Originally Posted by rudestuff
could you get an M1 visa through an approved school, complete the course then do additional training somewhere else now that you're in the country on a visa?
No you cannot. You are in the US on a visa sponsored by the Flight School. Their name is on the visa. Leave that School and you are out of status. You need to transfer your visa BEFORE you give up that School and you need a new TSA submission request fgor the new School (if the course requires TSA approval). The new School also needs to be a SEVIS approved School in order to receive the changed visa,