[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35297-35299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17166]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-32]
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. D. Michael Smith, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;
telephone (202) 267-7470.
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).
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Issued in Washington, DC, on July 1, 1996.
Joseph A. Conte,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: 26063
Petitioner: Reflectone Training Center--Dulles
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411 (a) (2) and (3) and
(b)(2); 121.413 (b), (c), and (d); and appendix H to 121; 135.337 (a)
(2) and (3) and (b)(2); and 135.339 (a)(2), (b), and (c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5190,
as amended, which permits the Reflectone Training Center--Dulles (RTC-
D) to use qualified RTC-D instructor pilots and check airmen to conduct
training and checking for certain part 121 and 135 certificate holders'
pilots and flight engineers in airplanes manufactured by British
Aerospace, Inc., or in FAA-approved Phase II (Level C) simulators
without those instructors and check airmen meeting all the applicable
training requirements of parts 121 and 135 and without RTC-D holding an
air carrier operating certificate.
Grant, May 29, 1996, Exemption No. 5190C
Docket No.: 26349
Petitioner: Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 147.21
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5297,
as amended, which permits aviation maintenance technician schools whose
students participate in the U.S. Skill Olympics, sponsored by the
Vocation Industrial Clubs of America, to allow authorized faculty
members of those schools to determine if the student time dedicated to
preparing for and participating in the U.S. Skill Olympics, up to 60
hours per student, per year, may be considered creditable in order to
satisfy the requirements of Sec. 147.21.
Grant, April 30, 1996, Exemption No. 5297C
Docket No.: 26533
Petitioner: Jump Shack
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend and amend Exemption
No. 5448, as amended, which permits Jump Shack to allow its employees,
representatives, and other volunteer experimental parachute test
jumpers under its direct supervision and control to make intentional
tandem parachute jumps, and permits pilots in command of aircraft
involved in these operations to allow such persons to make parachute
jumps wearing a dual-harness, dual-pack parachute have at least one
main parachute and one approved auxiliary (reserve) parachute packed in
accordance with Sec. 105.43(a). The amendment would modify the
conditions and limitations of Exemption No. 5448, as amended, to
correspond to the conditions and limitations in Exemption No. 4047,
issued to Strong Enterprises, Inc., and The Relative Workshop, Inc., on
June 25, 1984 (Docket No. 23869). By doing so, condition and limitation
Nos. 10-14 would be removed from the Jump Shack exemption. While the
request for extension has been granted, the request for amendment has
been denied.
Grant, April 29, 1996, Exemption No. 5448B
Docket No.: 26669
Petitioner: Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a)(8)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Evergreen
International Airlines, Inc., to provide transportation for its
employees and dependents of its employees, to any destination, on
company business, without complying with certain passenger-carrying
requirements of part 121.
Grant, May 24, 1996, Exemption No. 6443
Docket No.: 26696
Petitioner: Ryan International Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.503(b) and 121.511(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5461,
as amended, which permits pilots and flight engineers employed by Ryan
International Airlines, Inc., to complete certain scheduled coast-to-
coast, all-cargo, transcontinental flights with no more than one
intermediate stop that exceeds 8 hours but no more than 11 hours of
flight time during any 24 consecutive hours before being provided with
at least 16 hours of rest.
Grant, May 30, 1996, Exemption No. 5461B
Docket No.: 26741
Petitioner: Pacific Wing, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5445,
as amended, which permits appropriately trained pilots employed by
Pacific Wing, Inc., to remove and reinstall the passenger seats in its
aircraft that are used in operations conducted under part 135.
Grant, April 29, 1996, Exemption No. 5445B
Docket No.: 26753
Petitioner: Regional Airline Association
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.49(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No.
5492B, as amended, which permits the subject applicants to retake a
written test or a flight test without waiting 30 days, provided that
the part 135 authorized instructor who has given the applicant flight
or ground instruction, as appropriate, endorses that the individual has
successfully performed the failed item and finds the applicant
competent to pass the test.
Grant, May 29, 1996, Exemption No. 5492B
Docket No.: 27494
Petitioner: Mr. Leon Lipsky
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Lipsky to act
as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching his
60th birthday.
Denial, May 31, 1996, Exemption No. 6449
Docket No.: 27577
Petitioner: Aviall
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5940,
which permits Aviall to maintain one copy of its repair station
inspection procedures manual at each facility, rather than give a copy
of the manual to each of its supervisory and inspection employees.
Grant, April 15, 1996, Exemption No. 5940A
Docket No.: 27665
Petitioner: Arnautical, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a) (2) and (3) and (b)(2);
121.413 (b), (c), and (d); and appendix H to part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5894,
which permits certain Arnautical, Inc. (ANC) pilot and flight engineer
(FE) instructors to act as instructors and check airmen in FAA-approved
simulators for part 121 certificate holders that contract for training
provided by ANC without those instructors having received all the
required ground and flight
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training for each contracting part 121 certificate holder. It also
permits certain ANC simulator instructors and check airmen to serve in
advanced simulators without being employed by the contracting
certificate holder for at least 1 year.
Grant, May 29, 1996, Exemption No. 5894A
Docket No.: 27690
Petitioner: Atlas Air, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR appendix H to part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5888,
as amended, which permits Atlas Air, Inc. (Atlas) to provide initial or
upgrade training and checking in a Phase II (Level C) simulator and
allow certain experienced pilots and flight engineers who have received
training in a Phase II simulator to become Boeing 747 seconds in
command in accordance with the training and checking provisions
permitted under Phase III (Level D) of appendix H to part 121. This
exemption also permits Atlas to conduct initial training in a Phase II
simulator for pilots in command who have been approved by Atlas'
Principal Operations Inspector.
Grant, May 29, 1996, Exemption No. 5888C
Docket No.: 28132
Petitioner: Washington State Department of Transportation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.118
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the Washington State
Department of Transportation to reimburse private pilots who volunteer
in its search and rescue program for their fuel and oil expenses
incurred while performing search and rescue training and operations.
Partial grant, May 24, 1996, Exemption No. 6442
Petitioner: Ameriflight, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.197(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the issuance of a
special flight permit with continuing authorization to Ameriflight,
Inc., for aircraft that are operated and maintained in accordance with
Secs. 135.411(a)(1) and 135.419, ``Approved aircraft inspection
program.''
Denial, April 18, 1996, Exemption No. 6422
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