The FAA issued a final rule for pilot training on November 5 that the agency says will significantly advance the way commercial air carrier pilots are trained.

The final rule requires ground and flight training that enables pilots to prevent and recover from aircraft stalls and upsets. The new training standards will also impact future simulator standards. The rule will require air carriers to use data to track remedial training for pilots with performance deficiencies, such as failing a proficiency check or unsatisfactory performance during flight training; training for more effective pilot monitoring; enhanced runway safety procedures; and expanded crosswind training, including training for wind gusts.

Air carriers will have five years to comply with the rule’s new pilot training provisions, which will allow time for the necessary software updates to be made in flight simulation technology. The cost of the rule to the aviation industry is estimated to be $274.1 to $353.7 million.

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has invited segments of the aviation industry to discuss “additional voluntary steps that can be taken to further boost safety during airline operations, including pilot training,” at an event that will take place Nov. 21 in Washington, D.C. “While the rule marks a major step toward addressing the greatest known risk areas in pilot training, I’m also calling on the commercial aviation industry to continue to move forward with voluntary initiatives to make air carrier training programs as robust as possible,” Huerta said.

The final rule stems in part from the tragic crash of Colgan Air 3407 in February 2009, and addresses a congressional mandate in the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 to ensure enhanced pilot training. This rule is one of several rulemakings required by the Act, including the requirements to prevent pilot fatigue that were finalized in December 2011, and the increased qualification requirements for first officers who fly U.S. passenger and cargo planes that were issued in July 2013.