---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.217"
title: "14"
number: "61.217"
heading: "Recent experience requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.217"
---

# §61.217. Recent experience requirements.


The holder of a ground instructor certificate may not perform the duties of a ground instructor unless the person can show that one of the following occurred during the preceding 12 calendar months:

- (a) Employment or activity as a ground instructor giving pilot, flight instructor, or ground instructor training;
- (b) Employment or activity as a flight instructor giving pilot, flight instructor, or ground instructor ground or flight training;
- (c) Completion of an approved flight instructor refresher course and receipt of a graduation certificate for that course; or
- (d) An endorsement from an authorized instructor certifying that the person has demonstrated knowledge in the subject areas prescribed under § [61.213(a)(3)](/cfr/14/61.213.md?p=a-3) and [(a)(4)](/cfr/14/61.213.md?p=a-4), as appropriate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2006-26661, 74 FR 42562, Aug. 21, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2006-26661, 74 FR 42562, Aug. 21, 2009]