New TSA Rule

1. New TSA Rule Bob Jex Orlando FSDO

2. Alien Flight Student Program • “AFSP” • “TSA Rule” • “49 CFR 1552” • “Alien Flight Training/Citizenship Validation Rule” • All are equivalent terms!

3. Important dates • October 20, 2004 • AFSP Effective date • December 20, 2004 • Grandfather date • January 18, 2005 • Security Awareness Training deadline

4. TSA Terms • Candidate • Candidate Categories 1, 2, 3, and 4 • Flight School/Flight Training Provider • Administrator • Agent • Flight Training • Recurrent Training

5. Who does what? • US Citizen students • Foreign Candidates • Flight Training Provider Administrators • CFI’s • Freelance CFI’s • DPE’s & ASI’s • FSDO • TSA

6. US Citizen students • Present US Citizenship credentials • Receive optional logbook endorsement 

7. Foreign Candidates • Apply to TSA on-line; coord. with school • Initial Pilot Certificate; • Initial Instrument rating; • Initial Multi-Engine rating. • Submit fingerprints when directed by TSA • Cat 3 can begin training immediately! • Must begin within 180 days of TSA app.

8. Flight Training Provider Administrators • Register school with TSA; coord. with FSDO. ORL POC: Bonnie Norton, x7747 • Ensure school’s AFSP compliance • Cease training candidate when directed • Maintain candidates’ AFSP files 5 years • Maintain CFI’s Security Training records for 1 year after CFI leaves.

9. CFI’s • Complete Security Awareness Training • Initial • Annual • Optional endorsement for US Citizens  • Candidate’s Passport, Visa, etc. • Determine applicability of TSA Rule: • Initial Pilot Certificate, • Initial Instrument rating, and • Initial Multi-Engine rating • Candidate compliance with TSA Rule 

10. Optional Endorsement: US Citizens • Industry recommended; one-time only: I certify that (First Middle Last Name) has presented to me his/her US (document) (number), establishing US citizenship in accordance with 49 CFR 1552.3(h). • Record IAW 14 CFR 61.189 (5 years) • Retain copy of documents presented

11. Freelance CFI’s • If providing flight training to candidates, register with TSA as a Flight Training Provider Administrator • Coordinate registration with FSDO • ORL POC: Bonnie Norton: 407-812-7747

12. DPE’s & ASI’s • Verify candidate’s identity as usual • Ltr of Verif’n of Auth. when necess. • New procedure! For… • Initial pilot certificate, • Initial Instrument rating, and • Initial Multi-Engine rating… • Verify compliance with TSA Rule 

13. Verifying TSA compliance • Initial Pilot Cert., Instrmt, and M-E ratings. • Optional endorsement: US Citizens • E-mails from TSA to school administrator: • TSA’s receipt of fee (currently $130) • TSA’s receipt of fingerprints • Any other messages from TSA as applicable. • DPE’s may retain these messages. Do not forward them to FSDO.

14. FSDO • Coordinate school applications w/TSA • ORL POC: Bonnie Norton: 407-812-7747 • Disseminate local AFSP policy • Inspections • Flight schools: AFSP records, Security Trng. • CFI’s: Security Awareness Training

15. TSA • Update AFSP when necessary • Process applications • E-mail schools, FSDO • Inspections (may delegate to FSDO’s)

16. Official Web Sites • www.flightschoolcandidates.gov • download.tsa.dhs.gov/fssa/training • afsp.help@dhs.gov

17. Industry Web Sites • www.aopa.org/tsa_rule/ • www.nafinet.org

18. Questions? Bob Jex: 407-812-7745 robert.e.jex@faa.gov