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occupy the flight engineer station and oper-
ate the controls.
(b)
Classroom equipment. Classroom equip-
ment should consist of systems and proce-
dural training devices, satisfactory to the
Administrator, that duplicate the operation
of the systems of the airplane in which the
student is to receive his flight training.
(c)
Contracts or agreements. (1) An approved
flight engineer course operator may contract
with other persons to obtain suitable air-
planes, airplane simulators, or other train-
ing devices or equipment.
(2) An operator who is approved to conduct
both the flight engineer ground course and
the flight engineer flight course may con-
tract with others to conduct one course or
the other in its entirety but may not con-
tract with others to conduct both courses for
the same airplane type.
(3) An operator who has approval to con-
duct a flight engineer ground course or flight
course for a type of airplane, but not both
courses, may not contract with another per-
son to conduct that course in whole or in
part.
(4) An operator who contracts with another
to conduct a flight engineer course may not
authorize or permit the course to be con-
ducted in whole or in part by a third person.
(5) In all cases, the course operator who is
approved to operate the course is responsible
for the nature and quality of the instruction
given.
(6) A copy of each contract authorized
under this paragraph must be attached to
each of the 3 copies of the course outline sub-
mitted for approval.
(d)
Instructors. (1) Only certificated flight
engineers may give the flight instruction re-
quired by this appendix in an airplane, simu-
lator, or flight engineer training device.
(2) There must be a sufficient number of
qualified instructors available to prevent an
excess ratio of students to instructors.
(e)
Revisions. (1) Requests for revisions of
the course outlines, facilities or equipment
must follow the procedures for original ap-
proval of the course. Revisions must be sub-
mitted in such form that an entire page or
pages of the approved outline can be removed
and replaced by the revisions.
(2) The list of instructors may be revised at
any time without request for approval, if the
requirements of paragraph (d) of this appen-
dix are maintained.
(f)
Ground school credits. (1) Credit may be
granted a student in the ground school
course by the course operator for comparable
previous training or experience that the stu-
dent can show by written evidence: however,
the course operator must still meet the qual-
ity of instruction as described in paragraph
(h) of this appendix.
(2) Before credit for previous training or
experience may be given, the student must
pass a test given by the course operator on
the subject for which the credit is to be
given. The course operator shall incorporate
results of the test, the basis for credit allow-
ance, and the hours credited as part of the
student’s records.
(g)
Records and reports. (1) The course oper-
ator must maintain, for at least two years
after a student graduates, fails, or drops
from a course, a record of the student’s
training, including a chronological log of the
subject course, attendance examinations,
and grades.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of
this section, the course operator must sub-
mit to the Administrator, not later than
January 31 of each year, a report for the pre-
vious calendar year’s training, to include:
(i) Name, enrollment and graduation date
of each student;
(ii) Ground school hours and grades of each
student;
(iii) Flight, airplane simulator, flight engi-
neer training device hours, and grades of
each student; and
(iv) Names of students failed or dropped,
together with their school grades and rea-
sons for dropping.
(3) Upon request, the Administrator may
waive the reporting requirements of para-
graph (2) of this section for an approved
flight engineer course that is part of an ap-
proved training course under subpart N of
part 121 of this chapter.
(h)
Quality of instruction. (1) Approval of a
ground course is discontinued whenever less
than 80 percent of the students pass the FAA
written test on the first attempt.
(2) Approval of a flight course is discon-
tinued whenever less than 80 percent of the
students pass the FAA practical test on the
first attempt.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2)
of this section, approval of a ground or flight
course may be continued when the Adminis-
trator finds—
(i) That the failure rate was based on less
than a representative number of students; or
(ii) That the course operator has taken sat-
isfactory means to improve the effectiveness
of the training.
(i)
Time limitation. Each student must apply
for the written test and the flight test within
90 days after completing the ground school
course.
(j)
Statement of course completion. (1) The
course operator shall give to each student
who successfully completes an approved
flight engineer ground school training
course, and passes the FAA written test, a
statement of successful completion of the
course that indicates the date of training,
the type of airplane on which the ground
course training was based, and the number of
hours received in the ground school course.
(2) The course operator shall give each stu-
dent who successfully completes an approved
flight engineer flight course, and passed the
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