""T" Tung" wrote in message
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I hear a lot of my buds say that FAR Part 61 allows a pilot holding an
ATP to instruct another pilot towards a qualification or a rating in
an airplane without having a CFI ticket. I say that the ATP-holder
can only do that if he's doing it as part of an air transportation
provider (Part 121, 135, etc).

Who knows the answer? Thanks

The answer is found in Part 61.167. I don't see any way to interpret that
to allow an ATP to provide instruction to just anyone. It's pretty clear
about limiting an ATP's instructional privileges to pilots who are "in air
transportation service".

Now, that said, that just means your interpretation is closer to the truth.
I don't see anything in the regulation that requires the training to be *as
part of* an air transportation provider. Simply that it can only be done
for pilots who are in air transportation service.

Maybe there's an FAA legal counsel interpretation around somewhere that
further limits the ATP's instructional privileges, but at face value, it
appears that an ATP without a flight instructor certificate could still
perform a BFR (for example) for a fellow ATP working as an airline pilot.

Pete