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TSA CFI inspection?

Old 12-15-2008, 02:16 PM
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Just got a call from the TSA wanting to look over my flight training records. I am an independent flight instructor and have never been inspected before. They are treating me like a flight school.

I have only trained one foreign student.

Does anyone know what exactly they will be checking?

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Old 12-15-2008, 02:39 PM
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They are looking for your record of compliance with the TSA's requirements for (1) annual Security Awareness Training (2) records of having examined certain students' passports or birth certificate/drivers license combos to determine citizenship and (3) your record of complaince with the TSA's requirements for training foreign students.

They are treating you like a flight school because, under the TSA regs, you =are= a flight school.

I'm assuming you are generally familiar with this stuff. If you need more detail...
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Thanks. I figured that is all they wanted. Time to go searching for the records.
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Old 12-15-2008, 05:48 PM
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(2) records of having examined certain students' passports or birth certificate/drivers license combos to determine citizenship and
what did you mean by "Certain students' passports" are they looking at specific time I have flown with them or what?

I know I do not have everyones passport or birth certificate that I have flown with...

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Originally Posted by FlyingPirate View Post
what did you mean by "Certain students' passports" are they looking at specific time I have flown with them or what?

I know I do not have everyones passport or birth certificate that I have flown with...

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People who your are training for recreational, sport, or private certifciate or an instrument or multiengine rating.

AOPA did a decent job of reviewing the rule and the students it applies to:

AOPA Online: AOPA's Guide to TSA's Alien Flight Training/Citizenship Validation Rule
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