Flight School students & owner arrested

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STOW — Federal officials have arrested dozens of alleged illegal immigrants connected to a flight school in Stow, including the school’s owner and students who received US government clearance to train as pilots despite strict security controls put into place after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The arrests of 34 Brazilian nationals that began in July and concluded quietly last month raise troubling new questions about possible holes in the government’s antiterrorism security net,

Let's try and keep this about aviation instead of politics. Don't want to have to close this or throw it over to Spin Zone.

 

[Jim Logajan]

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Let's try and keep this about aviation instead of politics. Don't want to have to close this or throw it over to Spin Zone.

From the article:

“It’s something that [TSA] approved in the first place,’’ said DeJesus. “Every student that we had went to the TSA, and TSA approved them.’’
Last month, he said, the TSA sent him an e-mail revoking approval for many of the students.

That and other reported aspects seem to indicate TSA screwed up and acted retroactively - and they and/or the FAA may be trying to punish DeJesus for their screw-ups.