98-29044. Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 58088]
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[FR Doc No: 98-29044]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-20]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; 
Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for exemption received and of dispositions 
of prior petitions.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the 
application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 
CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions 
seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions 
previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to 
improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of 
FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the 
inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to 
affect the legal status of any petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket 
number involved and must be received on or before November 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket 
(AGC-200), Petition Docket No. ____________________, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20591.

    Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
address: [email protected]
    The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final 
disposition are filed in the assigned regulatory docket and are 
available for examination in the Rules Docket (AGC-200), Room 915G, FAA 
Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Eichelberger [phone] or Terry Stubblefield (202) 267-
7624, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) 
of Sec. 11.27 of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
Part 11).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on October 26, 1998.
Gary A. Michel,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29323.
    Petitioner: Million Air-Salt Lake City.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.157(g)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Million Air pilots to meet 
the flight training and testing requirements of 61.157 in a Level C 
flight simulator at a training facility that is not certificated under 
Part 142.
    Docket No.: 26163.
    Petitioner: US Airways, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(3); 61.56(h)(1), (2), 
and (3); 61.57(c)(3) and (d)(2); 61.58(e); 61.64(e)(3); 61.65(e)(2), 
and (g)(1) and (3); 61.67(c)(4) and (d)(2); 61.158(d)(1); 61.191(d); 
and 61.197(e).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit US Airways and persons who 
contract for services from US Airways to continue to use FAA-approved 
flight simulators to meet flight experience requirements described by 
those sections of part 61 without holding a certificate required by 14 
CFR part 142.
    Docket No: 28921.
    Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.211(b)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the operation 
of Cessna Model 750 Citation X (Citation X) aircraft at altitudes 
between flight level (FL) 350 and FL 510 without requiring at least one 
pilot at the controls of the airplane to wear and use FAA-approved 
oxygen mask.
    Disposition, date, Exemption No. Denial, September 30, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6817.
    Docket No.: 29032.
    Petitioner: Lake Area Technical Institute.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 49 U.S.C. 40103(a)(37)(B).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Lake Area 
Technical Institute to operate its Beechcraft Model U-21A aircraft 
(Beech U-21A) as a public aircraft.
    Disposition, Date, Exemption No.
    Denial, September 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6816.
    Docket No.: 29204.
    Petitioner: The Boeing Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(b)(2), 25.562(c)(5), 
and 25.562(c)(6).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit dynamic testing 
of he pilot/co-pilot seats without the specified misalignment floor 
warpage test requirements for pilots and co-pilots seats; to remove 
Head Injury Criterion from the pass/fail requirements for dynamic 
testing of the pilot (co-pilot seats only); and to allow the use of 
rational analysis in lieu of actual dynamic testing for the pilot/co-
pilot and observer seats.
    Disposition, Date, Exemption No.
    Partial Grant, October 1, 1998, Exemption No. 6819.
    Docket No.: 29228.
    Petitioner: PSA Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii) and 
121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1) and appendix F.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit PSA to 
establish an annual single-visit training program (SVTP) for its flight 
crewmembers and eventually transition to the advanced qualifications 
program (AQP) codified in Special Federal Aviation Regulation 58.
    Disposition Date, Exemption No.
    Grant, October 8, 1998, Exemption No. 6821.
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