[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: 14CFR141.36]



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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. 141.36  Assistant chief instructor qualifications.



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

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

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

certificate and, except for the assistant 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, class, and instrument ratings if an instrument rating 

is required by the course of training for the category and class of 

aircraft used in the course;

    (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 the flight procedures and maneuvers 

appropriate to that course; and

    (5) Meet the applicable requirements in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) 

of this section. However, an assistant 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, an assistant chief 

instructor must have:

    (1) At least 500 hours as pilot in command; and



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    (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) 1 year and a total of 250 flight hours; or

    (ii) 500 flight hours.

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

instrument rating or a rating with instrument privileges, an assistant 

chief flight instructor must have:

    (1) At least 50 hours of flight time under actual or simulated 

instrument conditions;

    (2) At least 500 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) 1 year and a total of 125 flight hours; or

    (ii) 200 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, an assistant 

chief instructor must have:

    (1) At least 1,000 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) 1\1/2\ years and a total of 500 flight hours; or

    (ii) 750 flight hours.

    (e) To be eligible for designation as an assistant chief instructor 

for a ground school course, a person must have 6 months 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]