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Charter Pilot Regulations Tightened by FAA

Recently charter pilots have received instructions as to how they can become more effective at their job and work well with others who are in charge of operating the cockpit. The total number of charter airlines is around 1,600 worldwide as well as air taxi companies which have also been affected by the FAA’s decision. The recent stipulations for charter pilots have been long awaited by government crash investigators as well as independent safety experts. The Federal Aviation Administration has stated that the goal of the new training requirements is to lessen the frequency of cockpit errors that can be avoided by additional training. Although there are mixed feelings as to the recent decision from the FAA, all charter pilots are required to undergo mandatory additional training.

The training for these pilots will consist of crew resource management as well as specialized team training exercises which are designed to help those who are in these positions to work together while up in the air. The National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get these training requirements made mandatory for years since 2003 and just recently has it passed into law. These charter companies will have a total of two years to come up with training systems for their pilots in order to enhance their abilities to do their jobs even better. The requirement for additional training has come after years of mistakes that pilots have made while up in the air, resulting in potentially dangerous situations.

After each company devises a training system the FAA will have the final say on whether or not they meet the requirements for what they have laid out in their plan to help re-educate charter pilots. The FAA strongly believes that requiring these pilots to undergo such training will help to reduce the number of pilot errors significantly which in turn will lessen the occurrence of midair collisions as well as problems on the runway. They say that the training will also help pilots to reduce the amount of stress which they experience while at the helm and to improve their overall decision-making skills and abilities.

The FAA justified the additional training by releasing the facts on aviation accidents involving charter pilots who failed to perform some of their basic duties and as a result people were either killed or injured. They provided at least 24 individual reports of accidents related to pilot errors which they say could have been avoided if their training would have been more comprehensive. In all 20 lives were lost because of human error and it is a problem which the FDA hopes to drastically reduce in the coming years.

It has been proven that team training can help to reduce pilot-related accidents with U.S airlines by at least twenty five percent, a statistic which they believe will apply to charter pilots as well. Even those charter companies which only need one pilot for their flights will need to undergo the training and it will still apply because of the FAA stipulations.