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Purpose of This Notice.

This notice provides a special emphasis review for principal operations inspectors (POI) whose operators have been authorized by operations specification (OpSpec) or Management Specification (MSpec) paragraph A031 to contract for training, checking, or testing services with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 142 training centers who must do this review. The review will focus on each operator's adherence to the specific authorizations granted by paragraph A031 as well as on the operator's procedures and practices with respect to quality control over their training program. In particular, POIs should examine the qualifications and performance of the training center evaluators (TCE), instructors, and check airmen who conduct training, checking and testing activities on behalf of the operator. Each POI should also examine the methods by which the operator controls training/checking/testing operations conducted on its behalf, and the process by which the operator conducts surveillance of training centers.