Who has started implementing the TSA rule?

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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"David Brooks" wrote in
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"David Brooks" wrote in message
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OK, flight instructors, have you been doing your patriotic duty
since midday
Wednesday? Remember, under the thoroughly amended rule:

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Non US students need a visa to train and there is only a small number
of flight schools around able to issue form I-20 needed to get a M1
visa. Without this form and the visa, students will not get past
immigration.

Therefore there should not be many CFIs with non resident alien
students unless they are in a M1 approved flight school. These
schools are used to handling the necessary paperwork and this only
represents a bit more.

No doubt, if you restrict your analysis to nonresidents.

But the TSA has affirmed that their rule applies to resident aliens
also. We form 13% of the pilot population, and we not only got past
immigration, we have jobs and homes here. That means we form 13% of
the people walking on the door of every flight school and independent
instructor in the country (unless you want to reduce that number by
those who have foreign certificates; I haven't even thought whether
their conversion to a US certificate would be covered by the rule).

-- David Brooks
Believe!!!!!





How does a permanent resident student get an I-20?? He already lives and
works in this country.

I think you are agreeing with me. The IFR refers to all noncitizens and, in
the 12500 context, the visa issue is a red herring. The GA part of the rule
does not talk about visa issuance.

-- David Brooks
Believe!!!!!