14 CFR §141.33
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- (a)An applicant for a pilot school certificate or for a provisional pilot school certificate must meet the following personnel requirements:
- (1)Each applicant must have adequate personnel, including certificated flight instructors, certificated ground instructors, or holders of a commercial pilot certificate with a lighter-than-air rating, and a chief instructor for each approved course of training who is qualified and competent to perform the duties to which that instructor is assigned.
- (2)If the school employs dispatchers, aircraft handlers, and line and service personnel, then it must instruct those persons in the procedures and responsibilities of their employment.
- (3)Each instructor to be used for ground or flight training must hold a flight instructor certificate, ground instructor certificate, or commercial pilot certificate with a lighter-than-air rating, as appropriate, with ratings for the approved course of training and any aircraft used in that course.
- (4)In addition to meeting the requirements of paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each instructor used for the airline transport pilot certification training program in § 61.156 of this chapter must:
- (i)Hold an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category multiengine class rating;
- (ii)Have at least 2 years of experience as a pilot in command in operations conducted under § 91.1053(a)(2)(i) or § 135.243(a)(1) of this chapter, or as a pilot in command or second in command in any operation conducted under part 121 of this chapter; and
- (iii)If providing training in a flight simulation training device, have received training and evaluation within the preceding 12 months from the certificate holder on—
- (A)Proper operation of flight simulator and flight training device controls and systems;
- (B)Proper operation of environmental and fault panels,
- (C)Data and motion limitations of simulation;
- (D)Minimum equipment requirements for each curriculum; and
- (E)The maneuvers that will be demonstrated in the flight simulation training device.
- (b)An applicant for a pilot school certificate or for a provisional pilot school certificate must designate a chief instructor for each of the school's approved training courses, who must meet the requirements of § 141.35 of this part.
- (c)When necessary, an applicant for a pilot school certificate or for a provisional pilot school certificate may designate a person to be an assistant chief instructor for an approved training course, provided that person meets the requirements of § 141.36 of this part.
- (d)A pilot school and a provisional pilot school may designate a person to be a check instructor for conducting student stage checks, end-of-course tests, and instructor proficiency checks, provided:
- (e)A person, as listed in this section, may serve in more than one position for a school, provided that person is qualified for each position.