§ 141.33 Personnel. ( 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: ( 1 ) That person meets the requirements of § 141.37 of this part; and
( 2 ) The school has an enrollment of at least 10 students at the time designation is sought.
( 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.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40907, July 30, 1997; Amdt. 141-12, 74 FR 42563, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt. 141-17, 78 FR 42379, July 15, 2013; Amdt. 141-17A, 78 FR 53026, Aug. 28, 2013]