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Purpose of This Notice.

This notice discusses the pilot record retention requirements of the Pilot Record Database (PRD) provision in the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Extension Act of 2010 and the related requirements of the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996 (PRIA). The statute requires Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 119 certificate holders (all air carrier and operating certificate holders conducting operations under 14 CFR parts 121, 125, and 135) to retain certain pilot training records and other records for entry into the PRD. Principal operations inspectors (POI) must review and evaluate their assigned part 119 certificate holder's records to ensure that the appropriate records are being retained.