Regulations and Government
NPRM Treats U.S. and non-U.S. Pilots Differently
This TSA NPRM could have a profound effect on the American pilots who fly aircraft with an mtow of more than 12,500 pounds.

Here’s what it inclu

This TSA NPRM could have a profound effect on the American pilots who fly aircraft with an mtow of more than 12,500 pounds.

Here’s what it includes: “GA aircraft operators would be required to...ensure that their flight crewmembers have undergone a fingerprint-based criminal history records check.” Suddenly, American “large aircraft” pilots are in the TSA’s sights. What’s the purpose of the criminal-history records check? Is someone with a criminal history who has already been punished and paid his debt to society now considered a threat to national security?