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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 141.67 

Subpart D—Examining Authority 

§ 141.61

Applicability. 

This subpart prescribes the require-

ments for the issuance of examining 
authority to the holder of a pilot 
school certificate, and the privileges 
and limitations of that examining au-
thority. 

§ 141.63

Examining authority quali-

fication requirements. 

(a) A pilot school must meet the fol-

lowing prerequisites to receive initial 
approval for examining authority: 

(1) The school must complete the ap-

plication for examining authority on a 
form and in a manner prescribed by the 
Administrator; 

(2) The school must hold a pilot 

school certificate and rating issued 
under this part; 

(3) The school must have held the 

rating in which examining authority is 
sought for at least 24 consecutive cal-
endar months preceding the month of 
application for examining authority; 

(4) The training course for which ex-

amining authority is requested may 
not be a course that is approved with-
out meeting the minimum ground and 
flight training time requirements of 
this part; and 

(5) Within 24 calendar months before 

the date of application for examining 
authority, that school must meet the 
following requirements— 

(i) The school must have trained at 

least 10 students in the training course 
for which examining authority is 
sought and recommended those stu-
dents for a pilot, flight instructor, or 
ground instructor certificate or rating; 
and 

(ii) At least 90 percent of those stu-

dents passed the required practical or 
knowledge test, or any combination 
thereof, for the pilot, flight instructor, 
or ground instructor certificate or rat-
ing on the first attempt, and that test 
was given by— 

(A) An FAA inspector; or 
(B) An examiner who is not an em-

ployee of the school. 

(b) A pilot school must meet the fol-

lowing requirements to retain approval 
of its examining authority: 

(1) The school must complete the ap-

plication for renewal of its examining 

authority on a form and in a manner 
prescribed by the Administrator; 

(2) The school must hold a pilot 

school certificate and rating issued 
under this part; 

(3) The school must have held the 

rating for which continued examining 
authority is sought for at least 24 cal-
endar months preceding the month of 
application for renewal of its exam-
ining authority; and 

(4) The training course for which con-

tinued examining authority is re-
quested may not be a course that is ap-
proved without meeting the minimum 
ground and flight training time re-
quirements of this part. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997] 

§ 141.65

Privileges. 

A pilot school that holds examining 

authority may recommend a person 
who graduated from its course for the 
appropriate pilot, flight instructor, or 
ground instructor certificate or rating 
without taking the FAA knowledge 
test or practical test in accordance 
with the provisions of this subpart. 

§ 141.67

Limitations and reports. 

A pilot school that holds examining 

authority may only recommend the 
issuance of a pilot, flight instructor, or 
ground instructor certificate and rat-
ing to a person who does not take an 
FAA knowledge test or practical test, 
if the recommendation for the issuance 
of that certificate or rating is in ac-
cordance with the following require-
ments: 

(a) The person graduated from a 

training course for which the pilot 
school holds examining authority. 

(b) Except as provided in this para-

graph, the person satisfactorily com-
pleted all the curriculum requirements 
of that pilot school’s approved training 
course. A person who transfers from 
one part 141 approved pilot school to 
another part 141 approved pilot school 
may receive credit for that previous 
training, provided the following re-
quirements are met: 

(1) The maximum credited training 

time does not exceed one-half of the re-
ceiving school’s curriculum require-
ments; 

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