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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 142.15 

§ 142.13 Management and personnel 

requirements. 

An applicant for a training center 

certificate must show that— 

(a) For each proposed curriculum, the 

training center has, and shall main-
tain, a sufficient number of instructors 
who are qualified in accordance with 
subpart C of this part to perform the 
duties to which they are assigned; 

(b) The training center has des-

ignated, and shall maintain, a suffi-
cient number of approved evaluators to 
provide required checks and tests to 
graduation candidates within 7 cal-
endar days of training completion for 
any curriculum leading to airman cer-
tificates or ratings, or both; 

(c) The training center has, and shall 

maintain, a sufficient number of man-
agement personnel who are qualified 
and competent to perform required du-
ties; and 

(d) A management representative, 

and all personnel who are designated 
by the training center to conduct di-
rect student training, are able to un-
derstand, read, write, and fluently 
speak the English language. 

§ 142.14 Employment of former FAA 

employees. 

(a) Except as specified in paragraph 

(c) of this section, no holder of a train-
ing center certificate may knowingly 
employ or make a contractual arrange-
ment which permits an individual to 
act as an agent or representative of the 
certificate holder in any matter before 
the Federal Aviation Administration if 
the individual, in the preceding 2 
years— 

(1) Served as, or was directly respon-

sible for the oversight of, a Flight 
Standards Service aviation safety in-
spector; and 

(2) Had direct responsibility to in-

spect, or oversee the inspection of, the 
operations of the certificate holder. 

(b) For the purpose of this section, an 

individual shall be considered to be 
acting as an agent or representative of 
a certificate holder in a matter before 
the agency if the individual makes any 
written or oral communication on be-
half of the certificate holder to the 
agency (or any of its officers or em-
ployees) in connection with a par-
ticular matter, whether or not involv-

ing a specific party and without regard 
to whether the individual has partici-
pated in, or had responsibility for, the 
particular matter while serving as a 
Flight Standards Service aviation safe-
ty inspector. 

(c) The provisions of this section do 

not prohibit a holder of a training cen-
ter certificate from knowingly employ-
ing or making a contractual arrange-
ment which permits an individual to 
act as an agent or representative of the 
certificate holder in any matter before 
the Federal Aviation Administration if 
the individual was employed by the 
certificate holder before October 21, 
2011. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2008–1154, 76 FR 52237, Aug. 22, 
2011] 

§ 142.15 Facilities. 

(a) An applicant for, or holder of, a 

training center certificate shall ensure 
that— 

(1) Each room, training booth, or 

other space used for instructional pur-
poses is heated, lighted, and ventilated 
to conform to local building, sanita-
tion, and health codes; and 

(2) The facilities used for instruction 

are not routinely subject to significant 
distractions caused by flight oper-
ations and maintenance operations at 
the airport. 

(b) An applicant for, or holder of, a 

training center certificate shall estab-
lish and maintain a principal business 
office that is physically located at the 
address shown on its training center 
certificate. 

(c) The records required to be main-

tained by this part must be located in 
facilities adequate for that purpose. 

(d) An applicant for, or holder of, a 

training center certificate must have 
available exclusively, for adequate pe-
riods of time and at a location ap-
proved by the Administrator, adequate 
flight training equipment and 
courseware, including at least one 
flight simulator or advanced flight 
training device. 

[Doc. No. 26933, 61 FR 34562, July 2, 1996, as 
amended by Amdt. 142–3, 63 FR 53537, Oct. 5, 
1998]