At American Airlines by unfunded government mandate we have to prove our citizenship before we can attend recurrent training.
And the methods with which we must prove our citizenship are hysterical at best. A military ID is not considered sufficient (even if it is accompanied by a "Top Secret" clearence) A CURRENT passport is required, not an expired one. or an original birth certificate with a raised seal. You may be flying a nuclear armed B-1 in the guard but that aint good enough to go training on the MD-80!
If you are not a US citizen (and we have many) that person must apply for a waiver from the department of justice. And my understanding is they must before EVERY training event.
So its okay for these people to FLY the aircraft. They just can't be trained to fly the aircraft.
Many of our pilots do not have a current passport either (The people that abhor international and just want to go back and forth from Dallas to Ohio in the their super 80) and who has their original birth certificate?... UNBELIEVABLE....
Cheers
Wino