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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 142.53 

(b) A training center must designate 

each instructor in writing to instruct 
in each approved course, prior to that 
person functioning as an instructor in 
that course. 

(c) Prior to initial designation, each 

instructor shall: 

(1) Complete at least 8 hours of 

ground training on the following sub-
ject matter: 

(i) Instruction methods and tech-

niques. 

(ii) Training policies and procedures. 
(iii) The fundamental principles of 

the learning process. 

(iv) Instructor duties, privileges, re-

sponsibilities, and limitations. 

(v) Proper operation of simulation 

controls and systems. 

(vi) Proper operation of environ-

mental control and warning or caution 
panels. 

(vii) Limitations of simulation. 
(viii) Minimum equipment require-

ments for each curriculum. 

(ix) Revisions to the training courses. 
(x) Cockpit resource management 

and crew coordination. 

(2) Satisfactorily complete a written 

test— 

(i) On the subjects specified in para-

graph (c)(1) of this section; and 

(ii) That is accepted by the Adminis-

trator as being of equivalent difficulty, 
complexity, and scope as the tests pro-
vided by the Administrator for the 
flight instructor airplane and instru-
ment flight instructor knowledge tests. 

[Doc. No. 26933, 61 FR 34562, July 2, 1996, as 
amended by Amdt. 142–2, 62 FR 68137, Dec. 30, 
1997] 

§ 142.49

Training center instructor and 

evaluator privileges and limita-
tions. 

(a) A certificate holder may allow an 

instructor to provide: 

(1) Instruction for each curriculum 

for which that instructor is qualified. 

(2) Testing and checking for which 

that instructor is qualified. 

(3) Instruction, testing, and checking 

intended to satisfy the requirements of 
any part of this chapter. 

(b) A training center whose instruc-

tor or evaluator is designated in ac-
cordance with the requirements of this 
subpart to conduct training, testing, or 
checking in qualified and approved 

flight training equipment, may allow 
its instructor or evaluator to give en-
dorsements required by part 61 of this 
chapter if that instructor or evaluator 
is authorized by the Administrator to 
instruct or evaluate in a part 142 cur-
riculum that requires such endorse-
ments. 

(c) A training center may not allow 

an instructor to— 

(1) Excluding briefings and 

debriefings, conduct more than 8 hours 
of instruction in any 24-consecutive- 
hour period; 

(2) Provide flight training equipment 

instruction unless that instructor 
meets the requirements of § 142.53 (a)(1) 
through (a)(4), and § 142.53(b), as appli-
cable; or 

(3) Provide flight instruction in an 

aircraft unless that instructor— 

(i) Meets the requirements of 

§ 142.53(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(5); 

(ii) Is qualified and authorized in ac-

cordance with subpart H of part 61 of 
this chapter; 

(iii) Holds certificates and ratings 

specified by part 61 of this chapter ap-
propriate to the category, class, and 
type aircraft in which instructing; 

(iv) If instructing or evaluating in an 

aircraft in flight while serving as a re-
quired crewmember, holds at least a 
valid second class medical certificate; 
and 

(v) Meets the recency of experience 

requirements of part 61 of this chapter. 

[Doc. No. 26933, 61 FR 34562, July 2, 1996, as 
amended by Amdt. 142–2, 62 FR 68137, Dec. 30, 
1997; Amdt. 142–9, 78 FR 42380, July 15, 2013] 

§ 142.51

[Reserved] 

§ 142.53

Training center instructor 

training and testing requirements. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, prior to designation 
and every 12 calendar months begin-
ning the first day of the month fol-
lowing an instructor’s initial designa-
tion, a certificate holder must ensure 
that each of its instructors meets the 
following requirements: 

(1) Each instructor must satisfac-

torily demonstrate to an authorized 
evaluator knowledge of, and pro-
ficiency in, instructing in a representa-
tive segment of each curriculum for 

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