Relief for Participants in Operation Enduring Freedom

The FAA is adopting a Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) that allows Flight Standards District Offices (FSDO) to accept expired flight instructor certificates and inspection authorizations for renewals from civilian and military personnel who serve in Operation Enduring Freedom. Additionally, this SFAR allows FSDOs to accept expired airman written test reports from civilian and military personnel who serve in Operation Enduring Freedom. This action is necessary to avoid penalizing airmen who are unable to meet the regulatory time limits of their flight instructor certificate, inspection authorization, or airmen written test report solely because of their service in Operation Enduring Freedom. The effect of this action is to give these airmen extra time to meet certain eligibility requirements in the current rules.