The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (Federal Aviation Administration)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- same as SFAR 118
- Issued
- 2020-10-06 Oct. 6, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-10-01
- End
- 2021-04-30
- In force
- Oct. 1, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- air carriers
- pilots and crewmembers
- pilot schools
- medical certificate holders
- Functions reached
- HR crew qualification and medical certification
- OP
- WF
- Collection
- Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE
Operative words
"DATES: Effective October 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021." SUMMARY: "This final rule further amends the regulatory relief originally provided in the Relief for Certain Persons and Operations during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) final rule and the Limited Extension... final rule. The relief in this final rule applies to a new population of airmen...." Body table: medical certificates expiring July 2020 "Expires October 31, 2020"; August 2020 "Expires November 30, 2020";... November 2020 "Expires February 28, 2021"; December 2020 "Expires March 31, 2021."
Enforcement
Notes
The FAA found in October 2020 that COVID-19 restrictions still prevented normal compliance and extended relief into Q2 2021; the rule recites that non-essential aviation training remained curtailed.
Retrieval noteSigned copy also archived at faa.gov/coronavirus/regulatory_updates/media/200930_SFAR_118-2-SIGNED.pdf (Wayback).