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Transportation Security Administration, DHS 

§ 1552.3 

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 
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; 

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