>12.5K Training for Non-Citizens

[Sunnfun]

AvWeb reports:


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February 17, 2003

DOJ Sets Foreign Student Standards (Finally)

By Russ Niles
Newswriter

The world is now open to U.S. flight schools, 16 months after security concerns closed a significant part of their business. The Department of Justice Thursday announced that as of March 17 it would allow non-U.S. citizens to take first-time type training in aircraft weighing more than 12,500 lbs. Foreign nationals with current certificates have been able to take recurrent and other training. The ban applied only to those applying for the first time to fly larger aircraft. The ban has cost flight schools and airlines millions of dollars. U.S. flight training is coveted in most countries and many flight schools had a significant percentage of foreign students before 9/11.

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Has anyone actually seen an official report from the DoJ? Or know any details about the new process? I've looked all over the DoJ-Website but came up with nothing...

Their Website is still under construction. It's been 15 Months now... come on.

Thanks, Sun'n Fun

 

[Midnight Mike]

Trust me, there are other people waiting for this! This will take care of part of the problem, the other problem is the issuance of visas to enter the country for flight training, but at least this is a start...


Mike