§44744 Flight Crew Alerting

Summary

Starting December 27, 2022, the FAA cannot approve a new transport‑category airplane design unless the airplane has a flight crew alerting system that shows and separates warnings, cautions, and advisories and that helps pilots decide what fixes to do and how to respond to system failures. Applications sent in before December 27, 2020 are not covered by this rule. For Boeing 737 MAX planes, beginning one year after the FAA issues the 737‑10 type certificate, the FAA cannot give an original airworthiness certificate unless the plane’s type design includes FAA‑approved safety enhancements. Three years after that 737‑10 type certificate is issued, no one may operate a 737 MAX unless its type design has those approved enhancements and the airplane was built or altered to match that design. “Boeing 737 MAX aircraft” means models 737‑7, 737‑8, 737‑8200, 737‑9, 737‑10, and similar variants. “Safety enhancement” means approved design changes to the alerting system, for example a synthetic enhanced angle‑of‑attack system and a way to shut off stall and overspeed warnings, or equivalent changes the FAA approves.