Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 141.67

Subpart D - Examining Authority

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 calendar months preceding the month of
application for renewal of its examining authority; and
(4) The training course for which continued examining authority is requested may not be a course that is approved without meeting the minimum
ground and flight training time requirements of this part.

Section 141.61 Applicability.
This subpart prescribes the requirements for the issuance of examining
authority to the holder of a pilot
school certificate, and the privileges
and limitations of that examining authority.
Section 141.63 Examining authority qualification requirements.
(a) A pilot school must meet the following prerequisites to receive initial
approval for examining authority:
(1) The school must complete the application 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 calendar months preceding the month of
application for examining authority;
(4) The training course for which examining authority is requested may
not be a course that is approved without 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 students for a pilot, flight instructor, or
ground instructor certificate or rating;
and
(ii) At least 90 percent of those students passed the required practical or
knowledge test, or any combination
thereof, for the pilot, flight instructor,
or ground instructor certificate or rating 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.
(b) A pilot school must meet the following requirements to retain approval
of its examining authority:
(1) The school must complete the application for renewal of its examining

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

Section 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.
Section 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 rating 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 accordance with the following requirements:
(a) The person graduated from a
training course for which the pilot
school holds examining authority.
(b) Except as provided in this paragraph, the person satisfactorily completed 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 requirements are met:
(1) The maximum credited training
time does not exceed one-half of the receiving school-s curriculum requirements;

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