Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 141.36

(6) A chief instructor for a course of
training for gliders, balloons or airships is only required 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 private pilot certificate or rating, a chief
instructor must have:
(1) At least 1,000 hours as pilot in
command; and
(2) Primary flight training experience, 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 experience, acquired as either a certificated
flight instructor-instrument 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 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, 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) 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 instructor 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]

Section 141.36 Assistant
qualifications.

chief

instructor

(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 airline transport pilot certificate and, except 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 Section 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 appropriate to that course; and
(5) Meet the applicable requirements
in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this
section. However, an assistant chief instructor for a course of training for
gliders, balloons, or airships is only required 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 private pilot certificate or rating, an assistant chief instructor must have:
(1) At least 500 hours as pilot in command; and
(2) Flight training experience, acquired as either a certificated flight instructor or an instructor in a military

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