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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 141.11 

A

UTHORITY

: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 

44701–44703, 44707, 44709, 44711, 45102–45103, 
45301–45302. 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 

4, 1997, unless otherwise noted. 

Subpart A—General 

§ 141.1 Applicability. 

This part prescribes the requirements 

for issuing pilot school certificates, 
provisional pilot school certificates, 
and associated ratings, and the general 
operating rules applicable to a holder 
of a certificate or rating issued under 
this part. 

§ 141.3 Certificate required. 

No person may operate as a certifi-

cated pilot school without, or in viola-
tion of, a pilot school certificate or 
provisional pilot school certificate 
issued under this part. 

§ 141.5 Requirements for a pilot school 

certificate. 

The FAA may issue a pilot school 

certificate with the appropriate ratings 
if, within the 24 calendar months be-
fore the date application is made, the 
applicant— 

(a) Completes the application for a 

pilot school certificate on the form and 
in the manner prescribed by the FAA; 

(b) Has held a provisional pilot school 

certificate; 

(c) Meets the applicable requirements 

under subparts A through C of this part 
for the school certificate and associ-
ated ratings sought; 

(d) Has established a pass rate of 80 

percent or higher on the first attempt 
for all: 

(1) Knowledge tests leading to a cer-

tificate or rating; 

(2) Practical tests leading to a cer-

tificate or rating; 

(3) End-of-course tests for an ap-

proved training course specified in ap-
pendix K of this part; and 

(4) End-of-course tests for special 

curricula courses approved under 
§ 141.57. 

(e) Has graduated at least 10 different 

people from the school’s approved 
training courses. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2006–26661, 74 FR 42563, Aug. 
21, 2009, as amended by Amdt. 141–14, 75 FR 
56858, Sept. 17, 2010; Doc. No. FAA–2016–6142, 
Amdt. 141ndash;20, 83 FR 30283, June 27, 2018] 

§ 141.7 Provisional pilot school certifi-

cate. 

An applicant that meets the applica-

ble requirements of subparts A, B, and 
C of this part, but does not meet the 
recent training activity requirements 
of § 141.5(d) of this part, may be issued 
a provisional pilot school certificate 
with ratings. 

§ 141.9 Examining authority. 

The FAA issues examining authority 

to a pilot school for a training course if 
the pilot school and its training course 
meet the requirements of subpart D of 
this part. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2006–26661, 74 FR 42563, Aug. 
21, 2009] 

§ 141.11 Pilot school ratings. 

(a) The ratings listed in paragraph (b) 

of this section may be issued to an ap-
plicant for: 

(1) A pilot school certificate, pro-

vided the applicant meets the require-
ments of § 141.5 of this part; or 

(2) A provisional pilot school certifi-

cate, provided the applicant meets the 
requirements of § 141.7 of this part. 

(b) An applicant may be authorized 

to conduct the following courses: 

(1) 

Certification and rating courses. 

(Appendixes A through J). 

(i) Recreational pilot course. 
(ii) Private pilot course. 
(iii) Commercial pilot course. 
(iv) Instrument rating course. 
(v) Airline transport pilot course. 
(vi) Flight instructor course. 
(vii) Flight instructor instrument 

course. 

(viii) Ground instructor course. 
(ix) Additional aircraft category or 

class rating course. 

(x) Aircraft type rating course. 
(2) 

Special preparation courses. 

(Appen-

dix K). 

(i) Pilot refresher course. 
(ii) Flight instructor refresher 

course.