LATEST UPDATE - OCT 20 2004 (NO CHANGE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS)
After the recent actions of AOPA, TSA elected to delay the compliance for pilots (U.S. citizens and aliens) currently holding an FAA certificate, providing a 60-day exemption to December 20, 2004. However, aliens receiving training in the United States for the first time must comply with the rule now. That means, starting today, instructors involved in this training will have to meet the new TSA requirements.
(THE NEW RULE FOR US CITIZENS)
The revised rule — amended after the association affirmed the effectiveness of aviation record keeping throughout the world — now requires that flight instructors review the pilot's citizenship documents and note in the pilot's logbook that the flight instructor has determined that the pilot is a U.S. citizen and eligible to receive flight instruction. AOPA helped amend the rule to allow proof of citizenship to be noted by an endorsement in the CFI's and student's logbooks indicating that the pilot is a U.S. citizen and eligible to receive flight instruction.
TSA expect us to endorse a piece of paper confirming US citizenship - I think not!