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141 Commercial Training in the right seat

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While in a 141 commercial program, would I be allowed to log my dual time from the right seat to lead turn future CFI training?

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  1. Kris Kortokrax on Apr 24, 2017

    Since there is no number of hours specified for a Flight Instructor certificate in Part 61, I have to assume that you want to apply time spent in a Commercial course toward a 141 Flight Instructor course.

    The answer would be that you cannot use the Commercial hours to satisfy the requirements of a Flight Instructor 141 course. Once enrolled, you need to complete the stated requirements of that course.

    Why would you be receiving dual for a Commercial certificate while occupying the right seat?

    Also, there is much more to becoming a flight instructor that being able to fly the airplane from the right seat.

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  2. dudebro311 on Apr 24, 2017

    Thanks for the response, I’ll chat with my CFI about it next time… and 14 CFR 61.51 makes no mention of what seat the “authorized instructor” can occupy so i see no issue there.

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  3. Kris Kortokrax on Apr 25, 2017

    You are right about 61.51. It also does not say anything about which seat the PIC must occupy. But your original question did not appear to address whether you could log PIC while in the right seat. You asked whether you could apply time logged during the Commercial course toward the requirements for a Flight Instructor certificate, presumably in a 141 instructor course.

    That answer would still be no, you cannot use time from one 141 course to satisfy the requirements of another 141 course.

    My thought concerning why you would be in the right seat during instruction toward a Commercial pilot certificate also still stands. I’m sure there is nothing in the 141 Commercial syllabus that would place you in the right seat of an airplane. You are being trained to become a Commercial pilot. The switches and controls are placed in an airplane so as to be easily reached by a pilot in the left seat. There is no good reason for you to occupy the right seat during Commercial training.

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