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FAA Provides 12-Month Check Airman Extension

The FAA departed from its typical practice of shorter-term Covid-related extensions in granting a request for a year-long check airman extension.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

December 28, 2020

In a departure from its general short-term Covid-related exemptions granted from certain crew training, medical, and other requirements, the FAA has provided a year-long extension for check airman observations. The exemption is one of the latest in a series of extensions the agency has agreed to as the Covid pandemic has dragged on, but also comes as the FAA has warned that it is looking to normalize operations.

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