Section 141.57

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

briefing areas that are available for use
by the school-s students and personnel
at each of those airports;
(5) A description of the type of aircraft including any special equipment
used for each phase of training;
(6) The minimum qualifications and
ratings for each instructor assigned to
ground or flight training; and
(7) A training syllabus that includes
the following information - 
(i) The prerequisites for enrolling in
the ground and flight portion of the
course that include the pilot certificate and rating (if required by this
part), training, pilot experience, and
pilot knowledge;
(ii) A detailed description of each lesson, including the lesson-s objectives,
standards, and planned time for completion;
(iii) A description of what the course
is expected to accomplish with regard
to student learning;
(iv) The expected accomplishments
and the standards for each stage of
training; and
(v) A description of the checks and
tests to be used to measure a student-s
accomplishments for each stage of
training.
(d) A pilot school may request and receive initial approval for a period of
not more than 24 calendar months for
any training course under this part
that does not meet the minimum
ground and flight training time requirements, provided the following provisions are met:
(1) The school holds a pilot school
certificate issued under this part and
has held that certificate for a period of
at least 24 consecutive calendar
months preceding the month of the request;
(2) In addition to the information required by paragraph (c) of this section,
the training course specifies planned
ground and flight training time requirements for the course;
(3) The school does not request the
training course to be approved for examining authority, nor may that
school hold examining authority for
that course; and
(4) The practical test or knowledge
test for the course is to be given by - 
(i) An FAA inspector; or

(ii) An examiner who is not an employee of the school.
(e) A pilot school may request and receive final approval for any training
course under this part that does not
meet the minimum ground and flight
training time requirements, provided
the following conditions are met:
(1) The school has held initial approval for that training course for at
least 24 calendar months.
(2) The school has - 
(i) Trained at least 10 students in
that training course within the preceding 24 calendar months and recommended those students for a pilot,
flight instructor, or ground instructor
certificate or rating; and
(ii) At least 80 percent of those students passed the practical or knowledge test, as appropriate, on the first
attempt, and that test was given by - 
(A) An FAA inspector; or
(B) An examiner who is not an employee of the school.
(3) In addition to the information required by paragraph (c) of this section,
the training course specifies planned
ground and flight training time requirements for the course.
(4) The school does not request that
the training course be approved for examining authority nor may that school
hold examining authority for that
course.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, as
amended by Amdt. 141-12, 74 FR 42563, Aug.
21, 2009; Amdt. 141-15, 76 FR 54107, Aug. 31,
2011]

Section 141.57

Special curricula.

An applicant for a pilot school certificate or provisional pilot school certificate may apply for approval to conduct a special course of airman training for which a curriculum is not prescribed in the appendixes of this part,
if the applicant shows that the training
course contains features that could
achieve a level of pilot proficiency
equivalent to that achieved by a training course prescribed in the appendixes
of this part or the requirements of part
61 of this chapter.

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