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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

Pt. 141, App. F 

(4) Interpretation and use of weather 

charts, maps, forecasts, sequence reports, ab-
breviations, and symbols; 

(5) National Weather Service functions as 

they pertain to operations in the National 
Airspace System; 

(6) Windshear and microburst awareness, 

identification, and avoidance; 

(7) Principles of air navigation under in-

strument meteorological conditions in the 
National Airspace System; 

(8) Air traffic control procedures and pilot 

responsibilities as they relate to en route op-
erations, terminal area and radar operations, 
and instrument departure and approach pro-
cedures; 

(9) Aircraft loading; weight and balance; 

use of charts, graphs, tables, formulas, and 
computations; and the effects on aircraft 
performance; 

(10) Aerodynamics relating to an aircraft’s 

flight characteristics and performance in 
normal and abnormal flight regimes; 

(11) Human factors; 
(12) Aeronautical decision making and 

judgment; and 

(13) Crew resource management to include 

crew communication and coordination. 

4. 

Flight training. 

(a) Each approved course 

must include at least 25 hours of flight train-
ing on the approved areas of operation listed 
in paragraph (c) of this section appropriate 
to the aircraft category and class rating for 
which the course applies. At least 15 hours of 
this flight training must be instrument 
flight training. 

(b) For the use of full flight simulators or 

flight training devices— 

(1) The course may include training in a 

full flight simulator or flight training de-
vice, provided it is representative of the air-
craft for which the course is approved, meets 
the requirements of this paragraph, and the 
training is given by an authorized instruc-
tor. 

(2) Training in a full flight simulator that 

meets the requirements of § 141.41(a) may be 
credited for a maximum of 50 percent of the 
total flight training hour requirements of 
the approved course, or of this section, 
whichever is less. 

(3) Training in a flight training device that 

meets the requirements of § 141.41(a) may be 
credited for a maximum of 25 percent of the 
total flight training hour requirements of 
the approved course, or of this section, 
whichever is less. 

(4) Training in full flight simulators or 

flight training devices described in para-
graphs (b)(2) and (3) of this section, if used in 
combination, may be credited for a max-
imum of 50 percent of the total flight train-
ing hour requirements of the approved 
course, or of this section, whichever is less. 
However, credit for training in a flight train-
ing device that meets the requirements of 

§ 141.41(a) cannot exceed the limitation pro-
vided for in paragraph (b)(3) of this section. 

(c) Each approved course must include 

flight training on the approved areas of oper-
ation listed in this paragraph appropriate to 
the aircraft category and class rating for 
which the course applies: 

(1) Preflight preparation; 
(2) Preflight procedures; 
(3) Takeoff and departure phase; 
(4) In-flight maneuvers; 
(5) Instrument procedures; 
(6) Landings and approaches to landings; 
(7) Normal and abnormal procedures; 
(8) Emergency procedures; and 
(9) Postflight procedures. 
5. 

Stage checks and end-of-course tests. 

(a) 

Each student enrolled in an airline transport 
pilot course must satisfactorily accomplish 
the stage checks and end-of-course tests, in 
accordance with the school’s approved train-
ing course, consisting of the approved areas 
of operation listed in paragraph (c) of section 
No. 4 of this appendix that are appropriate to 
the aircraft category and class rating for 
which the course applies. 

(b) Each student must demonstrate satis-

factory proficiency prior to receiving an en-
dorsement to operate an aircraft in solo 
flight. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40909, July 30, 1997; Amdt. 
141–12, 74 FR 42565, Aug. 21, 2009; Docket 
FAA–2015–1846, Amdt. 141–18, 81 FR 21461, 
Apr. 12, 2016] 

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1. 

Applicability. 

This appendix prescribes 

the minimum curriculum for a flight in-
structor certification course and an addi-
tional flight instructor rating course re-
quired under this part, for the following rat-
ings: 

(a) Airplane single-engine. 
(b) Airplane multiengine. 
(c) Rotorcraft helicopter. 
(d) Rotorcraft gyroplane. 
(e) Powered-lift. 
(f) Glider category. 
2. 

Eligibility for enrollment. 

A person must 

hold the following prior to enrolling in the 
flight portion of the flight instructor or ad-
ditional flight instructor rating course: 

(a) A commercial pilot certificate or an 

airline transport pilot certificate, with an 
aircraft category and class rating appro-
priate to the flight instructor rating for 
which the course applies; and 

(b) An instrument rating or privilege in an 

aircraft that is appropriate to the aircraft 
category and class rating for which the 
course applies, if the course is for a flight in-
structor airplane or powered-lift instrument 
rating. 

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