Sec. 142.53 - Training center instructor training
and testing requirements.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c)
of this section, prior to designation and every 12 calendar months
beginning the first day of the month following an instructor's initial
designation, a certificate holder must ensure that each of its instructors
meets the following requirements:
(1) Each instructor must satisfactorily
demonstrate to an authorized evaluator knowledge of, and proficiency in,
instructing in a representative segment of each curriculum for which that
instructor is designated to instruct under this part.
(2) Each instructor must satisfactorily
complete an approved course of ground instruction in at least --
(i) The fundamental principles of the
learning process;
(ii) Elements of effective teaching,
instruction methods, and techniques;
(iii) Instructor duties, privileges,
responsibilities, and limitations;
(iv) Training policies and procedures;
(v) Cockpit resource management and crew
coordination; and
(vi) Evaluation.
(3) Each instructor who instructs in a
qualified and approved flight simulator or flight training device must
satisfactorily complete an approved course of training in the operation of
the flight simulator, and an approved course of ground instruction,
applicable to the training courses the instructor is designated to
instruct.
(4) The flight simulator training course
required by paragraph (a)(3) of this section which must include --
(i) Proper operation of flight simulator
and flight training device controls and systems;
(ii) Proper operation of environmental
and fault panels;
(iii) Limitations of simulation; and
(iv) Minimum equipment requirements for
each curriculum.
(5) Each flight instructor who provides
training in an aircraft must satisfactorily complete an approved course of
ground instruction and flight training in an aircraft, flight simulator,
or flight training device.
(6) The approved course of ground
instruction and flight training required by paragraph (a)(5) of this
section which must include instruction in --
(i) Performance and analysis of flight
training procedures and maneuvers applicable to the training courses that
the instructor is designated to instruct;
(ii) Technical subjects covering
aircraft subsystems and operating rules applicable to the training courses
that the instructor is designated to instruct;
(iii) Emergency operations;
(iv) Emergency situations likely to
develop during training; and
(v) Appropriate safety measures.
(7) Each instructor who instructs in
qualified and approved flight training equipment must pass a written test
and annual proficiency check --
(i) In the flight training equipment in
which the instructor will be instructing; and
(ii) On the subject matter and maneuvers
of a representative segment of each curriculum for which the instructor
will be instructing.
(b) In addition to the requirements of
paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(7) of this section, each certificate holder
must ensure that each instructor who instructs in a flight simulator that
the Administrator has approved for all training and all testing for the
airline transport pilot certification test, aircraft type rating test, or
both, has met at least one of the following three requirements:
(1) Each instructor must have performed
2 hours in flight, including three takeoffs and three landings as the sole
manipulator of the controls of an aircraft of the same category and class,
and, if a type rating is required, of the same type replicated by the
approved flight simulator in which that instructor is designated to
instruct;
(2) Each instructor must have
participated in an approved line-observation program under part 121 or
part 135 of this chapter, and that --
(i) Was accomplished in the same
airplane type as the airplane represented by the flight simulator in which
that instructor is designated to instruct; and
(ii) Included line-oriented flight
training of at least 1 hour of flight during which the instructor was the
sole manipulator of the controls in a flight simulator that replicated the
same type aircraft for which that instructor is designated to instruct; or
(3) Each instructor must have
participated in an approved in-flight observation training course that --
(i) Consisted of at least 2 hours of
flight time in an airplane of the same type as the airplane replicated by
the flight simulator in which the instructor is designated to instruct;
and
(ii) Included line-oriented flight
training of at least 1 hour of flight during which the instructor was the
sole manipulator of the controls in a flight simulator that replicated the
same type aircraft for which that instructor is designated to instruct.
(c) An instructor who satisfactorily
completes a curriculum required by paragraph (a) or (b) of this section in
the calendar month before or after the month in which it is due is
considered to have taken it in the month in which it was due for the
purpose of computing when the next training is due.
(d) The Administrator may give credit
for the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of this section to an
instructor who has satisfactorily completed an instructor training course
for a part 121 or part 135 certificate holder if the Administrator finds
such a course equivalent to the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of
this section.
[Doc. No. 26933, 61 FR 34562, July 2, 1996, as
amended by Amdt. 142-1, 62 FR 13791, Mar. 21, 1997]