Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 141.91

proficiency check prior to that instructor being assigned instructing duties in
the school-s approved training course,
and thereafter that the instructor
passes a recurrent proficiency check
every 12 calendar months after the
month in which the initial test was accomplished;
(3) Ensuring that each student accomplishes the required stage checks
and end-of-course tests in accordance
with the school-s approved training
course; and
(4) Maintaining training techniques,
procedures, and standards for the
school that are acceptable to the Administrator.
(b) The chief instructor or an assistant chief instructor must be available
at the pilot school or, if away from the
pilot school, be available by telephone,
radio, or other electronic means during
the time that training is given for an
approved training course.
(c) The chief instructor may delegate
authority for conducting stage checks,
end-of-course tests, and flight instructor proficiency checks to the assistant
chief instructor or a check instructor.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997; Amdt.
141-12, 74 FR 42564, Aug. 21, 2009]

Section 141.87

Change of chief instructor.

Whenever a pilot school or provisional pilot school makes a change of
designation of its chief instructor, that
school:
(a) Must immediately provide the
FAA responsible Flight Standards office in which the school is located with
written notification of the change;
(b) May conduct training without a
chief instructor for that training
course for a period not to exceed 60
days while awaiting the designation
and approval of another chief instructor;
(c) May, for a period not to exceed 60
days, have the stage checks and end-ofcourse tests administered by:
(1) The training course-s assistant
chief instructor, if one has been designated;
(2) The training course-s check instructor, if one has been designated;
(3) An FAA inspector; or
(4) An examiner.

(d) Must, after 60 days without a
chief instructor, cease operations and
surrender its certificate to the Administrator; and
(e) May have its certificate reinstated, upon:
(1) Designating and approving another chief instructor;
(2) Showing it meets the requirements of Section 141.27(a)(2) of this part; and
(3) Applying for reinstatement on a
form and in a manner prescribed by the
Administrator.
[Docket No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, as
amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt.
141-19, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 141.89 Maintenance of personnel, facilities, and equipment.
The holder of a pilot school certificate or provisional pilot school certificate may not provide training to a student who is enrolled in an approved
course of training unless:
(a) Each airport, aircraft, and facility
necessary for that training meets the
standards specified in the holder-s approved training course outline and the
appropriate requirements of this part;
and
(b) Except as provided in Section 141.87 of
this part, each chief instructor, assistant chief instructor, check instructor,
or instructor meets the qualifications
specified in the holder-s approved
course of training and the appropriate
requirements of this part.
Section 141.91

Satellite bases.

The holder of a pilot school certificate or provisional pilot school certificate may conduct ground training or
flight training in an approved course of
training at a base other than its main
operations base if:
(a) An assistant chief instructor is
designated for each satellite base, and
that assistant chief instructor is available at that base or, if away from the
premises, by telephone, radio, or other
electronic means during the time that
training is provided for an approved
training course;
(b) The airport, facilities, and personnel used at the satellite base meet
the appropriate requirements of subpart B of this part and its approved
training course outline;

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