{"id":"DUT-FED-029","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service (with the CDC)","authority":"49 U.S.C. 44701(d) (air carriers\u0027 statutory duty of \u0027the highest possible degree of safety in the public interest\u0027, recited in the SAFO)","instrument":"Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) 20009, COVID-19: Updated Interim Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Air Carriers and Crews","title":"SAFO 20009: COVID-19: Updated Interim Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Air Carriers and Crews","dateIssued":"2020-04-17","effective":"2020-04-17","end":"revised May 11, 2020 and thereafter; in force through the claim period as revised","startDate":"2020-04-17","endDate":"2020-05-11","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","TRAV","MASK"],"addressees":["U.S. air carriers and crews; foreign carriers with a U.S. nexus"],"clause":"A SAFO contains important safety information and may include recommended action. SAFO content should be especially valuable to air carriers in meeting their statutory duty to provide service with the highest possible degree of safety in the public interest.... Recommended Action: The FAA and CDC recommend and expect that all U.S.-based air carriers and crewmembers, all non-U.S.-based air carriers operating flights with a U.S. nexus, and all non-U.S.-based crewmembers on flights with a U.S. nexus implement and use their company-developed COVID-19 preparedness plans and procedures in conjunction with the FAA and CDC occupational health and safety guidance in the attached appendix...","enforcement":"none in the SAFO","functions":[],"notes":"Recorded as a recommendation: the FAA and CDC \u0027recommend and expect\u0027 every air carrier to implement a COVID-19 preparedness plan (crew screening, masks, distancing, sanitation, exposure response) tied to the carrier\u0027s statutory duty under 49 U.S.C. 44701(d). The mandatory aviation layer is the TSA security directives of January 31, 2021 (Exs. FED-053, -054) and the CDC conveyance order (Ex. FED-020). Character as recorded: agency_guidance_recommendation (the SAFO\u0027s own words: \u0027recommend and expect\u0027).","sourceUrl":"https://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/safo/all_safos/media/2020/SAFO20009.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200511203758/https://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/safo/all_safos/media/2020/SAFO20009.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":197328,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_guidance_recommendation","description":"","collection":"DUT-FED","url":"/library/DUT-FED-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-FED-029","citation":"Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service (with the CDC), Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) 20009, COVID-19: Updated Interim Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Air Carriers and Crews (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-029)","stateName":"","related":["FED-053","FED-020"]}