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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 141.57
(2) A description of each type of
audiovisual aid, projector, tape re-
corder, mockup, chart, aircraft compo-
nent, and other special training aids
used for ground training;
(3) A description of each flight simu-
lator or flight training device used for
training;
(4) A listing of the airports at which
training flights originate and a descrip-
tion of the facilities, including pilot
briefing areas that are available for use
by the school’s students and personnel
at each of those airports;
(5) A description of the type of air-
craft including any special equipment
used for each phase of training;
(6) The minimum qualifications and
ratings for each instructor assigned to
ground or flight training; and
(7) A training syllabus that includes
the following information—
(i) The prerequisites for enrolling in
the ground and flight portion of the
course that include the pilot certifi-
cate and rating (if required by this
part), training, pilot experience, and
pilot knowledge;
(ii) A detailed description of each les-
son, including the lesson’s objectives,
standards, and planned time for com-
pletion;
(iii) A description of what the course
is expected to accomplish with regard
to student learning;
(iv) The expected accomplishments
and the standards for each stage of
training; and
(v) A description of the checks and
tests to be used to measure a student’s
accomplishments for each stage of
training.
(d) A pilot school may request and re-
ceive initial approval for a period of
not more than 24 calendar months for
any training course under this part
that does not meet the minimum
ground and flight training time re-
quirements, provided the following pro-
visions are met:
(1) The school holds a pilot school
certificate issued under this part and
has held that certificate for a period of
at least 24 consecutive calendar
months preceding the month of the re-
quest;
(2) In addition to the information re-
quired by paragraph (c) of this section,
the training course specifies planned
ground and flight training time re-
quirements for the course;
(3) The school does not request the
training course to be approved for ex-
amining authority, nor may that
school hold examining authority for
that course; and
(4) The practical test or knowledge
test for the course is to be given by—
(i) An FAA inspector; or
(ii) An examiner who is not an em-
ployee of the school.
(e) A pilot school may request and re-
ceive final approval for any training
course under this part that does not
meet the minimum ground and flight
training time requirements, provided
the following conditions are met:
(1) The school has held initial ap-
proval for that training course for at
least 24 calendar months.
(2) The school has—
(i) Trained at least 10 students in
that training course within the pre-
ceding 24 calendar months and rec-
ommended those students for a pilot,
flight instructor, or ground instructor
certificate or rating; and
(ii) At least 80 percent of those stu-
dents passed the practical or knowl-
edge test, as appropriate, on the first
attempt, and that test was given by—
(A) An FAA inspector; or
(B) An examiner who is not an em-
ployee of the school.
(3) In addition to the information re-
quired by paragraph (c) of this section,
the training course specifies planned
ground and flight training time re-
quirements for the course.
(4) The school does not request that
the training course be approved for ex-
amining authority nor may that school
hold examining authority for that
course.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, as
amended by Amdt. 141–12, 74 FR 42563, Aug.
21, 2009; Amdt. 141–15, 76 FR 54107, Aug. 31,
2011]
§ 141.57 Special curricula.
An applicant for a pilot school cer-
tificate or provisional pilot school cer-
tificate may apply for approval to con-
duct a special course of airman train-
ing for which a curriculum is not pre-
scribed in the appendixes of this part,
if the applicant shows that the training
course contains features that could
