Federal Aviation Administration

Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996 (PRIA)
Privacy Act Verification Letters (PA)
Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA)

Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996 (PRIA)
PRIA requires that a hiring air carrier under 14 CFR parts 121 and 135, or a hiring air operator under 14 CFR part 125, request, receive, and evaluate certain information concerning a pilot/applicant’s training, experience, qualification, and safety background, before allowing that individual to begin service as a pilot with their company. 

  • Fax PRIA applications: 405-954-4655, ATTN: PRIA. 
  • Email PRIA applications (scanned with signatures): 9-amc-afs620-pria@faa.gov

Privacy Act (PA) Request for AIE Information
PA requests may be submitted by companies, agencies, third parties, foreign requestors, or individuals for verification of an airman’s record of accident/incident or enforcement (AIE) history. 

  • Fax Privacy Act (AIE) requests: 405-954-4655, ATTN: Privacy Act
  • Email Privacy Act (AIE) requests: 9-amc-afs620-pa@faa.gov

Instructions to initiate a Privacy Act verification letter request (MS Word)

Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) Information
FOIA requests may be submitted for a wider range of subjects taken from the Accident/Incident/Enforcement data systems, the Service Difficulty Reporting system, or the PTRS tracking system.

  Please be specific concerning the information you need. 

Contact Information
For further information concerning your PRIA, PA, or FOIA requests, please call the Reporting Group at AFS-620 at 405-954-4173.  A voicemail menu will direct your call.
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