ON June 25, 2020, the FAA amended SFAR 118 providing limited additional time.,

On May 18, 2020 the FAA supplemented the COVID SFAR with the publication of the FAQ document.

This Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) was published on May 4 2020 and provides regulatory relief to persons who have been unable to comply with certain training, recent experience, testing, and checking requirements due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) outbreak. This relief allows operators to continue to use pilots and other crewmembers in support of essential operations during  his period. Additionally, this SFAR provides regulatory relief to certain persons and pilot schools unable to meet duration and renewal requirements due to the outbreak. This rule also allows certain air carriers and operators to fly temporary overflow aircraft, a need resulting from the outbreak, to a point of storage pursuant to a special flight permit with a continuing authorization.

This SAFO provides information and recommendations to operators that hold certificates to
conduct operations under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulation (14 CFR) part 121. The information and
recommendations address considerations when performing safety risk assessments prior to moving cargo
in airplanes configured with passenger cabins, in lower cargo compartments, and in the passenger cabin
(without passengers onboard).

This SAFO provides information and recommendations to air carriers, aircraft operators and all
pilots regarding the potential effects of parking overflow aircraft in excess of airport capacity.

This memorandum provides guidance on the availability of certain recurrent designee
training seminars that can now be completed virtually. This virtual training meets the
training requirements in FAA Order 8000.95 and 8100.15. Applicable designees are
expected to complete their recurrent training by the due date they had prior to the
issuance of the policy memos issued by FS on March 24, 2020 and AIR on March 31,
2020, due to the impact of COVID-19 on travel and in-person training. If the designee’s
recurrent training due date was between March 1, 2020 and May 31, 2020, the applicable
designee is expected to complete the next available recurrent training.

This memorandum supersedes the attached memorandum with the subject “Deviation to FAA Order 8900.1
for 14 CFR Part 145 Repair Stations” dated March 17, 2020.
In view of serious health concerns and international travel restrictions associated with the COVID-19
Coronavirus pandemic, this memorandum authorizes deviation from the FAA’s current policy of annually
renewing the certificates of certain repair stations located outside the United States. This policy deviation
does not apply to repair stations included under the purview of a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement
(BASA).

In response to the COVID 19 Emergency and requests from IA Refresher Course Providers,
the FAA is authorizing “current” IA Refresher Course Providers to revise their course
material, as appropriate to meet social distancing recommendations and the needs of
Inspection Authorization holders. The Master list of all current and accepted IA Refresher
courses with the up-dated expiration dates is located on the FAA Safety Program website,
FAASafety.gov, under “Maintenance Hangar – IA Renewal Course List”:

Without additional FAA review and acceptance, current IA Refresher course providers may
update or revise their IA Refresher courses. Acceptable revisions include but are not limited
to:
 Updates and revision to course content
 Changes in course instructors/presenters
 Changes to presentation date and or location
 Change of delivery method from lecture to on-line media methodologies, to include
(web-based, live-streaming, tele-conferencing)