---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 141.33"
title: "14"
number: "141.33"
heading: "Personnel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/141.33"
---

# §141.33. Personnel.

- (a) An applicant for a pilot school certificate or for a provisional pilot school certificate must meet the following personnel requirements:
  - (1) Each applicant must have adequate personnel, including certificated flight instructors, certificated ground instructors, or holders of a commercial pilot certificate with a lighter-than-air rating, and a chief instructor for each approved course of training who is qualified and competent to perform the duties to which that instructor is assigned.
  - (2) If the school employs dispatchers, aircraft handlers, and line and service personnel, then it must instruct those persons in the procedures and responsibilities of their employment.
  - (3) Each instructor to be used for ground or flight training must hold a flight instructor certificate, ground instructor certificate, or commercial pilot certificate with a lighter-than-air rating, as appropriate, with ratings for the approved course of training and any aircraft used in that course.
  - (4) In addition to meeting the requirements of [paragraph (a)(3)](#a-3) of this section, each instructor used for the airline transport pilot certification training program in [§ 61.156](/cfr/14/61.156.md) of this chapter must:
    - (i) Hold an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category multiengine class rating;
    - (ii) Have at least 2 years of experience as a pilot in command in operations conducted under [§ 91.1053(a)(2)(i)](/cfr/14/91.1053.md?p=a-2-i) or [§ 135.243(a)(1)](/cfr/14/135.243.md?p=a-1) of this chapter, or as a pilot in command or second in command in any operation conducted under [part 121](/cfr/14/part121.md) of this chapter; and
    - (iii) If providing training in a flight simulation training device, have received training and evaluation within the preceding 12 months from the certificate holder on—
      - (A) Proper operation of flight simulator and flight training device controls and systems;
      - (B) Proper operation of environmental and fault panels,
      - (C) Data and motion limitations of simulation;
      - (D) Minimum equipment requirements for each curriculum; and
      - (E) The maneuvers that will be demonstrated in the flight simulation training device.
- (b) An applicant for a pilot school certificate or for a provisional pilot school certificate must designate a chief instructor for each of the school's approved training courses, who must meet the requirements of [§ 141.35](/cfr/14/141.35.md) of this part.
- (c) When necessary, an applicant for a pilot school certificate or for a provisional pilot school certificate may designate a person to be an assistant chief instructor for an approved training course, provided that person meets the requirements of [§ 141.36](/cfr/14/141.36.md) of this part.
- (d) A pilot school and a provisional pilot school may designate a person to be a check instructor for conducting student stage checks, end-of-course tests, and instructor proficiency checks, provided:
  - (1) That person meets the requirements of [§ 141.37](/cfr/14/141.37.md) of this part; and
  - (2) **The school has an enrollment of at least 10 students at the time designation is sought.**
- (e) A person, as listed in this section, may serve in more than one position for a school, provided that person is qualified for each position.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40907, July 30, 1997; Amdt. 141-12, 74 FR 42563, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt. 141-17, 78 FR 42379, July 15, 2013; Amdt. 141-17A, 78 FR 53026, Aug. 28, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709, 44711, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40907, July 30, 1997; Amdt. 141-12, 74 FR 42563, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt. 141-17, 78 FR 42379, July 15, 2013; Amdt. 141-17A, 78 FR 53026, Aug. 28, 2013]