§ 141.36. Assistant chief instructor qualifications.
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(a)To be eligible for designation as an assistant chief instructor for a course of training, a person must meet the following requirements:
(1)Hold a commercial pilot or an airline transport pilot certificate and, except for the assistant chief instructor for a course of training solely for a lighter-than-air rating, a current flight instructor certificate. The certificates must contain the appropriate aircraft category, class, and instrument ratings if an instrument rating is required by the course of training for the category and class of aircraft used in the course;
(2)Meet the pilot-in-command recent flight experience requirements of § 61.57 of this chapter;
(3)Pass a knowledge test on—
(i)Teaching methods;
(ii)Applicable provisions of the “Aeronautical Information Manual”;
(iii)Applicable provisions of parts 61, 91, and 141 of this chapter; and
(iv)The objectives and approved course completion standards of the course for which the person seeks to obtain designation.
(4)Pass a proficiency test on the flight procedures and maneuvers appropriate to that course; and
(5)Meet the applicable requirements in paragraphs (b), (c), and
(d)of this section. However, an assistant chief instructor for a course of training for gliders, balloons, or airships is only required to have 40 percent of the hours required in paragraphs
(b)and
(d)of this section.
(b)For a course of training leading to the issuance of a recreational or private pilot certificate or rating, an assistant chief instructor must have:
(1)At least 500 hours as pilot in command; and
(2)Flight training experience, acquired as either a certificated flight instructor or an instructor in a military pilot flight training program, or a combination thereof, consisting of at least—
(i)1 year and a total of 250 flight hours; or
(ii)500 flight hours.
(c)For a course of training leading to the issuance of an instrument rating or a rating with instrument privileges, an assistant chief flight instructor must have:
(1)At least 50 hours of flight time under actual or simulated instrument conditions;
(2)At least 500 hours as pilot in command; and
(3)Instrument flight instructor experience, acquired as either a certificated flight instructor-instrument or an instructor in a military pilot flight training program, or a combination thereof, consisting of at least—
(i)1 year and a total of 125 flight hours; or
(ii)200 flight hours.
(d)For a course of training other than one leading to the issuance of a recreational or private pilot certificate or rating, or an instrument rating or a rating with instrument privileges, an assistant chief instructor must have:
(1)At least 1,000 hours as pilot in command; and
(2)Flight training experience, acquired as either a certificated flight instructor or an instructor in a military pilot flight training program, or a combination thereof, consisting of at least—
(i)1 1/2 years and a total of 500 flight hours; or
(ii)750 flight hours.
(e)To be eligible for designation as an assistant chief instructor for a ground school course, a person must have 6 months of experience as a ground school instructor at a certificated pilot school. [Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40907, July 30, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 141-10, 63 FR 20289, Apr. 23, 1998]
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