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Pt. 141, App. F

(4) Interpretation and use of weather
charts, maps, forecasts, sequence reports, abbreviations, 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 instrument meteorological conditions in the
National Airspace System;
(8) Air traffic control procedures and pilot
responsibilities as they relate to en route operations, terminal area and radar operations,
and instrument departure and approach procedures;
(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 training 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 device, provided it is representative of the aircraft for which the course is approved, meets
the requirements of this paragraph, and the
training is given by an authorized instructor.
(2) Training in a full flight simulator that
meets the requirements of Section 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 Section 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 paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) of this section, if used in
combination, 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.
However, credit for training in a flight training device that meets the requirements of

Section 141.41(a) cannot exceed the limitation provided for in paragraph (b)(3) of this section.
(c) Each approved course must include
flight training on the approved areas of operation 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 training 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 satisfactory proficiency prior to receiving an endorsement 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]

APPENDIX F TO PART 141 - FLIGHT
INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION COURSE
1. Applicability. This appendix prescribes
the minimum curriculum for a flight instructor certification course and an additional flight instructor rating course required under this part, for the following ratings:
(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 additional flight instructor rating course:
(a) A commercial pilot certificate or an
airline transport pilot certificate, with an
aircraft category and class rating appropriate 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 instructor airplane or powered-lift instrument
rating.

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