Under the new regulation, flight training providers must hold an FAA certificate and obtain and use a Flight Training Security Program (FTSP) portal account. [StockSnap/Pixabay]
Key Takeaways:
Flight instructors (CFIs) actively engaged in flight training will soon be required to have a TSA provider account via the FTSP portal, a new mandate effective November 1 that expands beyond non-U.S. citizen students.
The new regulation revises refresher TSA security awareness training to every 24 months and requires CFIs to certify and maintain records of all students' U.S. citizenship (e.g., via birth certificate or passport) for five years.
While obtaining an FTSP portal account is free and takes minutes, customer service wait times for assistance with inquiries can be substantial (e.g., approximately 45 days).
CFIs who are actively engaged in flight training will soon be required to have a Transportation Security Administration provider account.
In the past, this requirement only applied for training providers who provided instruction for non-U.S. citizen students. This change becomes effective when interim rule 14 CFR 1552 becomes a final rule November 1.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
