---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 141.87"
title: "14"
number: "141.87"
heading: "Change of chief instructor."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/141.87"
---

# §141.87. Change of chief instructor.


Whenever a pilot school or provisional pilot school makes a change of designation of its chief instructor, that school:

- (a) Must immediately provide the FAA responsible Flight Standards office in which the school is located with written notification of the change;
- (b) May conduct training without a chief instructor for that training course for a period not to exceed 60 days while awaiting the designation and approval of another chief instructor;
- (c) May, for a period not to exceed 60 days, have the stage checks and end-of-course tests administered by:
  - (1) The training course's assistant chief instructor, if one has been designated;
  - (2) The training course's check instructor, if one has been designated;
  - (3) An FAA inspector; or
  - (4) **An examiner.**
- (d) Must, after 60 days without a chief instructor, cease operations and surrender its certificate to the Administrator; and
- (e) **May have its certificate reinstated, upon—**
  - (1) Designating and approving another chief instructor;
  - (2) Showing it meets the requirements of [§ 141.27(a)(2)](/cfr/14/141.27.md?p=a-2) of this part; and
  - (3) **Applying for reinstatement on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Administrator.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 141-19, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018]

### 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, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 141-19, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018]