To be eligible for a flight instructor
certificate or rating a person must:
(a) Be at least 18 years of age;
(b) Be able to read, speak, write, and
understand the English language. If the applicant is unable to meet one of these
requirements due to medical reasons, then the Administrator may place such
operating limitations on that applicant's flight instructor certificate as are
necessary;
(c) Hold either a commercial pilot
certificate or airline transport pilot certificate with:
(1) An aircraft category and class
rating that is appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought; and
(2) An instrument rating, or privileges
on that person's pilot certificate that are appropriate to the flight instructor
rating sought, if applying for --
(i) A flight instructor certificate
with an airplane category and single-engine class rating;
(ii) A flight instructor certificate
with an airplane category and multiengine class rating;
(iii) A flight instructor certificate
with a powered-lift rating; or
(iv) A flight instructor certificate
with an instrument rating.
(d) Receive a logbook endorsement from
an authorized instructor on the fundamentals of instructing listed in §61.185 of
this part appropriate to the required knowledge test;
(e) Pass a knowledge test on the areas
listed in §61.185(a)(1) of this part, unless the applicant:
(1) Holds a flight instructor
certificate or ground instructor certificate issued under this part;
(2) Holds a current teacher's
certificate issued by a State, county, city, or municipality that authorizes the
person to teach at an educational level of the 7th grade or higher; or
(3) Is employed as a teacher at an
accredited college or university.
(f) Pass a knowledge test on the
aeronautical knowledge areas listed in §61.185(a)(2) and (a)(3) of this part
that are appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought;
(g) Receive a logbook endorsement from
an authorized instructor on the areas of operation listed in §61.187(b) of this
part, appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought;
(h) Pass the required practical test
that is appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought in an:
(1) Aircraft that is representative of
the category and class of aircraft for the aircraft rating sought; or
(2) Flight simulator or approved flight
training device that is representative of the category and class of aircraft for
the rating sought, and used in accordance with a course at a training center
certificated under part 142 of this chapter.
(i) Accomplish the following for a
flight instructor certificate with an airplane or a glider rating:
(1) Receive a logbook endorsement from
an authorized instructor indicating that the applicant is competent and
possesses instructional proficiency in stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and
spin recovery procedures after providing the applicant with flight training in
those training areas in an airplane or glider, as appropriate, that is
certificated for spins; and
(2) Demonstrate instructional
proficiency in stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery procedures.
However, upon presentation of the endorsement specified in paragraph (i)(1) of
this section an examiner may accept that endorsement as satisfactory evidence of
instructional proficiency in stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin
recovery procedures for the practical test, provided that the practical test is
not a retest as a result of the applicant failing the previous test for
deficiencies in the knowledge or skill of stall awareness, spin entry, spins, or
spin recovery instructional procedures. If the retest is a result of
deficiencies in the ability of an applicant to demonstrate knowledge or skill of
stall awareness, spin entry, spins, or spin recovery instructional procedures,
the examiner must test the person on stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and
spin recovery instructional procedures in an airplane or glider, as appropriate,
that is certificated for spins;
(j) Log at least 15 hours as pilot in
command in the category and class of aircraft that is appropriate to the flight
instructor rating sought; and
(k) Comply with the appropriate
sections of this part that apply to the flight instructor rating sought.
