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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 141.36 

(6) A chief instructor for a course of 

training for gliders, balloons or air-
ships is only required to have 40 per-
cent of the hours required in para-
graphs (b) and (d) of this section. 

(b) For a course of training leading to 

the issuance of a recreational or pri-
vate pilot certificate or rating, a chief 
instructor must have: 

(1) At least 1,000 hours as pilot in 

command; and 

(2) Primary flight training experi-

ence, acquired as either a certificated 
flight instructor or an instructor in a 
military pilot flight training program, 
or a combination thereof, consisting of 
at least— 

(i) 2 years and a total of 500 flight 

hours; or 

(ii) 1,000 flight hours. 
(c) For a course of training leading to 

the issuance of an instrument rating or 
a rating with instrument privileges, a 
chief instructor must have: 

(1) At least 100 hours of flight time 

under actual or simulated instrument 
conditions; 

(2) At least 1,000 hours as pilot in 

command; and 

(3) Instrument flight instructor expe-

rience, acquired as either a certificated 
flight instructor-instrument or an in-
structor in a military pilot flight 
training program, or a combination 
thereof, consisting of at least— 

(i) 2 years and a total of 250 flight 

hours; or 

(ii) 400 flight hours. 
(d) For a course of training other 

than one leading to the issuance of a 
recreational or private pilot certificate 
or rating, or an instrument rating or a 
rating with instrument privileges, a 
chief instructor must have: 

(1) At least 2,000 hours as pilot in 

command; and 

(2) Flight training experience, ac-

quired as either a certificated flight in-
structor or an instructor in a military 
pilot flight training program, or a com-
bination thereof, consisting of at 
least— 

(i) 3 years and a total of 1,000 flight 

hours; or 

(ii) 1,500 flight hours. 
(e) To be eligible for designation as 

chief instructor for a ground school 
course, a person must have 1 year of 

experience as a ground school instruc-
tor at a certificated pilot school. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40907, July 30, 1997, as 
amended by Amdt. 141–10, 63 FR 20289, Apr. 
23, 1998] 

§ 141.36

Assistant chief instructor 

qualifications. 

(a) To be eligible for designation as 

an assistant chief instructor for a 
course of training, a person must meet 
the following requirements: 

(1) Hold a commercial pilot or an air-

line transport pilot certificate and, ex-
cept for the assistant chief instructor 
for a course of training solely for a 
lighter-than-air rating, a current flight 
instructor certificate. The certificates 
must contain the appropriate aircraft 
category, class, and instrument ratings 
if an instrument rating is required by 
the course of training for the category 
and class of aircraft used in the course; 

(2) Meet the pilot-in-command recent 

flight experience requirements of § 61.57 
of this chapter; 

(3) Pass a knowledge test on— 
(i) Teaching methods; 
(ii) Applicable provisions of the 

‘‘Aeronautical Information Manual’’; 

(iii) Applicable provisions of parts 61, 

91, and 141 of this chapter; and 

(iv) The objectives and approved 

course completion standards of the 
course for which the person seeks to 
obtain designation. 

(4) Pass a proficiency test on the 

flight procedures and maneuvers appro-
priate to that course; and 

(5) Meet the applicable requirements 

in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this 
section. However, an assistant chief in-
structor for a course of training for 
gliders, balloons, or airships is only re-
quired to have 40 percent of the hours 
required in paragraphs (b) and (d) of 
this section. 

(b) For a course of training leading to 

the issuance of a recreational or pri-
vate pilot certificate or rating, an as-
sistant chief instructor must have: 

(1) At least 500 hours as pilot in com-

mand; and 

(2) Flight training experience, ac-

quired as either a certificated flight in-
structor or an instructor in a military 

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