USA’s Regulator FAA Grants Self-Examining Authority to Minnesota’s AV8 Flight School

07th Oct 2025

Minnesota, USA — AV8 Flight School has announced that it has received FAA Part 141 self-examining authority for its Commercial Single-Engine and Multi-Engine courses, granting approval to conduct in-house checkrides for students. The authorization streamlines the certification process, offering significant time and cost savings for aspiring commercial pilots while maintaining FAA-approved training quality.

  • Students can now take their checkrides with AV8’s Chief or Assistant Chief Instructor, eliminating delays associated with scheduling external Designated Pilot Examiners (DPEs).
  • The FAA’s approval highlights AV8 Flight School’s proven record of training quality, compliance, and instructor performance under Part 141 regulations.

In 2024 AV8 Flight School was honored with the pretigious Operator of the Year award by the FLying Cloud Airport Advisory Commission, while in 2023 the flight training organisation conducted more than 8,400 flight hours.

Source: AV8 Flight School

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