within an appropriate eligibility period to maintain currency.

Upgrade Training: This category of training is for personnel who have been previously trained and qualified in a duty position by the operator in an aircraft, and are being reassigned to another duty position on which they were not previously trained and qualified in the same aircraft. (i.e.: VFR only to IFR Qualified)

CATEGORIES OF TRAINING

Instructor/Check Airman, Initial and Upgrade: Establish standardized check ride and training procedures. Ensure that all Flight Instructors/Check Airmen are adequately trained from both the left and right pilot seat and have the ability to avoid potentially unsafe situations that may arise during flight training or check rides.

Requalification Training: This category of training is for an employee who has been trained and qualified by the operator, but has become unqualified to serve in a particular duty position and/or aircraft due to not having received recurrent training and/or a required flight or competency check within the appropriate eligibility period. Crewmembers who have become unqualified due to failing a check will also enter into Requalification Training.

Aircraft Families: There are four basic families of aircraft used in Part 135 operations. Aircraft are assigned to a particular family according to their performance capabilities and flight characteristics. The ground and flight training requirements for crewmembers are significantly different for each family of aircraft. Within each aircraft family, however, the ground and flight training requirements are similar, even though individual aircraft may be quite different in construction and appearance. The four families of aircraft are as follows:

Transport and Commuter Category Airplane Family: This family includes all multiengine land airplanes certificated under Part 25 (and predecessor rules such as CAR 4, 4A and 4B and SR 422, 422A, and 422B) and includes the commuter category provisions of Part 23(and SFAR 41).

Multiengine General Purpose Airplane Family: This family includes all multiengine land and sea airplanes certificated under Part 23, CAR 3, or Aero Bulletin 7A (other than the commuter category provisions of Part 23). It does not include any airplanes belonging to the transport and commuter category airplane family.

SingleEngine Airplane Family: This family includes all singleengine airplanes.

Helicopter Family: This family includes all helicopters.

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CURRICULUM: MULTI-ENGINE GENERAL PURPOSE PIC

OBJECTIVE:To develop the necessary knowledge and skill for the

crewmember to perform the duties and responsibilities for

the assigned duty position and aircraft to the desired standards.

INITIAL NEW-HIRE

CURRICULUM: PIC SINGLE-ENGINE

OBJECTIVE:To develop the necessary knowledge and skill for the

crewmember to perform the duties and responsibilities for

the assigned duty position and aircraft to the desired standards.

INITIAL NEW-HIRE

CURRICULUM: INITIAL AND TRANSITION INSTRUCTOR/CHECK AIRMAN

OBJECTIVE:To develop the necessary knowledge and skill for the crewmember to

perform the responsibilities of the assigned duty position and aircraft to the

desired standards.

CURRICULUM: REQUALIFICATION PIC

AIRCRAFT: ALL CREW POSITIONS

OBJECTIVE: To re-establish qualification for crewmembers that have become

unqualified in a particular Aircraft type or crew position.

PREREQUISITES: Previously qualified as a PIC but has become unqualified due to not

having completed required recurrent ground or flight training or a

required competency/proficiency check within the appropriate

eligibility period.

TRAINING AIDS:Refer to individual curriculum segments.

TRAINING HOURS:Variable/See Tables Below.

COMPLETION STANDARDS:Refer to qualification segment.

APPLICABLE CURRICULUM SEGMENTS:

CURRICULUM: REQUALIFICATION PIC

AIRCRAFT:ALL CREW POSITIONS

OBJECTIVE: To re-establish qualification for crewmembers that have become

unqualified due to failure of a check.

PREREQUISITES:Previously qualified as a PIC who have become unqualified due to

failure of a required flight check: Qualification (135.293), Proficiency

Check (135.297) or Line Check (135.299) must be entered into

requalification training.

TRAINING AIDS: Refer to individual curriculum segments.

TRAINING HOURS:Variable

COMPLETION STANDARDS:Refer to qualification segment.

APPLICABLE CURRICULUM SEGMENTS:

A. Remedial Training: The required curriculum segments for requalification after failure of a check shall be dictated by the unsatisfactory events which occurred during the check. Based on the nature of these events, Instructors/check airman and/or the Chief Pilot will derive a course training from the appropriate curriculum segments (flight and/or ground) and allow enough time to ensure the crewmember's competence and proficiency in those areas, as well as verifying competency in all other applicable curriculum segments for the required check.

B. Certification &Qualification: Prior to certification, instructors/check airman and/or the Chief Pilot will certify to the crewmember's proficiency in all applicable curriculum segments prior to the crewmember retaking a check ride. Crewmembers will successfully accomplish all appropriate qualification modules prior to being reassigned to revenue service.