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Transportation Security Administration, DHS 

§ 1552.1 

operations, public charter passenger 
operations, and private charter pas-
senger operations, that are in accord-
ance with a security program issued 
under part 1544 or 1546 of this chapter. 

(b) 

Procedures. Any person conducting 

an operation identified in paragraph (a) 
of this section must conduct a search 
of the aircraft before departure and 
must screen passengers, crewmembers, 
and other individuals and their acces-
sible property (carry-on items) before 
boarding in accordance with security 
procedures approved by TSA. 

(c) 

Sensitive security information. The 

security program procedures approved 
by TSA for operations specified in 
paragraph (a) of this section are sen-
sitive security information. The oper-
ator must restrict the distribution, dis-
closure, and availability of information 
contained in the security procedures to 
persons with a need to know as de-
scribed in part 1520 of this chapter. 

(d) 

Compliance date. Persons con-

ducting operations identified in para-
graph (a) of this section must imple-
ment security procedures on October 6, 
2001. 

(e) 

Waivers. TSA may permit a person 

conducting an operation under this sec-
tion to deviate from the provisions of 
this section if TSA finds that the oper-
ation can be conducted safely under 
the terms of the waiver. 

§ 1550.7

Operations in aircraft of 

12,500 pounds or more. 

(a) 

Applicability of this section. This 

section applies to each aircraft oper-
ation conducted in an aircraft with a 
maximum certificated takeoff weight 
of 12,500 pounds or more except for 
those operations specified in § 1550.5 
and those operations conducted under a 
security program under part 1544 or 
1546 of this chapter. 

(b) 

Procedures. Any person conducting 

an operation identified in paragraph (a) 
of this section must conduct a search 
of the aircraft before departure and 
screen passengers, crewmembers, and 
other persons and their accessible prop-
erty (carry-on items) before boarding 
in accordance with security procedures 
approved by TSA. 

(c) 

Compliance date. Persons identi-

fied in paragraph (a) of this section 
must implement security procedures 

when notified by TSA. TSA will notify 
operators by NOTAM, letter, or other 
communication when they must imple-
ment security procedures. 

(d) 

Waivers. TSA may permit a person 

conducting an operation identified in 
this section to deviate from the provi-
sions of this section if TSA finds that 
the operation can be conducted safely 
under the terms of the waiver. 

PART 1552—FLIGHT SCHOOLS 

Subpart A—Flight Training for Aliens and 

Other Designated Individuals 

Sec. 
1552.1

Scope and definitions. 

1552.3

Flight training. 

1552.5

Fees. 

Subpart B—Flight School Security 

Awareness Training 

1552.21

Scope and definitions. 

1552.23

Security awareness training pro-

grams. 

1552.25

Documentation, recordkeeping, and 

inspection. 

A

UTHORITY

: 49 U.S.C. 114, 44939. 

S

OURCE

: 69 FR 56340, Sept. 20, 2004, unless 

otherwise noted. 

Subpart A—Flight Training for 

Aliens and Other Designated 
Individuals 

§ 1552.1

Scope and definitions. 

(a) 

Scope.  This subpart applies to 

flight schools that provide instruction 
under 49 U.S.C. Subtitle VII, Part A, in 
the operation of aircraft or aircraft 
simulators, and individuals who apply 
to obtain such instruction or who re-
ceive such instruction. 

(b) 

Definitions. As used in this part: 

Aircraft simulator means a flight sim-

ulator or flight training device, as 
those terms are defined at 14 CFR 61.1. 

Alien  means any person not a citizen 

or national of the United States. 

Candidate means an alien or other in-

dividual designated by TSA who ap-
plies for flight training or recurrent 
training. It does not include an indi-
vidual endorsed by the Department of 
Defense for flight training. 

Day  means a day from Monday 

through Friday, including State and 

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§ 1552.3 

local holidays but not Federal holi-
days, for any time period less than 11 
days specified in this part. For any 
time period greater than 11 days, day 
means calendar day. 

Demonstration flight for marketing pur-

poses  means a flight for the purpose of 
demonstrating an aircraft’s or aircraft 
simulator’s capabilities or characteris-
tics to a potential purchaser, or to an 
agent of a potential purchaser, of the 
aircraft or simulator, including an ac-
ceptance flight after an aircraft manu-
facturer delivers an aircraft to a pur-
chaser. 

Flight school means any pilot school, 

flight training center, air carrier flight 
training facility, or flight instructor 
certificated under 14 CFR part 61, 121, 
135, 141, or 142; or any other person or 
entity that provides instruction under 
49 U.S.C. Subtitle VII, Part A, in the 
operation of any aircraft or aircraft 
simulator. 

Flight training means instruction re-

ceived from a flight school in an air-
craft or aircraft simulator. Flight 
training does not include recurrent 
training, ground training, a demonstra-
tion flight for marketing purposes, or 
any military training provided by the 
Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast 
Guard, or an entity under contract 
with the Department of Defense or U.S. 
Coast Guard. 

Ground training means classroom or 

computer-based instruction in the op-
eration of aircraft, aircraft systems, or 
cockpit procedures. Ground training 
does not include instruction in an air-
craft simulator. 

National of the United States means a 

person who, though not a citizen of the 
United States, owes permanent alle-
giance to the United States, and in-
cludes a citizen of American Samoa or 
Swains Island. 

Recurrent training means periodic 

training required under 14 CFR part 61, 
121,125, 135, or Subpart K of part 91. Re-
current training does not include train-
ing that would enable a candidate who 
has a certificate or type rating for a 
particular aircraft to receive a certifi-
cate or type rating for another air-
craft. 

§ 1552.3

Flight training. 

This section describes the procedures 

a flight school must follow before pro-
viding flight training. 

(a) 

Category 1—Regular processing for 

flight training on aircraft more than 
12,500 pounds. 
A flight school may not 
provide flight training in the operation 
of any aircraft having a maximum cer-
tificated takeoff weight of more than 
12,500 pounds to a candidate, except for 
a candidate who receives expedited 
processing under paragraph (b) of this 
section, unless— 

(1) The flight school has first notified 

TSA that the candidate has requested 
such flight training. 

(2) The candidate has submitted to 

TSA, in a form and manner acceptable 
to TSA, the following: 

(i) The candidate’s full name, includ-

ing any aliases used by the candidate 
or variations in the spelling of the can-
didate’s name; 

(ii) A unique candidate identification 

number created by TSA; 

(iii) A copy of the candidate’s cur-

rent, unexpired passport and visa; 

(iv) The candidate’s passport and visa 

information, including all current and 
previous passports and visas held by 
the candidate and all the information 
necessary to obtain a passport and 
visa; 

(v) The candidate’s country of birth, 

current country or countries of citizen-
ship, and each previous country of citi-
zenship, if any; 

(vi) The candidate’s actual date of 

birth or, if the candidate does not 
know his or her date of birth, the ap-
proximate date of birth used consist-
ently by the candidate for his or her 
passport or visa; 

(vii) The candidate’s requested dates 

of training and the location of the 
training; 

(viii) The type of training for which 

the candidate is applying, including 
the aircraft type rating the candidate 
would be eligible to obtain upon com-
pletion of the training; 

(ix) The candidate’s current U.S. 

pilot certificate, certificate number, 
and type rating, if any; 

(x) Except as provided in paragraph 

(k) of this section, the candidate’s fin-
gerprints, in accordance with para-
graph (f) of this section; 

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