Training and Workforce
TSA delays alien flight training rule
Shortly after AIN went to press for last month’s issue, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made last-minute modifications to its alien

Shortly after AIN went to press for last month’s issue, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made last-minute modifications to its alien flight-training rule, which was scheduled for implementation on October 20. Among other provisions, the interim final rule transferred responsibility for background checks from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA.

General aviation interests had asked for a blanket delay of the start date, but the TSA refused. (See AIN, November, page 128.) It did, however, grant a 60-day delay only to those aliens who currently hold an airman’s certificate from the FAA, or from a foreign national authority that the FAA recognizes, and who are receiving training in aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or less. That compliance date is now set for December 19.