[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: 14CFR141.63]



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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 D_Examining Authority

 

Sec. 141.63  Examining authority qualification requirements.



    (a) A pilot school must meet the following prerequisites to receive 

initial approval for examining authority:

    (1) The school must complete the application for examining authority 

on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Administrator;

    (2) The school must hold a pilot school certificate and rating 

issued under this part;

    (3) The school must have held the rating in which examining 

authority is sought for at least 24 consecutive calendar months 

preceding the month of application for examining authority;

    (4) The training course for which examining authority is requested 

may not be a course that is approved without meeting the minimum ground 

and flight training time requirements of this part; and

    (5) Within 24 calendar months before the date of application for 

examining authority, that school must meet the following requirements--

    (i) The school must have trained at least 10 students in the 

training course for which examining authority is sought and recommended 

those students for a pilot, flight instructor, or ground instructor 

certificate or rating; and

    (ii) At least 90 percent of those students passed the required 

practical or knowledge test, or any combination thereof, for the pilot, 

flight instructor, or ground instructor certificate or rating on the 

first attempt, and that test was given by--

    (A) An FAA inspector; or

    (B) An examiner who is not an employee of the school.

    (b) A pilot school must meet the following requirements to retain 

approval of its examining authority:

    (1) The school must complete the application for renewal of its 

examining authority on a form and in a manner prescribed by the 

Administrator;

    (2) The school must hold a pilot school certificate and rating 

issued under this part;

    (3) The school must have held the rating for which continued 

examining authority is sought for at least 24 calendar months preceding 

the month of



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application for renewal of its examining authority; and

    (4) The training course for which continued examining authority is 

requested may not be a course that is approved without meeting the 

minimum ground and flight training time requirements of this part.



[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40908, 

July 30, 1997]