{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-017","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Federal Aviation Administration)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Safety (AFS)","authority":"49 U.S.C. § 44701(f): the Administrator may grant an exemption from a safety requirement if in the public interest","instrument":"Exemption No. 18509A, Regulatory Docket FAA-2020-0291 (grant of the National Air Transportation Association\u0027s petition to extend Exemption No. 18509)","title":"Exemption 18509A: COVID-19 relief from part 135 recurrent training, testing and checking timeframes for NATA member operators","dateIssued":"2020-06-01","effective":"2020-06-01 (extension of relief first granted in April 2020)","end":"2020-07-31 (grace periods to Dec. 31, 2020 for some requirements)","startDate":"2020-06-01","endDate":"2020-07-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["part 135 on-demand and commuter operators that are NATA members and their crewmembers"],"clause":"\u0022This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 18509.... By letter dated May 7, 2020, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and its members for [an extension of the exemption]....\u0022 (relief from training and checking deadlines \u0022through July 31, 2020\u0022 and, for certain items, \u0022through December 31, 2020\u0022).","enforcement":"conditions and limitations of the exemption (operators must document eligibility; relief conditioned on COVID-19 inability to access training centers)","functions":["HR crew recurrent training and checking (training centers and simulators closed under State orders)","OP charter operations","WF"],"notes":"FAA finding that the COVID-19 orders prevented part 135 operators from completing recurrent training in the ordinary course; the relief itself is permissive; the compelled modification lies in the underlying closures it recites.","sourceUrl":"https://www.faa.gov/coronavirus/regulatory_updates/media/Exemption_18509.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200601112613/https://www.faa.gov/coronavirus/regulatory_updates/media/Exemption_18509.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":221605,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-017","citation":"Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Safety (AFS), Exemption No. 18509A, Regulatory Docket FAA-2020-0291 (grant of the National Air Transportation Association\u0027s petition to extend Exemption No. 18509) (June 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-017)","stateName":"","related":[]}