"Peter MacPherson" wrote in message news:yFcdd.421008$Fg5.52134@attbi_s53...
I hope you're right about this, but I've seen some flight schools
saying that you need to present a US passport as proof of
citizenship.


It's really pretty silly that the TSA put this rule out there and then
said they'd tell us what it means in 10 days. I know that some places
like ATP have said they will only accept passports (if you don't have
one, you'd better get one). They claim that most birth certificates do
not meet the requirement (not sure what they are refering to there). I
work with a guy who is on an H-1 Visa from France. He's having to
discountinue his flight training until this is worked out. I spoke
with one FBO that said they would just check driver's licenses. They
did not realize that any legal resident can get a driver's license (if
not for Arnold illegals would have had them too).

-Robert (in CA)