---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 133.37"
title: "14"
number: "133.37"
heading: "Crewmember training, currency, and testing requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/133.37"
---

# §133.37. Crewmember training, currency, and testing requirements.

- (a) No certificate holder may use, nor may any person serve, as a pilot in operations conducted under this part unless that person—
  - (1) Has successfully demonstrated, to the Administrator knowledge and skill with respect to the rotorcraft-load combination in accordance with [§ 133.23](/cfr/14/133.23.md) (in the case of a pilot other than the chief pilot or an assistant chief pilot who has been designated in accordance with [§ 133.21(b)](/cfr/14/133.21.md?p=b), this demonstration may be made to the chief pilot or assistant chief pilot); and
  - (2) Has in his or her personal possession a letter of competency or an appropriate logbook entry indicating compliance with [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section.
- (b) No certificate holder may use, nor may any person serve as, a crewmember or other operations personnel in Class D operations conducted under this part unless, within the preceding 12 calendar months, that person has successfully completed either an approved initial or a recurrent training program.
- (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, a person who has performed a rotorcraft external-load operation of the same class and in an aircraft of the same type within the past 12 calendar months need not undergo recurrent training.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 24550, 51 FR 40708, Nov. 7, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702.

### Source

Source: Docket 1529, 29 FR 603, Jan. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 24550, 51 FR 40708, Nov. 7, 1986]