(a) An applicant for a pilot school certificate or provisional pilot school certificate must show that the applicant has continuous use of a briefing area located at each airport at which training flights originate that is:
- (1) Adequate to shelter students waiting to engage in their training flights;
- (2) Arranged and equipped for the conduct of pilot briefings; and
- (3) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, for a school with an instrument rating or commercial pilot course, equipped with private landline or telephone communication to the nearest FAA Flight Service Station.