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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 141.85 

than-air rating who is assigned to a 
flight training course must satisfac-
torily complete the following tasks, 
which must be administered by the 
school’s chief instructor, assistant 
chief instructor, or check instructor: 

(1) Prior to receiving authorization 

to train students in a flight training 
course, must— 

(i) Accomplish a review of and re-

ceive a briefing on the objectives and 
standards of that training course; and 

(ii) Accomplish an initial proficiency 

check in each make and model of air-
craft used in that training course in 
which that person provides training; 
and 

(2) Every 12 calendar months after 

the month in which the person last 
complied with the requirements of 
paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of this section, ac-
complish a recurrent proficiency check 
in one of the aircraft in which the per-
son trains students. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997] 

§ 141.81 Ground training. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, each instructor who 
is assigned to a ground training course 
must hold a flight or ground instructor 
certificate, or a commercial pilot cer-
tificate with a lighter-than-air rating, 
with the appropriate rating for that 
course of training. 

(b) A person who does not meet the 

requirements of paragraph (a) of this 
section may be assigned ground train-
ing duties in a ground training course, 
if: 

(1) The chief instructor who is as-

signed to that ground training course 
finds the person qualified to give that 
training; and 

(2) The training is given while under 

the supervision of the chief instructor 
or the assistant chief instructor who is 
present at the facility when the train-
ing is given. 

(c) An instructor may not be used in 

a ground training course until that in-
structor has been briefed on the objec-
tives and standards of that course by 
the chief instructor, assistant chief in-
structor, or check instructor. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997] 

§ 141.83 Quality of training. 

(a) Each pilot school or provisional 

pilot school must meet the following 
requirements: 

(1) Comply with its approved training 

course; and 

(2) Provide training of such quality 

that meets the requirements of 
§ 141.5(d) of this part. 

(b) The failure of a pilot school or 

provisional pilot school to maintain 
the quality of training specified in 
paragraph (a) of this section may be 
the basis for suspending or revoking 
that school’s certificate. 

(c) When requested by the Adminis-

trator, a pilot school or provisional 
pilot school must allow the FAA to ad-
minister any knowledge test, practical 
test, stage check, or end-of-course test 
to its students. 

(d) When a stage check or end-of- 

course test is administered by the FAA 
under the provisions of paragraph (c) of 
this section, and the student has not 
completed the training course, then 
that test will be based on the standards 
prescribed in the school’s approved 
training course. 

(e) When a practical test or knowl-

edge test is administered by the FAA 
under the provisions of paragraph (c) of 
this section, to a student who has com-
pleted the school’s training course, 
that test will be based upon the areas 
of operation approved by the Adminis-
trator. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997] 

§ 141.85 Chief instructor responsibil-

ities. 

(a) A chief instructor designated for a 

pilot school or provisional pilot school 
is responsible for: 

(1) Certifying each student’s training 

record, graduation certificate, stage 
check and end-of-course test reports, 
and recommendation for course com-
pletion, unless the duties are delegated 
by the chief instructor to an assistant 
chief instructor or recommending in-
structor; 

(2) Ensuring that each certificated 

flight instructor, certificated ground 
instructor, or commercial pilot with a 
lighter-than-air rating passes an initial