The FAA’s emergency order reducing flights will end on November 17 at 6 a.m., allowing normal operations to resume in the National Airspace System. Safety trends analysis shows a decline in staffing-trigger events, indicating readiness to return to full capacity. Staffing levels have improved since the government shutdown, with only one staffing trigger recorded on November 16 compared to 81 triggers on November 8. Restrictions on general aviation operations, visual flight rule approaches, commercial space launches, parachute operations, and aerial photo missions will be lifted. The FAA is reviewing cases of carriers not complying with the order for possible enforcement actions.

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