14 CFR Part 141
Pilot schools
Certificated pilot schools: the certificate, personnel, courses and records. The 4 sections below are the ones owners, schools and pilots look up most, each explained in plain English beside the official text.
- 141.5Getting a Part 141 pilot school certificateA school gets a full Part 141 pilot school certificate only after operating on a provisional certificate. Within the 24 calendar months before applying it must have an 80 percent first-attempt pass rate on its knowledge, practical and end-of-course tests and have graduated at least 10 different people.
- 141.33Personnel a Part 141 school must haveA Part 141 school needs enough qualified instructors and a chief instructor for each approved course. It may also name assistant chief instructors and, once it has 10 students enrolled, check instructors for stage checks and end-of-course tests.
- 141.55What a Part 141 training course must containEach Part 141 course must meet the curriculum and minimum hours in its appendix and be written up in a training course outline. The outline describes the rooms, training aids, simulators, airports and aircraft, the instructors' qualifications, and a syllabus with every lesson's objectives, standards and stage checks.
- 141.101Part 141 training recordsA Part 141 school keeps a current, accurate record for every enrolled student: enrollment date, a chronological log of attendance, subjects and flights, test names and grades, and the date they graduated, left or transferred. The student's own logbook is not enough. Keep it at least a year.
The rest of Part 141 is on the eCFR.