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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§ 141.36
course for which the person seeks to
obtain designation.
(4) Pass a proficiency test on instruc-
tional skills and ability to train stu-
dents on the flight procedures and ma-
neuvers appropriate to the course;
(5) Except for a course of training for
gliders, balloons, or airships, the chief
instructor must meet the applicable re-
quirements in paragraphs (b), (c), and
(d) of this section; and
(6) A chief instructor for a course of
training for gliders, balloons or air-
ships is only required to have 40 per-
cent of the hours required in para-
graphs (b) and (d) of this section.
(b) For a course of training leading to
the issuance of a recreational or pri-
vate pilot certificate or rating, a chief
instructor must have:
(1) At least 1,000 hours as pilot in
command; and
(2) Primary flight training experi-
ence, 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) 2 years and a total of 500 flight
hours; or
(ii) 1,000 flight hours.
(c) For a course of training leading to
the issuance of an instrument rating or
a rating with instrument privileges, a
chief instructor must have:
(1) At least 100 hours of flight time
under actual or simulated instrument
conditions;
(2) At least 1,000 hours as pilot in
command; and
(3) Instrument flight instructor expe-
rience, acquired as either a certificated
flight instructor-instrument or an in-
structor in a military pilot flight
training program, or a combination
thereof, consisting of at least—
(i) 2 years and a total of 250 flight
hours; or
(ii) 400 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, a
chief instructor must have:
(1) At least 2,000 hours as pilot in
command; and
(2) Flight training experience, ac-
quired as either a certificated flight in-
structor or an instructor in a military
pilot flight training program, or a com-
bination thereof, consisting of at
least—
(i) 3 years and a total of 1,000 flight
hours; or
(ii) 1,500 flight hours.
(e) To be eligible for designation as
chief instructor for a ground school
course, a person must have 1 year of
experience as a ground school instruc-
tor 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]
§ 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 air-
line transport pilot certificate and, ex-
cept 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 § 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 appro-
priate to that course; and
(5) Meet the applicable requirements
in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this
section. However, an assistant chief in-
structor for a course of training for
gliders, balloons, or airships is only re-
quired to have 40 percent of the hours
required in paragraphs (b) and (d) of
this section.
