TSA has issued Title 49 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations Part 1552 that prohibits a flight school from providing flight training in an aircraft or aircraft simulator to non-U.S. Citizens without TSA approval. Under this rule pilots must create and maintain a TSA account at https://www.fts.tsa.dhs.gov/home. Based on these details TSA will determine that the candidate is not a threat to aviation or national security and issue permission to train.
TSA applications should be initiated at least 60 days prior to your scheduled training event.
TSA defines flight training as instruction in a fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft or aircraft simulator that is consistent with the requirements to obtain a new skill, certificate, or type-rating, or to maintain a pilot certificate or rating. For the purposes of this rule, flight training does not include instruction in a balloon, glider, ultralight, or unmanned aircraft; ground training; demonstration flights for marketing purposes; simulated flights for entertainment purposes; or any flight training provided by the DoD, the U.S. Coast Guard, or any entity providing flight training under a contract with the DoD or Coast Guard.
Non-US pilots receiving instruction in the following training activities, must apply to the Flight Student Security Program (FTSP), for obtaining TSA approval prior to simulator or aircraft training initiation.
FlightSafety offers free assistance to our customers in the creation of online TSA accounts. TSA accounts can be difficult to create properly with errors resulting in a delay of TSA approval. It is strongly recommended that you contact FlightSafety International’s TSA Assist Team to review your online TSA account information, at TSA.Assist@flightsafety.com.
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