[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7492-7494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4064]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-9]
Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received;
Dispositions of Petitions Issued
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
1ACTION: 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
document number involved and must be received on or before March 11,
1997.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to 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: nprmcmts@mail.hq.faa.gov.
The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final
disposition are filed with 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 (202) 267-3132.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Haynes (202) 267-3939 or Angela
Anderson (202) 267-9681 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 February 12, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Petitions for Exemption
Docket No.: 010NM
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.809(f)
Description of Relief Sought: To provide an increased level of safety
by permitting the use of an inertia reel for each of the seven crew-
member occupants in addition to an escape rope at the crew entry door
of the 757-200PF airplanes. A separate inertia reel and harness will be
provided for each of the seven crew-member occupants.
Docket No.: 137CE
Petitioner: Air Tractor, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.3
Description of Relief Sought: To permit the AT-10, a freight carrying
aircraft, to exceed the 12,500 pound limitation for a normal category
aircraft.
Docket No.: 28774
Petitioner: Mid-East Jet, Inc.
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Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.67(c)(2)(iii)(B)(4)(ii) and
(d)(2)(i)(B), 61.68(d)(2)(ii)(C)(2) and (e)(2)(i)(B), and 61.158(d)(1)
Description of Relief Sought: To allow Mid East Jet, Inc. to use
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved Boeing Company (Boeing)
simulators for 100 percent of its pilot training, testing, and checking
while using Boeing's approved 14 CFR part 121 flight training program.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: 20583
Petitioner: Tenneco, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57 (c)(3) and (d)(2), and
61.58(e)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots employed by
Tenneco, Inc. to complete their entire 24-month pilot-in-command (PIC)
check in an FAA-approved flight simulator.
Grant, January 28, 1997, Exemption No. 6572
Docket No.: 25052
Petitioner: Taquan Air Service, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1)
Description of Relief Sought Disposition: To permit Ketchikan Air
Service, Inc., TEMSCO Helicopters, Inc./TEMSCO Airlines, Taquan Air
Service, Inc., and Misty Fjords Air and Outfitting, conducting
operations under part 135, to operate seaplanes inside the Ketchikan,
Alaska, Class E airspace under Special Visual flight Rules (SVFR) below
500 feet above the surface.
Grant, January 24, 1997, Exemption No. 4760E
Docket No.: 25731
Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.25 and 45.29
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow members of the
Experimental Aircraft Association and members of the Confederate Air
Force to operate their historic military aircraft with 2-inch high
nationality and registration marks located beneath the aircraft's
horizontal stabilizer.
Grant, December 11, 1996, Exemption No. 5019D
Docket No.: 26340
Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.440(a),
and 121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1); appendix F to part 121; and Special
Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 58, paragraph 6(b)(3)(ii)(A)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Delta Air Lines,
Inc. to combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency
checks for its crewmembers in a single annual training and proficiency
evaluation session, and to meet the line check requirements through an
alternative line check program.
Grant, January 27, 1997, Exemption No. 5271E
Docket No.: 26559
Petitioner: Helicopter Association International
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit properly trained
pilots employed by member operators of Helicopter Association
International and the Association of Air Medical Services to remove and
reinstall liquid oxygen containers in their aircraft after receiving
appropriate training by a properly certified airframe mechanic.
Grant, December 26, 1996, Exemption No. 6002A
Docket No.: 26732
Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.652 (a) and (c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Air Transport
Association of America (ATA)--member airlines and other similarly
situated part 121 operators to permit a pilot-in-command (PIC)
conducting operations under part 121 to perform an instrument approach
procedure to the weather minima prescribed by this exemption during the
first 100 hours of service as a PIC, in the type airplane he or she is
operating, using an alternative means approved by the Administrator to
satisfy the requirements.
Grant, January 27, 1997, Exemption No. 5549C
Docket No.: 27852
Petitioner: Higher Power Aviation, 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/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to
use Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)--approved simulators to meet
certain flight experience requirements.
Grant, January 29, 1997, Exemption No. 5986A
Docket No.: 27867
Petitioner: Department of the Navy
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209 (a) and (b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Navy,
specifically the United States Marine Corps, to conduct helicopter
night-vision flight device training operations without lighted aircraft
position lights.
Grant, January 24, 1997, Exemption No. 5978B
Docket No.: 27933
Petitioner: Emery Worldwide Airlines
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.441 (a)(1)
and (b)(1), and appendix F to part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner to
combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for
its flight crewmembers in a single annual training and proficiency
evaluation program.
Grant, January 31, 1997, Exemption No. 6000A
Docket No.: 28599
Petitioner: James C. Fisher
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner to
act as pilot in command under 14 CFR part 121 after his 60th birthday.
Denial, January 27, 1997, Exemption No. 6574
Docket No.: 28723
Petitioner: Ryan International Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203 (a) and (b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to
operate temporarily its U.S.-registered aircraft following the
incidental loss or mutilation of that aircraft's airworthiness
certificate or registration certificate, or both.
Grant, January 24, 1997, Exemption No. 6571
Docket No.: 28749
Petitioner: GTA Air, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner to
operate aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder
installed.
Grant, January 27, 1997, Exemption No. 6573
Docket No.: 27885
Petitioner: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.441 (a)(1)
and (b)(1), and appendix F to part 14 CFR part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner to
combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for
its
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flight crewmembers in a single annual training and proficiency
evaluation program.
Grant, January 31, 1997, Exemption No. 6012A
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