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§ 141.61
achieve a level of pilot proficiency
equivalent to that achieved by a train-
ing course prescribed in the appendixes
of this part or the requirements of part
61 of this chapter.
Subpart D—Examining Authority
§ 141.61 Applicability.
This subpart prescribes the require-
ments for the issuance of examining
authority to the holder of a pilot
school certificate, and the privileges
and limitations of that examining au-
thority.
§ 141.63 Examining authority quali-
fication requirements.
(a) A pilot school must meet the fol-
lowing prerequisites to receive initial
approval for examining authority:
(1) The school must complete the ap-
plication for examining authority on a
form and in a manner prescribed by the
Administrator;
(2) The school must hold a pilot
school certificate and rating issued
under this part;
(3) The school must have held the
rating in which examining authority is
sought for at least 24 consecutive cal-
endar months preceding the month of
application for examining authority;
(4) The training course for which ex-
amining authority is requested may
not be a course that is approved with-
out meeting the minimum ground and
flight training time requirements of
this part; and
(5) Within 24 calendar months before
the date of application for examining
authority, that school must meet the
following requirements—
(i) The school must have trained at
least 10 students in the training course
for which examining authority is
sought and recommended those stu-
dents for a pilot, flight instructor, or
ground instructor certificate or rating;
and
(ii) At least 90 percent of those stu-
dents passed the required practical or
knowledge test, or any combination
thereof, for the pilot, flight instructor,
or ground instructor certificate or rat-
ing 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.
(b) A pilot school must meet the fol-
lowing requirements to retain approval
of its examining authority:
(1) The school must complete the ap-
plication for renewal of its examining
authority on a form and in a manner
prescribed by the Administrator;
(2) The school must hold a pilot
school certificate and rating issued
under this part;
(3) The school must have held the
rating for which continued examining
authority is sought for at least 24 cal-
endar months preceding the month of
application for renewal of its exam-
ining authority; and
(4) The training course for which con-
tinued examining authority is re-
quested may not be a course that is ap-
proved without meeting the minimum
ground and flight training time re-
quirements of this part.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997]
§ 141.65 Privileges.
A pilot school that holds examining
authority may recommend a person
who graduated from its course for the
appropriate pilot, flight instructor, or
ground instructor certificate or rating
without taking the FAA knowledge
test or practical test in accordance
with the provisions of this subpart.
§ 141.67 Limitations and reports.
A pilot school that holds examining
authority may only recommend the
issuance of a pilot, flight instructor, or
ground instructor certificate and rat-
ing to a person who does not take an
FAA knowledge test or practical test,
if the recommendation for the issuance
of that certificate or rating is in ac-
cordance with the following require-
ments:
(a) The person graduated from a
training course for which the pilot
school holds examining authority.
(b) Except as provided in this para-
graph, the person satisfactorily com-
pleted all the curriculum requirements
of that pilot school’s approved training
course. A person who transfers from
one part 141 approved pilot school to
another part 141 approved pilot school
may receive credit for that previous
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training, provided the following re-
quirements are met:
(1) The maximum credited training
time does not exceed one-half of the re-
ceiving school’s curriculum require-
ments;
(2) The person completes a knowledge
and proficiency test conducted by the
receiving school for the purpose of de-
termining the amount of pilot experi-
ence and knowledge to be credited;
(3) The receiving school determines
(based on the person’s performance on
the knowledge and proficiency test re-
quired by paragraph (b)(2) of this sec-
tion) the amount of credit to be award-
ed, and records that credit in the per-
son’s training record;
(4) The person who requests credit for
previous pilot experience and knowl-
edge obtained the experience and
knowledge from another part 141 ap-
proved pilot school and training
course; and
(5) The receiving school retains a
copy of the person’s training record
from the previous school.
(c) Tests given by a pilot school that
holds examining authority must be ap-
proved by the Administrator and be at
least equal in scope, depth, and dif-
ficulty to the comparable knowledge
and practical tests prescribed by the
Administrator under part 61 of this
chapter.
(d) A pilot school that holds exam-
ining authority may not use its knowl-
edge or practical tests if the school:
(1) Knows, or has reason to believe,
the test has been compromised; or
(2) Is notified by the responsible
Flight Standards office that there is
reason to believe or it is known that
the test has been compromised.
(e) A pilot school that holds exam-
ining authority must maintain a
record of all temporary airman certifi-
cates it issues, which consist of the fol-
lowing information:
(1) A chronological listing that in-
cludes—
(i) The date the temporary airman
certificate was issued;
(ii) The student to whom the tem-
porary airman certificate was issued,
and that student’s permanent mailing
address and telephone number;
(iii) The training course from which
the student graduated;
(iv) The name of person who con-
ducted the knowledge or practical test;
(v) The type of temporary airman
certificate or rating issued to the stu-
dent; and
(vi) The date the student’s airman
application file was sent to the FAA
for processing for a permanent airman
certificate.
(2) A copy of the record containing
each student’s graduation certificate,
airman application, temporary airman
certificate, superseded airman certifi-
cate (if applicable), and knowledge test
or practical test results; and
(3) The records required by paragraph
(e) of this section must be retained for
1 year and made available to the Ad-
ministrator upon request. These
records must be surrendered to the Ad-
ministrator when the pilot school
ceases to have examining authority.
(f) Except for pilot schools that have
an airman certification representative,
when a student passes the knowledge
test or practical test, the pilot school
that holds examining authority must
submit that student’s airman applica-
tion file and training record to the
FAA for processing for the issuance of
a permanent airman certificate.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997, as
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt.
141–19, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018]
Subpart E—Operating Rules
§ 141.71 Applicability.
This subpart prescribes the operating
rules applicable to a pilot school or
provisional pilot school certificated
under the provisions of this part.
§ 141.73 Privileges.
(a) The holder of a pilot school cer-
tificate or a provisional pilot school
certificate may advertise and conduct
approved pilot training courses in ac-
cordance with the certificate and any
ratings that it holds.
(b) A pilot school that holds exam-
ining authority for an approved train-
ing course may recommend a graduate
of that course for the issuance of an ap-
propriate pilot, flight instructor, or
ground instructor certificate and rat-
ing, without taking an FAA knowledge
test or practical test, provided the