Independent CFI's and the TSA

[Flyingmariner]

Has anyone been paying attention to the TSA rule effective Oct 20 re: "alien" registration of new students?

 

[rumpletumbler]

Got a link?

edit....here is is http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=40141

 

[Flyingmariner]

Tsa

I already have a couple of foreign students but I'm not sure if this is retrospective legislation. From now on I will turn away foreign students as I just can't be bothered with the aggravation.

I can just see the scenario "Yes, you fly the plane at $60 an hour plus pay me my rate an hour, buy all these books for $150, pay an examiner $300 and Oh! by the way let's have another $130 which goes to who knows where"

Like I say not worth the bother.

 

[340drvr]

Been seeing stuff about required photographs, required "security awareness training," 5-year record keeping.....here it comes, it's gonna get ugly, *&#*ing nazis. Basically it won't stop until GA doesn't exist anymore.


"It's not paranoia if they're really after you."

 

[PNEPilot]

I already have a couple of foreign students but I'm not sure if this is retrospective legislation. From now on I will turn away foreign students as I just can't be bothered with the aggravation...

That'll lose you some of the aggravation, but you will still be required to register with your local FSDO, obtain copies of birth certificates or passports from all your prospective students and keep all those copies along with records of their training for five years.

 

[Flyingmariner]

Ok, it is now official, it is not retrospective. Anyone under training prior to Oct 20 is not required to register. Now I just need to check up on the last post re: all CFI's have to register regardless whether training foreign students or not?

 

[SiuDude]

Ok, it is now official, it is not retrospective. Anyone under training prior to Oct 20 is not required to register. Now I just need to check up on the last post re: all CFI's have to register regardless whether training foreign students or not?

Uh, retroactive?

 

[PNEPilot]

Ok, it is now official, it is not retrospective. Anyone under training prior to Oct 20 is not required to register. Now I just need to check up on the last post re: all CFI's have to register regardless whether training foreign students or not?

According to AOPAs regulatory brief http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/regulatory/regtsa.html I may have been wrong about that. You still do need to make a copy of any US Citizen students passport or birth certificate and keep it for five years, and you need to undergo annual "security awareness training".

 

[Flyingmariner]

Thanks for the link PNEpilot..................Siudude.........suggest checking Websters...........same difference.