Section 141.81

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

school-s chief instructor, assistant
chief instructor, or check instructor:
(1) Prior to receiving authorization
to train students in a flight training
course, must - 
(i) Accomplish a review of and receive a briefing on the objectives and
standards of that training course; and
(ii) Accomplish an initial proficiency
check in each make and model of aircraft used in that training course in
which that person provides training;
and
(2) Every 12 calendar months after
the month in which the person last
complied with the requirements of
paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of this section, accomplish a recurrent proficiency check
in one of the aircraft in which the person trains students.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997]

Section 141.81

Ground training.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this section, each instructor who
is assigned to a ground training course
must hold a flight or ground instructor
certificate, or a commercial pilot certificate with a lighter-than-air rating,
with the appropriate rating for that
course of training.
(b) A person who does not meet the
requirements of paragraph (a) of this
section may be assigned ground training duties in a ground training course,
if:
(1) The chief instructor who is assigned to that ground training course
finds the person qualified to give that
training; and
(2) The training is given while under
the supervision of the chief instructor
or the assistant chief instructor who is
present at the facility when the training is given.
(c) An instructor may not be used in
a ground training course until that instructor has been briefed on the objectives and standards of that course by
the chief instructor, assistant chief instructor, or check instructor.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997]

Section 141.83

Quality of training.

(a) Each pilot school or provisional
pilot school must meet the following
requirements:
(1) Comply with its approved training
course; and
(2) Provide training of such quality
that meets the requirements of
Section 141.5(d) of this part.
(b) The failure of a pilot school or
provisional pilot school to maintain
the quality of training specified in
paragraph (a) of this section may be
the basis for suspending or revoking
that school-s certificate.
(c) When requested by the Administrator, a pilot school or provisional
pilot school must allow the FAA to administer any knowledge test, practical
test, stage check, or end-of-course test
to its students.
(d) When a stage check or end-ofcourse test is administered by the FAA
under the provisions of paragraph (c) of
this section, and the student has not
completed the training course, then
that test will be based on the standards
prescribed in the school-s approved
training course.
(e) When a practical test or knowledge test is administered by the FAA
under the provisions of paragraph (c) of
this section, to a student who has completed the school-s training course,
that test will be based upon the areas
of operation approved by the Administrator.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997]

Section 141.85 Chief instructor responsibilities.
(a) A chief instructor designated for a
pilot school or provisional pilot school
is responsible for:
(1) Certifying each student-s training
record, graduation certificate, stage
check and end-of-course test reports,
and recommendation for course completion, unless the duties are delegated
by the chief instructor to an assistant
chief instructor or recommending instructor;
(2) Ensuring that each certificated
flight instructor, certificated ground
instructor, or commercial pilot with a
lighter-than-air rating passes an initial

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