141.37—Check instructor qualifications.
(a)
To be designated as a check instructor for conducting student stage checks, end-of-course tests, and instructor proficiency checks under this part, a person must meet the eligibility requirements of this section:
(1)
For checks and tests that relate to either flight or ground training, the person must pass a test, given by the chief instructor, on—
(iv)
The objectives and course completion standards of the approved training course for the designation sought.
(ii)
Hold a commercial pilot certificate or an airline transport pilot certificate and, except for a check instructor for a course of training for a lighter-than-air rating, a current flight instructor certificate. The certificates must contain the appropriate aircraft category, class, and instrument ratings for the category and class of aircraft used in the course;
(iii)
Meet the pilot-in-command recent flight experience requirements of § 61.57 of this chapter; and
(iv)
Pass a proficiency test, given by the chief instructor or assistant chief instructor, on the flight procedures and maneuvers of the approved training course for the designation sought.
(ii)
Except for a course of training for a lighter-than-air rating, hold a current flight instructor certificate or ground instructor certificate with ratings appropriate to the category and class of aircraft used in the course; and
(iii)
For a course of training for a lighter-than-air rating, hold a commercial pilot certificate with a lighter-than-air category rating and the appropriate class rating.
(1)
Be designated, in writing, by the chief instructor to conduct student stage checks, end-of-course tests, and instructor proficiency checks; and
(c)
A check instructor may not conduct a stage check or an end-of-course test of any student for whom the check instructor has: