FAR 141.93 — Part 141 Enrollment
FAR 141.93 explains what a Part 141 pilot school must give students at enrollment, including syllabus, safety procedures, and required topics.
In Plain English
FAR 141.93 spells out exactly what a Part 141 pilot school must hand you when you enroll in an approved training course, and what records the school must keep.
At the time of enrollment, the school must give you:
- A certificate of enrollment showing the course name and the date you enrolled.
- A copy of your training syllabus.
- A copy of the school's safety procedures and practices (not required for internet-based courses) covering at least:
- Weather minimums for dual and solo flights
- Ramp starting and taxi procedures
- Fire precautions and procedures
- Redispatch after unprogrammed landings (on or off airport)
- Handling aircraft discrepancies and return-to-service approval
- Securing aircraft when not in use
- Fuel reserves for local and cross-country flights
- Avoidance of other aircraft, in flight and on the ground
- Minimum altitudes and simulated emergency landing instructions
- Use of assigned practice areas
The school must also maintain a monthly list of everyone enrolled in each course. Why it matters: these documents define the standards you'll be held to during training and on every flight you make under the school's certificate.
Regulation Text
14 CFR § 141.93§ 141.93 Enrollment.
(a) The holder of a pilot school certificate or a provisional pilot school certificate must, at the time a student is enrolled in an approved training course, furnish that student with a copy of the following:
(1) A certificate of enrollment containing—
(i) The name of the course in which the student is enrolled; and
(ii) The date of that enrollment.
(2) A copy of the student's training syllabus.
(3) Except for a training course offered through an internet based medium, a copy of the safety procedures and practices developed by the school that describe the use of the school's facilities and the operation of its aircraft. Those procedures and practices shall include training on at least the following information—
(i) The weather minimums required by the school for dual and solo flights;
(ii) The procedures for starting and taxiing aircraft on the ramp;
(iii) Fire precautions and procedures;
(iv) Redispatch procedures after unprogrammed landings, on and off airports;
(v) Aircraft discrepancies and approval for return-to-service determinations;
(vi) Securing of aircraft when not in use;
(vii) Fuel reserves necessary for local and cross-country flights;
(viii) Avoidance of other aircraft in flight and on the ground;
(ix) Minimum altitude limitations and simulated emergency landing instructions; and
(x) A description of and instructions regarding the use of assigned practice areas.
(b) The holder of a pilot school certificate or provisional pilot school certificate must maintain a monthly listing of persons enrolled in each training course offered by the school.
[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997; Amdt. 141-15, 76 FR 54107, Aug. 31, 2011]
Oral Exam Questions a DPE Might Ask
Q1What must a Part 141 school provide you when you enroll in a training course?
Per FAR 141.93, the school must furnish a certificate of enrollment (with course name and date), a copy of the training syllabus, and a copy of the school's safety procedures and practices (except for internet-based courses).
Q2Name several topics that must be covered in the school's safety procedures and practices.
FAR 141.93 requires topics such as weather minimums for dual and solo flights, ramp start and taxi procedures, fire precautions, redispatch after unprogrammed landings, aircraft discrepancies and return-to-service, securing aircraft, fuel reserves, traffic avoidance, minimum altitudes and simulated emergencies, and use of practice areas.
Q3What enrollment recordkeeping is the school itself required to maintain?
Under FAR 141.93(b), the school must maintain a monthly listing of all persons enrolled in each training course it offers.
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