---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 141.37"
title: "14"
number: "141.37"
heading: "Check instructor qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/141.37"
---

# §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—
    - (i) Teaching methods;
    - (ii) Applicable provisions of the “Aeronautical Information Manual”;
    - (iii) Applicable provisions of parts [61](/cfr/14/part61.md), [91](/cfr/14/part91.md), and 141 of this chapter; and
    - (iv) The objectives and course completion standards of the approved training course for the designation sought.
  - (2) **For checks and tests that relate to a flight training course, the person must—**
    - (i) Meet the requirements in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section;
    - (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](/cfr/14/61.57.md) 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.
  - (3) **For checks and tests that relate to ground training, the person must—**
    - (i) Meet the requirements in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section;
    - (ii) Except for a course of training for a lighter-than-air rating, hold either a current flight instructor certificate with the appropriate category and class of aircraft, or ground instructor certificate with appropriate ratings, to be used in the course of training; 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.
- (b) **A person who meets the eligibility requirements in paragraph (a) of this section must—**
  - (1) Be designated, in writing, by the chief instructor to conduct student stage checks, end-of-course tests, and instructor proficiency checks; and
  - (2) **Be approved by the responsible Flight Standards office for the school.**
- (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:
  - (1) Served as the principal instructor; or
  - (2) **Recommended for a stage check or end-of-course test.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40907, July 30, 1997, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 141-19, 83 FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018; Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 141-26, 89 FR 92488, Nov. 21, 2024]

### 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, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 141-19, 83 FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018; Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 141-26, 89 FR 92488, Nov. 21, 2024]