Section 141.1 14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition) SOURCE: Docket No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted. Subpart A - General Section 141.1 Applicability. This part prescribes the requirements for issuing pilot school certificates, provisional pilot school certificates, and associated ratings, and the general operating rules applicable to a holder of a certificate or rating issued under this part. Section 141.3 Certificate required. No person may operate as a certificated pilot school without, or in violation of, a pilot school certificate or provisional pilot school certificate issued under this part. Section 141.5 Requirements for a pilot school certificate. The FAA may issue a pilot school certificate with the appropriate ratings if, within the 24 calendar months before the date application is made, the applicant - (a) Completes the application for a pilot school certificate on the form and in the manner prescribed by the FAA; (b) Has held a provisional pilot school certificate; (c) Meets the applicable requirements under subparts A through C of this part for the school certificate and associated ratings sought; (d) Has established a pass rate of 80 percent or higher on the first attempt for all: (1) Knowledge tests leading to a certificate or rating; (2) Practical tests leading to a certificate or rating; (3) End-of-course tests for an approved training course specified in appendix K of this part; and (4) End-of-course tests for special curricula courses approved under Section 141.57. (e) Has graduated at least 10 different people from the school-s approved training courses. [Doc. No. FAA-2006-26661, 74 FR 42563, Aug. 21, 2009, as amended by Amdt. 141-14, 75 FR 56858, Sept. 17, 2010; Doc. No. FAA-2016-6142, Amdt. 141-20, 83 FR 30283, June 27, 2018] Section 141.7 Provisional pilot school certificate. An applicant that meets the applicable requirements of subparts A, B, and C of this part, but does not meet the recent training activity requirements of Section 141.5(d) of this part, may be issued a provisional pilot school certificate with ratings. Section 141.9 Examining authority. The FAA issues examining authority to a pilot school for a training course if the pilot school and its training course meet the requirements of subpart D of this part. [Doc. No. FAA-2006-26661, 74 FR 42563, Aug. 21, 2009] Section 141.11 Pilot school ratings. (a) The ratings listed in paragraph (b) of this section may be issued to an applicant for: (1) A pilot school certificate, provided the applicant meets the requirements of Section 141.5 of this part; or (2) A provisional pilot school certificate, provided the applicant meets the requirements of Section 141.7 of this part. (b) An applicant may be authorized to conduct the following courses: (1) Certification and rating courses. (Appendixes A through J). (i) Recreational pilot course. (ii) Private pilot course. (iii) Commercial pilot course. (iv) Instrument rating course. (v) Airline transport pilot course. (vi) Flight instructor course. (vii) Flight instructor instrument course. (viii) Ground instructor course. (ix) Additional aircraft category or class rating course. (x) Aircraft type rating course. (2) Special preparation courses. (Appendix K). (i) Pilot refresher course. (ii) Flight instructor refresher course. (iii) Ground instructor refresher course. (iv) Agricultural aircraft operations course. (v) Rotorcraft external-load operations course. (vi) Special operations course. (vii) Test pilot course. 576 VerDate Sep<11>2014 08:20 May 17, 2019 Jkt 247048 PO 00000 Frm 00586 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\247048.XXX 247048