{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-001","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Federal Aviation Administration; federal sector regulator)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"Federal Aviation Administration, Administrator Stephen M. Dickson","authority":"49 U.S.C. § 106(f) and § 40113 (general rulemaking); § 44701 (safety standards); § 44703 (airman certificates); good-cause exemption from notice and comment, 5 U.S.C. § 553(b)(3)(B), (d)(3)","instrument":"Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 118 (SFAR 118), final rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 26326 (May 4, 2020), Docket FAA-2020-0446","title":"Relief for Certain Persons and Operations During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak","dateIssued":"2020-05-04","effective":"2020-04-30","end":"2021-03-31 (SFAR 118 as published; amended by SFAR 118-1 (85 FR 38763) and SFAR 118-2 (85 FR 62951, effective Oct. 1, 2020 through Apr. 30, 2021))","startDate":"2020-04-30","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["air carriers (parts 121, 125, 135)","fractional ownership programs (part 91 subpart K)","pilots, flight engineers, flight instructors, mechanics with inspection authorization","pilot schools (part 141)","remote pilots (part 107)"],"clause":"\u0022DATES: Effective April 30, 2020 through March 31, 2021.\u0022 SUMMARY: \u0022This Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) provides regulatory relief to persons who have been unable to comply with certain training, recent experience, testing, and checking requirements due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. This relief allows operators to continue to use pilots and other crewmembers in support of essential operations during this period. Additionally, this SFAR provides regulatory relief to certain persons and pilot schools unable to meet duration and renewal requirements due to the outbreak. This rule also allows certain air carriers and operators to fly temporary overflow aircraft, a need resulting from the outbreak, to a point of storage.\u0022 Body: \u0022The FAA is providing relief for second-in-command (SIC) qualifications, pilot flight reviews, specific recency of experience requirements, and the PIC proficiency check for pilots that operate aircraft that require more than one pilot flight crewmember or are turbojet-powered.\u0022","enforcement":"14 C.F.R. part 13 (FAA civil penalties and certificate action under 49 U.S.C. §§ 44709, 46301); relief is conditioned on the SFAR\u0027s eligibility terms (operations \u0022in support of essential operations\u0022; training and checking completed within the extended grace periods)","functions":["HR crew qualification, training, checking and medical certification","OP flight operations (essential-operations condition; overflow aircraft ferried to storage)","WF workforce availability (crews kept qualified only under emergency grace periods)","CB air carriers and their customers (schedules dependent on crew availability)"],"notes":"The FAA\u0027s own finding, in a legislative rule, that COVID-19 stay-at-home and social-distancing orders made ordinary training centers, simulators, testing centers and medical examiners unavailable; the rule recites that \u0022stay-at-home orders\u0022 and the CDC\u0027s recommendations prevented compliance. Evidence of a compelled modification of airline, charter and flight-school operations nationwide from March 2020. The \u0027temporary overflow aircraft\u0027 provision documents the mass grounding of fleets.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-04/pdf/2020-09472.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":341213,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-001","citation":"Federal Aviation Administration, Administrator Stephen M. Dickson, Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 118 (SFAR 118), final rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 26326 (May 4, 2020), Docket FAA-2020-0446 (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-001)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-21-GM-008"]}