141.35—Chief instructor qualifications.
(a)
To be eligible for designation as a chief instructor for a course of training, a person must meet the following requirements:
(1)
Hold a commercial pilot certificate or an airline transport pilot certificate, and, except for a 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 and class ratings for the category and class of aircraft used in the course and an instrument rating, if an instrument rating is required for enrollment in the course of training;
(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 instructional skills and ability to train students on the flight procedures and maneuvers appropriate to the course;
(5)
Except for a course of training for gliders, balloons, or airships, the chief instructor must meet the applicable requirements in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section; and
(6)
A 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, a chief instructor must have:
(2)
Primary 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—
(c)
For a course of training leading to the issuance of an instrument rating or a rating with instrument privileges, a chief instructor must have:
(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—
(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, a chief instructor must have:
(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—
(e)
To be eligible for designation as chief instructor for a ground school course, a person must have 1 year of experience as a ground school instructor at a certificated pilot school.