A-00-109
NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation
Recommendation text
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: (1) Revise existing guidance and information about high-altitude operations to accurately reflect the time of useful consciousness and rate of performance degradation following decompression and to highlight the effect of hypoxia on an individual's ability to perform complex tasks in a changing environment and (2) Incorporate this revised information into both the required general emergency training conducted under 14 CFR Parts 121 and 135 and training and flight manuals provided to all pilots operating pressurized aircraft.
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
The Federal Aviation Administration is asked to update its guidance on high-altitude operations to accurately reflect the time of useful consciousness and rate of performance degradation after decompression, and to emphasize how hypoxia impairs the ability to perform complex tasks in changing conditions. This revised information must then be incorporated into required emergency training under 14 CFR Parts 121 and 135, as well as into training and flight manuals for all pilots flying pressurized aircraft.
This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.
Details
| Status | Closed - Unacceptable Action |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | Sep 18, 2013 |
| NTSB number | DCA00MA005 |
| Addressees | FAA |
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NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).