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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,