[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR141.35]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 141_PILOT SCHOOLS--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart B_Personnel, Aircraft, and Facilities Requirements

 

Sec. 141.35  Chief instructor qualifications.



    (a) To be eligible for designation as a chief instructor for a 

course of training, a person must meet the following requirements:

    (1) Hold a commercial pilot certificate or an airline transport 

pilot certificate, and, except for a chief instructor for a course of 

training solely for a lighter-than-air rating, a current flight 

instructor certificate. The certificates must contain the appropriate 

aircraft category and class ratings for the category and class of 

aircraft used in the course and an instrument rating, if an instrument 

rating is required for enrollment in the course of training;

    (2) Meet the pilot-in-command recent flight experience requirements 

of Sec. 61.57 of this chapter;

    (3) Pass a knowledge test on--

    (i) Teaching methods;

    (ii) Applicable provisions of the ``Aeronautical Information 

Manual'';

    (iii) Applicable provisions of parts 61, 91, and 141 of this 

chapter; and

    (iv) The objectives and approved course completion standards of the 

course for which the person seeks to obtain designation.

    (4) Pass a proficiency test on instructional skills and ability to 

train students on the flight procedures and maneuvers appropriate to the 

course;

    (5) Except for a course of training for gliders, balloons, or 

airships, the chief



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instructor must meet the applicable requirements in paragraphs (b), (c), 

and (d) of this section; and

    (6) A chief instructor for a course of training for gliders, 

balloons or airships is only required to have 40 percent of the hours 

required in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section.

    (b) For a course of training leading to the issuance of a 

recreational or private pilot certificate or rating, a chief instructor 

must have:

    (1) At least 1,000 hours as pilot in command; and

    (2) Primary flight training experience, acquired as either a 

certificated flight instructor or an instructor in a military pilot 

flight training program, or a combination thereof, consisting of at 

least--

    (i) 2 years and a total of 500 flight hours; or

    (ii) 1,000 flight hours.

    (c) For a course of training leading to the issuance of an 

instrument rating or a rating with instrument privileges, a chief 

instructor must have:

    (1) At least 100 hours of flight time under actual or simulated 

instrument conditions;

    (2) At least 1,000 hours as pilot in command; and

    (3) Instrument flight instructor experience, acquired as either a 

certificated flight instructor-instrument or an instructor in a military 

pilot flight training program, or a combination thereof, consisting of 

at least--

    (i) 2 years and a total of 250 flight hours; or

    (ii) 400 flight hours.

    (d) For a course of training other than one leading to the issuance 

of a recreational or private pilot certificate or rating, or an 

instrument rating or a rating with instrument privileges, a chief 

instructor must have:

    (1) At least 2,000 hours as pilot in command; and

    (2) Flight training experience, acquired as either a certificated 

flight instructor or an instructor in a military pilot flight training 

program, or a combination thereof, consisting of at least--

    (i) 3 years and a total of 1,000 flight hours; or

    (ii) 1,500 flight hours.

    (e) To be eligible for designation as chief instructor for a ground 

school course, a person must have 1 year of experience as a ground 

school instructor at a certificated pilot school.



[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40907, 

July 30, 1997; as amended by Amdt. 141-10, 63 FR 20289, Apr. 23, 1998]