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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 141.87 

proficiency check prior to that instruc-
tor being assigned instructing duties in 
the school’s approved training course, 
and thereafter that the instructor 
passes a recurrent proficiency check 
every 12 calendar months after the 
month in which the initial test was ac-
complished; 

(3) Ensuring that each student ac-

complishes the required stage checks 
and end-of-course tests in accordance 
with the school’s approved training 
course; and 

(4) Maintaining training techniques, 

procedures, and standards for the 
school that are acceptable to the Ad-
ministrator. 

(b) The chief instructor or an assist-

ant chief instructor must be available 
at the pilot school or, if away from the 
pilot school, be available by telephone, 
radio, or other electronic means during 
the time that training is given for an 
approved training course. 

(c) The chief instructor may delegate 

authority for conducting stage checks, 
end-of-course tests, and flight instruc-
tor proficiency checks to the assistant 
chief instructor or a check instructor. 

[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] 

§ 141.87 Change of chief instructor. 

Whenever a pilot school or provi-

sional pilot school makes a change of 
designation of its chief instructor, that 
school: 

(a) Must immediately provide the 

FAA responsible Flight Standards of-
fice in which the school is located with 
written notification of the change; 

(b) May conduct training without a 

chief instructor for that training 
course for a period not to exceed 60 
days while awaiting the designation 
and approval of another chief instruc-
tor; 

(c) May, for a period not to exceed 60 

days, have the stage checks and end-of- 
course tests administered by: 

(1) The training course’s assistant 

chief instructor, if one has been des-
ignated; 

(2) The training course’s check in-

structor, if one has been designated; 

(3) An FAA inspector; or 
(4) An examiner. 

(d) Must, after 60 days without a 

chief instructor, cease operations and 
surrender its certificate to the Admin-
istrator; and 

(e) May have its certificate rein-

stated, upon: 

(1) Designating and approving an-

other chief instructor; 

(2) Showing it meets the require-

ments of § 141.27(a)(2) of this part; and 

(3) Applying for reinstatement on a 

form and in a manner prescribed by the 
Administrator. 

[Docket No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, as 
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
141–19, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 141.89 Maintenance of personnel, fa-

cilities, and equipment. 

The holder of a pilot school certifi-

cate or provisional pilot school certifi-
cate may not provide training to a stu-
dent who is enrolled in an approved 
course of training unless: 

(a) Each airport, aircraft, and facility 

necessary for that training meets the 
standards specified in the holder’s ap-
proved training course outline and the 
appropriate requirements of this part; 
and 

(b) Except as provided in § 141.87 of 

this part, each chief instructor, assist-
ant chief instructor, check instructor, 
or instructor meets the qualifications 
specified in the holder’s approved 
course of training and the appropriate 
requirements of this part. 

§ 141.91 Satellite bases. 

The holder of a pilot school certifi-

cate or provisional pilot school certifi-
cate may conduct ground training or 
flight training in an approved course of 
training at a base other than its main 
operations base if: 

(a) An assistant chief instructor is 

designated for each satellite base, and 
that assistant chief instructor is avail-
able at that base or, if away from the 
premises, by telephone, radio, or other 
electronic means during the time that 
training is provided for an approved 
training course; 

(b) The airport, facilities, and per-

sonnel used at the satellite base meet 
the appropriate requirements of sub-
part B of this part and its approved 
training course outline;