Regulations and Government
Safety Alert Addresses TALPA Procedures
A n FAA safety alert provides information to FAR Part 25 airplane operators on the safety benefits of using a takeoff and landing performance assessment.

A newly released FAA Safety Alerts for Pilots (SAFO) provides information and guidelines to FAR Part 25 airplane operators on the safety benefits of using a takeoff and landing performance assessment (TALPA). The alert highlights TALPA Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) recommendations released in October 2016. During its study, the ARC discovered that “significant gaps in information needed to determine if a safe landing can be made.” The ARC produced consistent terminology and runway assessment criteria, and recommended using “non-dry, non-wet performance data for takeoff and time-of-arrival landing calculations.”