As the Covid-19 pandemic’s effects on aviation stretched into the final calendar quarter of 2020, the FAA on October 1 released a final rule extending deadlines for “persons who have been unable to meet certain requirements during the national emergency” surrounding the disease. The updated special federal aviation regulation (SFAR 118-2) was scheduled to be published October 6, 2020, after this issue’s deadline, and “allows operators to continue to use pilots and other crewmembers in support of essential operations” while providing “regulatory relief to additional persons unable to meet duration and renewal requirements due to the public health emergency,” the FAA said. The provisions of SFAR 118-2 are effective through April 30, 2021.
