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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 142.11 

Training program 

consists of courses, 

courseware, facilities, flight training 
equipment, and personnel necessary to 
accomplish a specific training objec-
tive. It may include a core curriculum 
and a specialty curriculum. 

Training specifications 

means a docu-

ment issued to a training center cer-
tificate holder by the Administrator 
that prescribes that center’s training, 
checking, and testing authorizations 
and limitations, and specifies training 
program requirements. 

[Doc. No. 26933, 61 FR 34562, July 2, 1996, as 
amended by Amdt. 142–2, 62 FR 68137, Dec. 30, 
1997; Amdt. 142–7, 76 FR 54110, Aug. 31, 2011; 
Amdt. 142–9, 78 FR 42380, July 15, 2013] 

§ 142.5 Certificate and training speci-

fications required. 

(a) No person may operate a certifi-

cated training center without, or in 
violation of, a training center certifi-
cate and training specifications issued 
under this part. 

(b) An applicant will be issued a 

training center certificate and training 
specifications with appropriate limita-
tions if the applicant shows that it has 
adequate facilities, equipment, per-
sonnel, and courseware required by 
§ 142.11 to conduct training approved 
under § 142.37. 

§ 142.7 Duration of a certificate. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, a training center 
certificate issued under this part is ef-
fective until the certificate is surren-
dered or until the Administrator sus-
pends, revokes, or terminates it. 

(b) Unless sooner surrendered, sus-

pended, or revoked, a certificate issued 
under this part for a training center lo-
cated outside the United States expires 
at the end of the twelfth month after 
the month in which it is issued or re-
newed. 

(c) If the Administrator suspends, re-

vokes, or terminates a training center 
certificate, the holder of that certifi-
cate shall return the certificate to the 
Administrator within 5 working days 
after being notified that the certificate 
is suspended, revoked, or terminated. 

§ 142.9 Deviations or waivers. 

(a) The Administrator may issue de-

viations or waivers from any of the re-
quirements of this part. 

(b) A training center applicant re-

questing a deviation or waiver under 
this section must provide the Adminis-
trator with information acceptable to 
the Administrator that shows— 

(1) Justification for the deviation or 

waiver; and 

(2) That the deviation or waiver will 

not adversely affect the quality of in-
struction or evaluation. 

§ 142.11 Application for issuance or 

amendment. 

(a) An application for a training cen-

ter certificate and training specifica-
tions shall— 

(1) Be made on a form and in a man-

ner prescribed by the Administrator; 

(2) Be filed with the responsible 

Flight Standards office for the area in 
which the applicant’s principal busi-
ness office is located; and 

(3) Be made at least 120 calendar days 

before the beginning of any proposed 
training or 60 calendar days before ef-
fecting an amendment to any approved 
training, unless a shorter filing period 
is approved by the Administrator. 

(b) Each application for a training 

center certificate and training speci-
fication shall provide— 

(1) A statement showing that the 

minimum qualification requirements 
for each management position are met 
or exceeded; 

(2) A statement acknowledging that 

the applicant shall notify the Adminis-
trator within 10 working days of any 
change made in the assignment of per-
sons in the required management posi-
tions; 

(3) The proposed training authoriza-

tions and training specifications re-
quested by the applicant; 

(4) The proposed evaluation author-

ization; 

(5) A description of the flight train-

ing equipment that the applicant pro-
poses to use; 

(6) A description of the applicant’s 

training facilities, equipment, quali-
fications of personnel to be used, and 
proposed evaluation plans; 

(7) A training program curriculum, 

including syllabi, outlines, courseware,