Flight Training Security Program (FTSP) background check process
Simplified
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Go to the website FTSP
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Register a new candidate account via 'Register Options'
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Fill in all the requested information
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See instructions on 'Candidate Guide' via the User Guides tab on FTSP
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Let us know if you have any questions via email
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1. Navigate to the website FTSP and create a candidate account.
2. Make initial payment, then print the receipt.
3. Wait to receive an email on fingerprint instructions.
4. Navigate to the website NATA Compliance Services and go to SERVICES -> Biometrics Fingerprinting -> FTSP Registration. Next follow the prompts for scheduling fingerprint collection at a local location.
5. Pay the fingerprint collection fee, and print a receipt of payment, along with the necessary documents to bring with you to the appointment.
6. Get your fingerprints taken at the scheduled location.
7. You should expect an email, approximately in a week, informing you that fingerprints were sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
8. The current wait time is 30 days for receiving an approval email to initiate training.
9. Once you have received a 'Determination of eligibility', you will then need to choose 'Washington International Flight Academy' as your schools provider
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NOTE: The name of our school may appear multiple times in the FTSP portal; Please pick the 3rd option, hit submit and confirm.
10. Schedule a meeting with our PSDO to create a training event.
11. Start flight training.
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