Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 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 subject matter:
(i) Instruction methods and techniques.
(ii) Training policies and procedures.
(iii) The fundamental principles of
the learning process.
(iv) Instructor duties, privileges, responsibilities, and limitations.
(v) Proper operation of simulation
controls and systems.
(vi) Proper operation of environmental control and warning or caution
panels.
(vii) Limitations of simulation.
(viii) Minimum equipment requirements 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 paragraph (c)(1) of this section; and
(ii) That is accepted by the Administrator as being of equivalent difficulty,
complexity, and scope as the tests provided by the Administrator for the
flight instructor airplane and instrument flight instructor knowledge tests.

flight training equipment, may allow
its instructor or evaluator to give endorsements 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 curriculum that requires such endorsements.
(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-consecutivehour period;
(2) Provide flight training equipment
instruction unless that instructor
meets the requirements of Section 142.53 (a)(1)
through (a)(4), and Section 142.53(b), as applicable; or
(3) Provide flight instruction in an
aircraft unless that instructor - 
(i) Meets the requirements of
Section 142.53(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(5);
(ii) Is qualified and authorized in accordance with subpart H of part 61 of
this chapter;
(iii) Holds certificates and ratings
specified by part 61 of this chapter appropriate to the category, class, and
type aircraft in which instructing;
(iv) If instructing or evaluating in an
aircraft in flight while serving as a required 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]

[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]

Section 142.49 Training center instructor and
evaluator privileges and limitations.
(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 instructor or evaluator is designated in accordance with the requirements of this
subpart to conduct training, testing, or
checking in qualified and approved

Section 142.51

[Reserved]

Section 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 beginning the first day of the month following an instructor-s initial designation, a certificate holder must ensure
that each of its instructors meets the
following requirements:
(1) Each instructor must satisfactorily demonstrate to an authorized
evaluator knowledge of, and proficiency in, instructing in a representative segment of each curriculum for

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