Flight School Security Awareness Training for Aircraft and Simulators

October 26, 2004
Scenarios – Flight Training Center with Simulators

Question
You have been making great progress with one of your students. You have completed training through the airwork, systems malfunction, and autopilot portion of the syllabus. In addition, you have completed several simulator lessons on take-off procedures and V1 cuts. Today was to begin normal approach to landing procedures for your student, but you have learned that he has suddenly dropped out of flight training. It seems as if he was interested in only one part of the flight training program - getting the aircraft in the air and maintaining straight and level flight through the use of the autopilot and mode control panel.

Answer
Your first response should be to inform a supervisor. Any student who is intensely interested in a single part or aspect of the training in a large aircraft, or is concentrating more on ground facilities than flight maneuvers; curiosity or frequent questions concerning bridges, dams, power grids, relay stations, power generation or nuclear facilities should be taken seriously. This type of behavior should be shared with other staff members, instructors, and supervisors. Additionally, instructors should closely monitor and scrutinize those parts of the training syllabus chosen for review or special emphasis. Consistently repeating specific sections of training where the student would have the ability to perfect certain skills should be reported to a supervisor. If these behaviors are followed by the sudden and unexplained departure of the student prior to completion of the program, immediately contact the supervisor. They will immediately invoke follow-up actions by contacting appropriate authorities and General Aviation (GA) Hotline or Transportation Security Operations Center (TSOC) (703) 563-3240. Once the supervisor has been given all available information on the student, they should immediately contact Local Law Enforcement and the General Aviation (GA) Hotline or Transportation Security Operations Center (TSOC). If the student is an alien in this country on a visa, the supervisor should provide this information to the local law enforcement authorities as well so they can inform the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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