Originally Posted by
rickair7777
You cannot use a tourist visa for professional flight training, which is what we are talking about here. Maybe you can train towards a PPL on a tourist visa, have to ask the TSA though.
There is nothing that determines what constitutes professional flight training. I've trained several commercial students under this provision and never had a problem with TSA or ICE. Nowhere does it state that a tourist visa, or person traveling under the visa waiver program is excluded from "professional" flight training.