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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