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§ 141.27
ratings that is false or designed to mis-
lead any person contemplating enroll-
ment in that school.
(b) The holder of a pilot school cer-
tificate or a provisional pilot school
certificate may not advertise that the
school is certificated unless it clearly
differentiates between courses that
have been approved under part 141 of
this chapter and those that have not
been approved under part 141 of this
chapter.
(c) The holder of a pilot school cer-
tificate or a provisional pilot school
certificate must promptly remove:
(1) From vacated premises, all signs
indicating that the school was certifi-
cated by the Administrator; or
(2) All indications (including signs),
wherever located, that the school is
certificated by the Administrator when
its certificate has expired or has been
surrendered, suspended, or revoked.
§ 141.25 Business office and operations
base.
(a) Each holder of a pilot school or a
provisional pilot school certificate
must maintain a principal business of-
fice with a mailing address in the name
shown on its certificate.
(b) The facilities and equipment at
the principal business office must be
adequate to maintain the files and
records required to operate the busi-
ness of the school.
(c) The principal business office may
not be shared with, or used by, another
pilot school.
(d) Before changing the location of
the principal business office or the op-
erations base, each certificate holder
must notify the responsible Flight
Standards office for the area of the new
location, and the notice must be:
(1) Submitted in writing at least 30
days before the change of location; and
(2) Accompanied by any amendments
needed for the certificate holder’s ap-
proved training course outline.
(e) A certificate holder may conduct
training at an operations base other
than the one specified in its certificate,
if:
(1) The Administrator has inspected
and approved the base for use by the
certificate holder; and
(2) The course of training and any
needed amendments have been ap-
proved for use at that base.
[Docket No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, as
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt.
141–19, 83 FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018]
§ 141.26 Training agreements.
(a) A training center certificated
under part 142 of this chapter may pro-
vide the training, testing, and checking
for pilot schools certificated under this
part and is considered to meet the re-
quirements of this part, provided—
(1) There is a training agreement be-
tween the certificated training center
and the pilot school;
(2) The training, testing, and check-
ing provided by the certificated train-
ing center is approved and conducted
under part 142;
(3) The pilot school certificated
under this part obtains the Adminis-
trator’s approval for a training course
outline that includes the training, test-
ing, and checking to be conducted
under this part and the training, test-
ing, and checking to be conducted
under part 142; and
(4) Upon completion of the training,
testing, and checking conducted under
part 142, a copy of each student’s train-
ing record is forwarded to the part 141
school and becomes part of the stu-
dent’s permanent training record.
(b) A pilot school that provides flight
training for an institution of higher
education that holds a letter of author-
ization under § 61.169 of this chapter
must have a training agreement with
that institution of higher education.
[Doc. No. FAA–2010–0100, 78 FR 42379, July 15,
2013]
§ 141.27 Renewal of certificates and
ratings.
(a)
Pilot school.
(1) A pilot school may
apply for renewal of its school certifi-
cate and ratings within 30 days pre-
ceding the month the pilot school’s
certificate expires, provided the school
meets the requirements prescribed in
paragraph (a)(2) of this section for re-
newal of its certificate and ratings.
(2) A pilot school may have its school
certificate and ratings renewed for an
additional 24 calendar months if the
Administrator determines the school’s
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personnel, aircraft, facility and air-
port, approved training courses, train-
ing records, and recent training ability
and quality meet the requirements of
this part.
(3) A pilot school that does not meet
the renewal requirements in paragraph
(a)(2) of this section, may apply for a
provisional pilot school certificate if
the school meets the requirements of
§ 141.7 of this part.
(b)
Provisional pilot school.
(1) Except
as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this
section, a provisional pilot school may
not have its provisional pilot school
certificate or the ratings on that cer-
tificate renewed.
(2) A provisional pilot school may
apply for a pilot school certificate and
associated ratings provided that school
meets the requirements of § 141.5 of this
part.
(3) A former provisional pilot school
may apply for another provisional pilot
school certificate, provided 180 days
have elapsed since its last provisional
pilot school certificate expired.
§ 141.29 [Reserved]
Subpart B—Personnel, Aircraft,
and Facilities Requirements
§ 141.31 Applicability.
(a) This subpart prescribes:
(1) The personnel and aircraft re-
quirements for a pilot school certifi-
cate or a provisional pilot school cer-
tificate; and
(2) The facilities that a pilot school
or provisional pilot school must have
available on a continuous basis.
(b) As used in this subpart, to have
continuous use of a facility, including
an airport, the school must have:
(1) Ownership of the facility or air-
port for at least 6 calendar months
after the date the application for ini-
tial certification and on the date of re-
newal of the school’s certificate is
made; or
(2) A written lease agreement for the
facility or airport for at least 6 cal-
endar months after the date the appli-
cation for initial certification and on
the date of renewal of the school’s cer-
tificate is made.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40907, July 30, 1997]
§ 141.33 Personnel.
(a) An applicant for a pilot school
certificate or for a provisional pilot
school certificate must meet the fol-
lowing personnel requirements:
(1) Each applicant must have ade-
quate personnel, including certificated
flight instructors, certificated ground
instructors, or holders of a commercial
pilot certificate with a lighter-than-air
rating, and a chief instructor for each
approved course of training who is
qualified and competent to perform the
duties to which that instructor is as-
signed.
(2) If the school employs dispatchers,
aircraft handlers, and line and service
personnel, then it must instruct those
persons in the procedures and respon-
sibilities of their employment.
(3) Each instructor to be used for
ground or flight training must hold a
flight instructor certificate, ground in-
structor certificate, or commercial
pilot certificate with a lighter-than-air
rating, as appropriate, with ratings for
the approved course of training and
any aircraft used in that course.
(4) In addition to meeting the re-
quirements of paragraph (a)(3) of this
section, each instructor used for the
airline transport pilot certification
training program in § 61.156 of this
chapter must:
(i) Hold an airline transport pilot cer-
tificate with an airplane category mul-
tiengine class rating;
(ii) Have at least 2 years of experi-
ence as a pilot in command in oper-
ations conducted under § 91.1053(a)(2)(i)
or § 135.243(a)(1) of this chapter, or as a
pilot in command or second in com-
mand in any operation conducted
under part 121 of this chapter; and
(iii) If providing training in a flight
simulation training device, have re-
ceived training and evaluation within
the preceding 12 months from the cer-
tificate holder on—
(A) Proper operation of flight simu-
lator and flight training device con-
trols and systems;
(B) Proper operation of environ-
mental and fault panels,
(C) Data and motion limitations of
simulation;
(D) Minimum equipment require-
ments for each curriculum; and