Flight School Security Awareness Training for Aircraft and Simulators

October 26, 2004
Best Practices and Recommendations

This topic provides Best Practices and Recommendations you should follow to help keep your facility, yourself, and others more secure. For simplicity these recommendations are generic to both flight schools and flight training centers. Some of these may or may not be applicable to your facility.

Make your facility more secure by:
• Posting local law enforcement contact information.
• Posting the General Aviation (GA) Hotline or Transportation Security Operations Center (TSOC) number (703-563-3240).
• Developing POC contact cards for employees to carry.
• Creating employee, student and visitor ID badges where applicable.
• Identifying which areas should be restricted to unknown individuals.

When a student applies for flight training, you must determine whether he or she is a U.S. citizen or national.
• Verify identification and citizenship.
- U.S. Passport
- U.S. Birth certificate
- U.S. Naturalization document

If a student is an alien, you must comply with TSA notification and approval requirements at 49 CFR Part 1552.
NOTE: A driver’s license does not establish U.S. Citizenship.

Enrollment:
• Ensure enrollment applications for students under the age 18 are signed by the students’ parent or legal guardian.
• Establish a parents and legal guardian identification and verification process for students under the age 18 at flight schools and flight training centers.
• Copy and maintain the appropriate initial documentation to include a photo of the student and a copy of the student’s airmen certificates for a minimum of five years following the completion of the training. In addition to the flight certificates, for foreign students maintain a legible photo copy of the passport and visa and the document giving approval to train that was received by the TSA.

NOTE: If any personal identifier information is maintained, you are required to follow the Privacy Act rules and regulations.

• Require all incoming students to complete a company-approved application and have the student update it should this information change during the course of instruction. To the greatest extent possible, verify the validity and authenticity of the information.
- Driver’s license
- Birth certificate
- Passport
- Bank from where training funds are released, if applicable
- Employment status
- Work address
- Home address
- Work and home telephone numbers
• Provide law enforcement with the student’s driver’s license information for verification.
• Interview prospective students to:
- Determine students’ goals or objectives, and
- Identify past experiences.
o Previous flight experience
o Previous schools attended
• Determine the students’ legitimacy and sincerity.

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