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FAA Working With Industry on High-altitude O2 Mandate

Rick Miller, a top expert on the high-altitude oxygen mask requirement, expressed hope that "something positive" would result soon.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

October 31, 2018

The FAA is considering changing high-altitude oxygen equipment requirements, and a key business aviation executive involved in the issue expressed hope that “something is going to happen soon that is very positive.”

After a four-plus-year effort to gain attention on concerns surrounding mandates for high-altitude oxygen masks in business aircraft, Rick Miller, chief pilot for Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. and chairman of the NBAA High Altitude Supplemental Working Group (HASO), spoke at the Bombardier Safety Standdown on Tuesday. He said that the FAA met with leaders on the issue in May and opened a productive dialog on potential changes to FAR 91.211.

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