[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: 14CFR142.47]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 142_TRAINING CENTERS--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart C_Personnel and Flight Training Equipment Requirements

 

Sec. 142.47  Training center instructor eligibility requirements.



    (a) A certificate holder may not employ a person as an instructor in 

a flight training course that is subject to approval by the 

Administrator unless that person--

    (1) Is at least 18 years of age;

    (2) Is able to read, write, and speak and understand in the English 

language;

    (3) If instructing in an aircraft in flight, is qualified in 

accordance with subpart H of this chapter;

    (4) Satisfies the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section; and

    (5) Meets at least one of the following requirements--

    (i) Except as allowed by paragraph (a)(5)(ii) of this section, meets 

the aeronautical experience requirements of Sec. 61.129 (a), (b), (c), 

or (e) of this chapter, as applicable, excluding the required hours of 

instruction in preparation for the commercial pilot practical test;

    (ii) If instructing in flight simulator or flight training device 

that represents an airplane requiring a type rating or if instructing in 

a curriculum leading to the issuance of an airline transport pilot 

certificate or an added rating to an airline transport pilot 

certificate, meets the aeronautical experience requirements of Sec. 

61.159, Sec. 61.161, or Sec. 61.163 of this chapter, as applicable; or

    (iii) Is employed as a flight simulator instructor or a flight 

training device instructor for a training center providing instruction 

and testing to meet the requirements of part 61 of this chapter on 

August 1, 1996.

    (b) A training center must designate each instructor in writing to 

instruct in each approved course, prior to that person functioning as an 

instructor in that course.

    (c) Prior to initial designation, each instructor shall:



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    (1) Complete at least 8 hours of ground training on the following 

subject matter:

    (i) Instruction methods and techniques.

    (ii) Training policies and procedures.

    (iii) The fundamental principles of the learning process.

    (iv) Instructor duties, privileges, responsibilities, and 

limitations.

    (v) Proper operation of simulation controls and systems.

    (vi) Proper operation of environmental control and warning or 

caution panels.

    (vii) Limitations of simulation.

    (viii) Minimum equipment requirements for each curriculum.

    (ix) Revisions to the training courses.

    (x) Cockpit resource management and crew coordination.

    (2) Satisfactorily complete a written test--

    (i) On the subjects specified in paragraph (c)(1) of this section; 

and

    (ii) That is accepted by the Administrator as being of equivalent 

difficulty, complexity, and scope as the tests provided by the 

Administrator for the flight instructor airplane and instrument flight 

instructor knowledge tests.



[Doc. No. 26933, 61 FR 34562, July 2, 1996, as amended by Amdt. 142-2, 

62 FR 68137, Dec. 30, 1997]