"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
1) As a CFI you MUST hold a valid TSA certificate in addition to your
CFI certificate. Check out AOPA's page for info on obtaining this
certificate. You are technically illegal in giving flight instruction
without a TSA certificate.

Glider CFI and other instructors (like balloons) are exempt (BT)

2) There is no requirement that you prove citizenship for a BFR. Check
out http://www.aopa.org/tsa_rule/ . TSA only applies to new ratings.

agreed, except it does not apply to glider or balloon ratings.. (BT)

3) There is no requirement to keep any paperwork (other than the CFI
keeping his TSA certificate). As a CFI you simply write an endorsement
in the student's log book and forget about it

Do you not have to at least keep a record that you reviewed so and so's
paperwork and did the endorsement in his/her log book? (BT)


I certify that [insert student's name] has presented me a [insert type
of document presented, such as a U.S. birth certificate or U.S.
passport, and the relevant control or sequential number on the
document, if any] establishing that [he or she] is a U.S. citizen or
national in accordance with 49 CFR 1552.3(h). [Insert date and
instructor's signature and CFI number.]

Signing this endorsement is a SUBSTITUTE for record keeping.

-Robert, CFI (and TSA certified!)