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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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