My school told me that I need to be TSA cleared BEFORE I can even start training - let alone do the flight test!
It takes about a week to process, you can do it at any police station in the US, or even your own cop shop at home - as long as it's not in France where none of them would even get off their asses in the station because it wasn't their 'responsibilitay missyuhr"
But apparantly even the TSA doesn't know what its left and right hands are doing!
Roll on April 6th when I'll be coming home with my PPL and Night Rating!.......I hope!