Skipping a Broken Record—Temporarily, At Least
In August, 2021, the FAA mandated the establishment of an electronic Pilot Records Database (PRD) and implemented statutory requirements to facilitate the sharing of pilot records among air-carriers and other operators in an electronic data system managed by the agency. The measure requires air-carriers, air tour operators, fractional ownerships, and corporate flight departments to not only enter data on their pilots into the database, but to access the thing for purpose of evaluating the available data pertaining to any pilots they seek to hire.