Pilot Records Database (PRD)

Section 203 of the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 (hereafter called the “Act”), Pub. L. 111-216, requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to create a database to provide air carriers and other operators  (hereafter collectively called “operators)” electronic access to information maintained by the FAA concerning pilots’ training, certification and enforcement history, certain records related to pilots’ employment history and qualifications, and national driver registry records, in order for the operator to make a decision whether or not to hire an individual as a pilot. To meet this requirement, the FAA developed the Pilot Records Database (PRD) to provide operators with a centralized electronic repository of pilot information to access before allowing an individual to begin services as a pilot. In accordance with Section 208 of the E-Government Act of 2002, the FAA previously published a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for PRD in June of 2021. This PIA is being updated to address the changes made to the records retention schedule, the addition of an air operator trustee function, and other administrative changes made to PRD since the original publication of the PIA.