scope:

APPLICABILITY 

This manual is intended to provide guidance to civil aviation authorities, operators and approved training organizations in the recurrent assessment and training of pilots conducted in flight simulation training devices (FSTDs), referred to in Annex 6 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Operation of Aircraft, Part I, International commercial Air Transport - Aeroplanes, 9.3, Flight crew member training programmes, and 9.4.4, Pilot proficiency checks in addition to Annex 1 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Personnel Licensing, 1.2.5, Validity of licenses. It may also provide guidance for approved training organizations engaged in the recurrent assessment and training of flight crew operating large or turbojet aeroplanes in accordance with Annex 6, Part II - International General Aviation - Aeroplanes (Section 3 refers). 

This manual includes guidance for the development of training programmes and the assessment of flight crew performance, in addition to information for instructors conducting the training. The purpose of training and assessment within this programme is to establish competency and provide for continuous and measurable improvement in flight crew performance during line operations. 

Aeroplanes considered for application of the guidance in this manual are those with a certified seating capacity of 50 or more passengers for turbo-jet aeroplanes referred to in this manual as jets, and of 30 or more passengers for turbo-propeller aeroplanes referred to in this manual as turboprops. 

This manual does not formally consider training media, but will assume that the assessment and training described will be conducted in an FSTD qualified to an appropriate level in accordance with CAA rules (Doc 9625 - Manual of Criteria for the Qualification of Flight Simulation Training Devices refers). It is recognized that there will be aspects of any recurrent training programme which are conducted outside the environment of a qualified FSTD, but the EBT programme described in this manual is intended to relate only to FSTD assessment and training.