{"id":9959,"date":"2020-06-29T06:50:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T10:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=9959"},"modified":"2020-07-01T19:27:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T23:27:53","slug":"faa-extensions-to-pilot-regulatory-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/faa-extensions-to-pilot-regulatory-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA extensions to pilot regulatory relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FAA has agreed to extend the regulatory relief packages for both Part 91 and Part 135 operators beyond the original end date of June 30. Here&#8217;s the lowdown:<\/p>\n<h4>Part 135<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Back in March, the FAA announced a 3-month extension to the grace period for recurrent training requirements for Part 135 operators. They&#8217;re now saying that operators who have training due in July will have until the end of October to get this done. Read the FAA letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nata.aero\/assets\/Site_18\/files\/Coronavirus\/NATA%20Extension%20of%20Exemption%20No.%2018510%20Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">In addition, the FAA has provided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nata.aero\/assets\/Site_18\/files\/Coronavirus\/NATA%20Extension%20of%20Exemption%20No.%2018509A.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\">two additional months of flexibility on the protective breathing equipment requirements<\/span><\/a>, extending that exemption until the end of July.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Note that you still have to tell the FAA if you&#8217;re planning on using these exemptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Part 91<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Pilot medical certificates which expired in March do not have any extra time beyond June 30; but for those expiring between April 30 and Sept 30, these will all get three months extensions to their validity.<\/li>\n<li>Validity of flight reviews, instrument currency, and knowledge tests have also been extended to September.<\/li>\n<li>Read the updated SFAR in full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2020\/06\/29\/2020-13960\/limited-extension-of-relief-for-certain-persons-and-operations-during-the-coronavirus-disease-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">For US pilots keen to know if the SFAR on Part 91 regulatory relief applies to your individual situation, check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/how-to-work-out-what-faa-regulatory-relief-applies-to-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\">easy-to-follow flowcharts<\/span><\/a> to help you work it out! <em>(No need to squint &#8211; just click on the image and get whisked away to a magical place where these flowcharts will all make perfect sense <\/em>\ud83d\ude0a<em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/how-to-work-out-what-faa-regulatory-relief-applies-to-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-10035 noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10035 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/REG-RELIEF-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/REG-RELIEF-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/REG-RELIEF-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/REG-RELIEF-768x956.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/REG-RELIEF-1234x1536.jpg 1234w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/REG-RELIEF-1646x2048.jpg 1646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FAA has agreed to extend the regulatory relief packages for both Part 91 and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":9963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1514,74,1394,1393,1559],"class_list":{"0":"post-9959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"tag-covid","9":"tag-faa","10":"tag-part-135","11":"tag-part-91","12":"tag-relief-rules"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9959"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10036,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9959\/revisions\/10036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}