The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (Federal Aviation Administration)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- FAA enforcement discretion under 49 U.S.C. § 46301 and 14 C.F.R. part 13
- Issued
- 2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-31
- End
- 2020-06-30 (superseded by the medical-certificate duration relief in SFAR 118) (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 31, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- required pilot flight crewmembers and flight engineers
- air carriers and operators employing them
- Functions reached
- HR medical certification of pilots (aviation medical examiners' offices closed or limited under health orders)
- WF crew availability
- Collection
- Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE
Operative words
"Due to extraordinary circumstances related to the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, until June 30, 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will not take legal enforcement action against any person serving as a required pilot flight crewmember or flight engineer based on noncompliance with medical certificate duration standards when expiration of the required medical certificate occurs from March 31, 2020, through June 30, 2020." "DATES: The policy described herein is effective from March 31, 2020, through June 30, 2020."
Enforcement
suspension of FAA legal enforcement action for the defined class
Notes
Recites that health-care resources were being diverted and that FAA aviation medical examiners could not conduct routine examinations under COVID-19 restrictions.