A student.... and red tape
My first student is all lined up and ready to start training.
That's the good news.
The not so good news is he's Canadian (that by itself isn't bad news) so we need to get approval from the TSA before I can start training him.
So far, the process has been fairly smooth, but the delays are starting to grind on me.
I registered as a flight training provider with the TSA the day after I passed my checkride. Much to my amazement, I got a call from an inspector at the local FSDO that same day just verifying I was an actual person.
Once he'd done that (we worked it out via a series of voicemail messages) I was listed in the TSA's database as a bona-fide flight training provider. Woo hoo!
Next up, my student registered and selected me as his flight training provider. Again, pretty quick and painless.
Then I acknowledged that I would be providing his training, which cleared the way for him to get fingerprinted and send in an application for training (and $135).
A few days ago I received notice from the TSA that they'd issued preliminary approval for the Canadian to begin training.
Of course, "preliminary approval" doesn't mean he can actually start training so now we're waiting on "permission to initiate training" from the TSA.
When we'll get that is anyone's guess.
In the meantime, we're in a holding pattern and every day we wait is a day I don't get paid.
I spent all of last week on jury duty, so there wasn't any time to start drumming up business. That's the goal for this week: Get more students.
That's the good news.
The not so good news is he's Canadian (that by itself isn't bad news) so we need to get approval from the TSA before I can start training him.
So far, the process has been fairly smooth, but the delays are starting to grind on me.
I registered as a flight training provider with the TSA the day after I passed my checkride. Much to my amazement, I got a call from an inspector at the local FSDO that same day just verifying I was an actual person.
Once he'd done that (we worked it out via a series of voicemail messages) I was listed in the TSA's database as a bona-fide flight training provider. Woo hoo!
Next up, my student registered and selected me as his flight training provider. Again, pretty quick and painless.
Then I acknowledged that I would be providing his training, which cleared the way for him to get fingerprinted and send in an application for training (and $135).
A few days ago I received notice from the TSA that they'd issued preliminary approval for the Canadian to begin training.
Of course, "preliminary approval" doesn't mean he can actually start training so now we're waiting on "permission to initiate training" from the TSA.
When we'll get that is anyone's guess.
In the meantime, we're in a holding pattern and every day we wait is a day I don't get paid.
I spent all of last week on jury duty, so there wasn't any time to start drumming up business. That's the goal for this week: Get more students.
posted by Will at 1:53 PM
1 Comments:
Will, has the TSA person for your flight school uploaded a photo of your student? It's been my experience that TSA isn't particularly helpful when it comes to letting you know what is missing. If no photo has been uploaded, that may be the cause of the delay.
Linda
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