AC 61-138

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Advisory circular · Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program

A newer version is currentThis is a historical version. AC 61-138A CHG 1 is the version in force, approved November 6, 2024.
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AC61-138
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AC 61-138 · 4 versions
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14 CFR parts
61, 91, 135, 121, 141, 142, 60

Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed November 22, 2025.

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Appendix 3 APPENDIX 3. RELATED GUIDANCE

a. Related Reading Material (current editions):

(1) Advisory Circular (AC) 120-35, Flightcrew Member Line Operational Simulations:

Line Oriented Flight Training, Special Purpose Operational Training, Line Operational Evaluation. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/ index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/1027170.

(2) AC 120-51, Crew Resource Management Training. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/ documentID/22879.

(3) AC 120-62, Takeoff Safety Training Aid. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/ regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/23202.

(4) AC 120-64, Operational Use and Modification of Electronic Checklists. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/ document.information/documentID/23204.

(5) AC 120-66, Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP). Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/ documentID/23207.

(6) AC 120-71, Standard Operating Procedures and Pilot Monitoring Duties for Flight Deck Crewmembers. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/ advisory_ circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/1030486.

(7) AC 120-74, Parts 91, 121, 125, and 135 Flightcrew Procedures During Taxi Operations. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/ index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/1020233.

(8) AC 120-82, Flight Operational Quality Assurance. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/ documentID/23227.

(9) AC 120-109, Stall Prevention and Recovery Training. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/ documentID/1028646.

(10) AC 120-111, Upset Prevention and Recovery Training. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/ documentID/1027328.

(11) AC 121.195-1, Operational Landing Distances for Wet Runways; Transport Category Airplanes. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/ index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/22523.

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Appendix 3

(12) Information for Operators (InFO) 07009, Runway Lights Required for Night Takeoffs in Part 121. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/ airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2007/inFO07009.pdf.

(13) InFO 07018, Taxi Clearances: Know the Rules, Understand Your Clearance.

Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/ airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2007/inFO07018.pdf.

(14) InFO 08029, Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR): Recommended Flightcrew Training. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/ airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2008/inFO08029.pdf.

(15) InFO 08034, Design and Content of Checklists for In-Flight Smoke, Fire and Fumes (SFF). Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_ operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2008/inFO08034.pdf.

(16) InFO 08041, Checklist Review. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/ aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2008/inFO08041.pdf.

(17) InFO 08049, Preventing Wrong Runway Takeoffs. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/ media/2008/inFO08049.pdf.

(18) InFO 10010, Enhanced Upset Recovery Training. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/ media/2010/InFO10010.pdf.

(19) InFO 10024, Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate Requirement for Pilots in Part 121 Operations. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_ operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2010/InFO10024.pdf.

(20) Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) 07003, Confirming the Takeoff Runway.

Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_ safety/safo/all_safos/media/2007/safo07003.pdf.

(21) SAFO 10006, In-Flight Icing Operations and Training Recommendations.

Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_ safety/safo/all_safos/media/2010/SAFO10006.pdf.

(22) SAFO 10012, Possible Misinterpretation of the Practical Test Standards (PTS) Language “Minimal Loss of Altitude”. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_ industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/safo/all_safos/media/2010/SAFO10012.pdf.

(23) Order 8900.1, Volume 4, Chapter 2, Section 5, Nonprecision, Approach Procedures with Vertical Guidance, and Category I Precision Approach and Landing Operations. Retrieved from http://fsims.faa.gov/.

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Appendix 3

(24) Order 8900.1, Volume 3, Chapter 32, Section 12, Safety Assurance System:

Aircraft Checklists for 14 CFR Parts 121/135. Retrieved from http://fsims.faa.gov/.

(25) Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators, http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/ handbooks_manuals/aviation/media/00-80T-80.pdf.

(26) Degani, A., & Wiener, E.L. (1994). On the Design of Flight-Deck Procedures.

(NASA Contractor Report 177642). Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved from http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/m/profile/adegani/Flight-Deck _Procedures.pdf.

(27) FAA, Air Traffic Organization, Office of Safety. (n.d.). Pilot ‘Best Practices’ for Airfield Safety. Retrieved from https://www.faa.gov/airports/runway_safety/pilots/ best_practices.

(28) FAA, Office of Integrated Safety Analysis, Human Factors Analysis Division.

(1995). Human Performance Considerations in the Use and Design of Aircraft Checklists.

Retrieved from http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/1566.pdf.

(29) FAA-H-8083-3B. Airplane Flying Handbook. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/airplane_handbook/.

(30) FAA-H-8083-25B. Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/.

(31) International Civil Aviation Organization. (1991). Human Factors Digest Number 3: Training of Operational Personnel in Human Factors. (ICAO Circular 227-AN/136).

(32) McDonnell, L.K., Jobe, K.K., & Dismukes, R.K. (1997). Facilitating LOS Debriefings: A Training Manual. (NASA Technical Memorandum 112192). Retrieved from http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/000/900/962/Final_Training_TM.pdf.

(33) Prince, C. (n.d.). Guidelines for Situation Awareness Training. NAWCTSD/UCF/ FAA Partnership for Aviation Training. Retrieved from http://www.ibrarian.net/navon/paper/ Guidelines_For_Situation_Awareness_Training.pdf?paperid=867949.

(34) Svatek, N. (1990). Techniques in CRM Training. ICAO Journal, 45(10), 12-13.

Retrieved from http://www.icao.int/anb/humanfactors/techniques_in_CRM_1990.pdf.

(35) Tarnowski, E. (1999). Understanding Design Philosophy Can Help Pilots Benefit from Modern Automated Flight Systems. ICAO Journal, November/December 1999, 22-24,

29-30. Retrieved from http://www.icao.int/anb/humanfactors/Understanding_design _philosophy_1999.pdf.

(36) Turner, J.W. & Huntley, M.S. (1991). The Use and Design of Flightcrew Checklists and Manuals (Report No. DOT/FAA/AM-91/07). Retrieved from http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/ 33000/33400/33421/33421.pdf.

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Appendix 3

(37) U.S. Air Force, Air Education and Training Command. (2012). Cockpit/Crew Resource Management Program. (Air Force Instruction 11-290). Retrieved from http://static.epublishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a3_5/publication/afi11-290/afi11-290.pdf.

b. Decisionmaking, Crew Resource Management (CRM), Human Factors.

(1) AC 60-22, Aeronautical Decision Making. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/ regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/22624.

(2) Adams, R.J. (1993). How Expert Pilots Think. (Report No. DOT/FAA/RD-93/9).

Retrieved from http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA265356&Location= U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf.

(3) Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). (2002). Flight Crew Training: Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) and Line-Oriented Flight Training (LOFT). (Previously ICAO Digest No. 2). Retrieved from http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP720.PDF.

(4) Driskell, J.E., & Adams, R.J. (1992). Crew Resource Management: An Introductory Handbook. (FAA Report No. DOT-VNTSC-FAA-92-8). Retrieved from http://www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA257441&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf.

(5) FAA Report No. DOT-VNTSC-FAA-03-07. (2003). Human Factors Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs). Retrieved from http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/34000/34200/34292/DOT-VNTSC-FAA-03-07.pdf.

(6) Helmreich, R.L. (1998). Error Management as Organizational Strategy.

In Proceedings of the IATA Human Factors Seminar (pp. 1-7). Bangkok, Thailand, April 20-22, 1998. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?

doi=10.1.1.131.2400&rep=rep1&type=pdf.

(7) Helmreich, R.L., Merritt, A.C., & Wilhelm, J.A. (1999). The Evolution of Crew Resource Management Training in Commercial Aviation. (University of Texas at Austin Human Factors Research Project: 235). International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 9(1), 19-32.

Retrieved from http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/UAL173/crmhistory.pdf.

(8) InFO 07015, Flight Risk Assessment Tool. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/ media/2007/inFO07015.pdf.

(9) Jensen, R.S. (1989). Aeronautical Decision Making – Cockpit Resource Management (Report No. DOT/FAA/PM-86/46). Retrieved from http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA205115.

(10) Johnston, A.N., & Maurino, D.E. (1990). Human Factors T raining for Aviation Personnel. ICAO Journal, No. 5, May 1990, pp. 16-19. Retrieved from http://www.icao.int/ publications/Pages/ICAO-Journal.aspx?year=1990&lang=en.

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(11) Kochan, J.A., Jensen, R.S., & Chubb, G.P. (1997). A New Approach to Aeronautical Decision-Making: The Expertise Method (Report No. DOT/FAA/AM-97/6).

Retrieved from http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA323793.

(12) Merritt, A.C., & Helmreich, R.L. (1996). Creating and sustaining a safety culture:

Some practical strategies. In B. Hayward & A. Lowe (Eds.), Applied Aviation Psychology:

Achievement, Change and Challenge (pp. 20-26). Sydney: Avebury Aviation. Retrieved from https://www.fia.is/safetyculture.

(13) Reason, J. (1990). Human Error. New York: Cambridge University Press.

(14) Seamster, T.L., Boehm-Davis, D.A., Holt, R.W., & Schultz, K. (1998). Developing Advanced Crew Resource Management (ACRM) Training: A Training Manual. FAA, Office of the Chief Scientific and Technical Advisory for Human Factors, AAR-100. Retrieved from http://www.raes-hfg.com/reports/dacrmt.pdf.

(15) Sumwalt, R.L., Thomas, R.J., & Dismukes, K. (2002). Enhancing Flight-crew Monitoring Skills Can Increase Flight Safety. Paper presented at the 55th International Air Safety Seminar, Flight Safety Foundation. Dublin, Ireland, November 4-7, 2002. Retrieved from http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/flightcognition/Publications/Holbrookcopy.pdf.

c. Related References:

(1) Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid Revision 2. Retrieved from http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/training/media/AP_UpsetRec overy_Book.pdf.

(2) Helmreich, R.L. (n.d.) Culture, Threat, and Error: Assessing System Safety.

Retrieved from http://158.132.155.107/posh97/private/culture/culture-threat-error- Helmreich.pdf.

(3) Defensive Flying for Pilots: An Introduction to Threat and Error Management Ashleigh Merritt, Ph.D. & James Klinect, Ph.D. The University of Texas Human Factors Research Project. The LOSA Collaborative. Retrieved from http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/1982.pdf.

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