[Pilots] To TSA Portal...or not...

[Francis Daly]

MN Wing Pilots,

This email is intended for CFI's, only, but I'm still working on a "CFI, only" mailing list.

You may have heard about TSA's requirement to register in their Flight Training Provider (FTP) Portal.  There has been much back-and-forth about whether or not it's required by Independant Instructors, and whether or not they plan on instructing "Candidates" - non-US Citizen flight students.

As you may already know, my full time job is with TSA at MSP.  I have a friend who is an Inspector and travels around checking compliance with Flight Schools in Minnesota.  I posed this question to him.

His response is, yes, Independant CFI's must register in the Portal.  His justification lies in 14 CFR 1552.9 which requires all FTPs to designate a "Security Coordinator", which must be designated at the corporate level, and all Security Coordinators are required to register in the Portal.

Of course this makes little sense, but:

As an Independant CFI, you must designate yourself as the Security Coordinator, and thus are required to register with TSA in the Portal.  I have a follow-up question to him about this exact thing, especially as to it relates to the "designated at the corporate level".  I won't hear back from him until I get back to work tomorrow and check my TSA email.

Conclusion:  As Independant CFIs, we need to register ourselves in the TSA Portal.  I might suggest you use an email not connected with CAP.

https://www.fts.tsa.dhs.gov/home

It's a pretty simple process, and, well, CYA, too.  So far CAP NHQ hasn't gotten it this, but if they do, MN Wing will be way ahead of them.

Thank you.

V/R,


Capt. Frank Daly
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