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§ 141.73 

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 

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§ 141.75 

training course has been approved and 
meets the minimum ground and flight 
training time requirements of this 
part. 

§ 141.75 Aircraft requirements. 

The following items must be carried 

on each aircraft used for flight training 
and solo flights: 

(a) A pretakeoff and prelanding 

checklist; and 

(b) The operator’s handbook for the 

aircraft, if one is furnished by the man-
ufacturer, or copies of the handbook if 
furnished to each student using the air-
craft. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997] 

§ 141.77 Limitations. 

(a) The holder of a pilot school cer-

tificate or a provisional pilot school 
certificate may not issue a graduation 
certificate to a student, or recommend 
a student for a pilot certificate or rat-
ing, unless the student has: 

(1) Completed the training specified 

in the pilot school’s course of training; 
and 

(2) Passed the required final tests. 
(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, the holder of a pilot 
school certificate or a provisional pilot 
school certificate may not graduate a 
student from a course of training un-
less the student has completed all of 
the curriculum requirements of that 
course; 

(c) A student may be given credit to-

wards the curriculum requirements of 
a course for previous training under 
the following conditions: 

(1) If the student completed a pro-

ficiency test and knowledge test that 
was conducted by the receiving pilot 
school and the previous training was 
based on a part 141- or a part 142-ap-
proved flight training course, the cred-
it is limited to not more than 50 per-
cent of the flight training require-
ments of the curriculum. 

(2) If the student completed a knowl-

edge test that was conducted by the re-
ceiving pilot school and the previous 
training was based on a part 141- or a 
part 142-approved aeronautical knowl-
edge training course, the credit is lim-
ited to not more than 50 percent of the 
aeronautical knowledge training re-
quirements of the curriculum. 

(3) If the student completed a pro-

ficiency test and knowledge test that 
was conducted by the receiving pilot 
school and the training was received 
from other than a part 141- or a part 
142-approved flight training course, the 
credit is limited to not more than 25 
percent of the flight training require-
ments of the curriculum. 

(4) If the student completed a knowl-

edge test that was conducted by the re-
ceiving pilot school and the previous 
training was received from other than 
a part 141- or a part 142-approved aero-
nautical knowledge training course, 
the credit is limited to not more than 
25 percent of the aeronautical knowl-
edge training requirements of the cur-
riculum. 

(5) Completion of previous training 

must be certified in the student’s 
training record by the training pro-
vider or a management official within 
the training provider’s organization, 
and must contain— 

(i) The kind and amount of training 

provided; and 

(ii) The result of each stage check 

and end-of-course test, if appropriate. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997; Amdt. 
141–12, 74 FR 42564, Aug. 21, 2009] 

§ 141.79 Flight training. 

(a) No person other than a certifi-

cated flight instructor or commercial 
pilot with a lighter-than-air rating who 
has the ratings and the minimum 
qualifications specified in the approved 
training course outline may give a stu-
dent flight training under an approved 
course of training. 

(b) No student pilot may be author-

ized to start a solo practice flight from 
an airport until the flight has been ap-
proved by a certificated flight instruc-
tor or commercial pilot with a lighter- 
than-air rating who is present at that 
airport. 

(c) Each chief instructor and assist-

ant chief instructor assigned to a 
training course must complete, at least 
once every 12 calendar months, an ap-
proved syllabus of training consisting 
of ground or flight training, or both, or 
an approved flight instructor refresher 
course. 

(d) Each certificated flight instructor 

or commercial pilot with a lighter-