Jim Macklin wrote:
Since 9/11, all persons seeking flight training must prove
they are legal.

Oh, so terrorist can't be US citizens? And a non-citizen with a clean
records can't learn to fly and then be activated by al Qaeda? That's
bizarre logic.

But since the 9/11 hijackers did attend flight schools

They also had drivers licenses, did they not?

All CFIs are encourage to know the rules, even if not
actively instructing. This is because you need to know what
and how to determine what is approved.

Ok, so answer this. AOPA tells me I need to take the training. As
someone else pointed out, the training for freelance CFI's seems to
consist of a 12 page PDF file. So what are we actually supposed to do?
As I'm not actively instructing, I don't even have an airport to go
poking around.