Exemption petitions; summary and disposition,

[Federal Register: August 3, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 148)]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-98-15]

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

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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

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 partitions 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 August 24, 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: 9-NPRM-CMTS@faa.dot.gov.

The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final disposition are filedin 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: Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 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 July 27, 1998. Donald P. Byrne, Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 28672 Petitioner: Alaska Airlines, Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.709(b)(3) Description of Relief Sought: To permit Alaska Airlines' certificated mechanics to train flight operations instructors who would then train flight crewmembers in the installation and removal procedures for medevac stretchers in Alaska Airlines' aircraft

Docket No.: 29210 Petitioner: Simulator Training, Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 63.37(b)(1), (2), (3), (4), and (6) and paragraphs (a)(3)(i), (iv)(a) and (v) of appendix C to part 63 Description of Relief Sought: To permit Simulator Training, Inc., to allow an applicant for the initial Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight engineer (FE) certificate, who does not

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hold an FAA commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating, to satisfy the FE certificate in-flight aeronautical experience requirement by completing a structured FAA-approved line-oriented observation program (LOOP) in lieu of the flight instruction time required in an airplane. The LOOP would be conducted only following an FE applicant's successful completion of flight simulator, flight training device, and line-oriented flight training

Docket No.: 29250 Petitioner: True North, Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a) Description of Relief Sought: To permit True North, Inc., pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29274 Petitioner: Airborne Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a) Description of Relief Sought: To permit Airborne, Inc., pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29233 Petitioner: Elite Aviation, Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a) Description of Relief Sought: To permit Elite Aviation Inc., pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29276 Petitioner: Excelaire Services, Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a) Description of Relief Sought: To permit Excelaire Services, Inc., pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29251 Petitioner: Alamo Jet, Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a) Description of Relief Sought: To permit Alamo Jet, Inc., pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29273 Petitioner: Air Response, Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a) Description of Relief Sought: To permit Air Response, Inc., pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 22690 Petitioner: The Boeing Company Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(c)(3)(ii) and (d)(2)(ii) Description of Relief Sought: To permit Boeing and pilots employed as crewmenbers for Boeing to continue to use any type of Boeing airplane or a Level B, C, or D simulator to meet the takeoff and landing regency of experience requirements of Sec. 61.57

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 581 Petitioner: Department of the Air Force Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.159 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Air Force to conduct hurricane reconnaissance flights without maintaining the appropriate cruising altitudes as prescribed by the Federal Aviation Regulations governing operations for flights conducted under visual flight rules. GRANT, July 13, 1998, Exemption No. 131H

Docket No.: 29237 Petitioner: Mr. Ernest Maresca Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching his 60th birthday. DENIAL, July 9, 19998, Exemption No. 6797

Docket No.: 29182 Petitioner: Continental Express Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434 (c)(1)(ii) Description of Relief Sought/Dispositions: To permit Continental Express to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place of an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying PIC while the PIC is performing prescribed duties during at least one flight that includes a takeoff and a landing when completing initial or upgrade training as specified in Sec. 121.424, subject to certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, July 16, 1998, Exemption No. 6798

Docket No.: 29172 Petitioner: Heli-Jet Corporation Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Heli-Jet to operate its five Bell 212 helicopters under part 135 without each of those helicopters being equipped with an approved DFDR installed, subject to certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, July 2, 1998, Exemption No. 6796

Docket No.: 28975 Petitioner: AOG, Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.37 (b) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AOG, Inc., to perform maintenance on flexible and integral fuel cells at its customer's facilities and maintenance on flexible fuel cells at the petitioner's facility without providing suitable permanent housing for at least one of the heaviest aircraft for which it is rated. DENIAL June 11, 1998, Exemption No. 6795

Docket No.: 29211 Petitioner: United Parcel Service Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.157 and 61.158 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UPS and persons who contract for services from UPS to use FAA-approved flight simulators to meet certain flight experience requirements of part 61 without UPS holding a 14 CFR part 142 certificate. GRANT, July 10, 1998, Exemption No. 6794

Docket No.: 26582 Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.3(a) and (c), 63.3(a), and 121.383(a)(2) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit an air carrier to issue written confirmation of an FAA-issued crewmember certificate to a flight crewmember employed by that air carrier based on information in the air carrier's approved record system. GRANT, July 10, 1998, Exemption No. 5487C

Docket No.: 27354 Petitioner: Mr. August J. Blake, Inc. Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 137.53(c)(2) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to conduct aerial application of insecticide materials from a Piper PA-23- 250 aircraft not equipped with a device capable of jettisoning within 45 seconds at least one-half of the aircraft's maximum authorized load of agricultural materials when operating over a congested area. GRANT, July 17, 1998, Exemption No. 5676C

Docket No.: 29263 Petitioner: Mr. Edward E. Moon Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after

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reaching his 60th birthday. DENIAL, July 22, 1998, Exemption No. 6799

Docket No.: 144CE Petitioner: Sino Swearingen Aircraft Company Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.25; 23.29; 23.235; 23.471; 23.473; 23.477; 23.479; 23.481; 23.483; 23.485; 23.493; 23.499; 23.723; 23.725; 23.726; 23.727; 23.959; 23.1583(c) (1) and (2), Appendix C23.1, Appendix D23.1, through Amendment 23-52 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow type certification of the Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 390 airplane without an exact showing of compliance 14 CFR part 23 requirements, subject to certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, June 29, 1998, Exemption No. 6791

Docket No.: 29041 Petitioner: Estumkeda, Ltd Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.65 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to obtain a Dealer's Aircraft Registration Certificate without meeting the United States citizenship requirements. DENIAL, June 23, 1998, Exemption No. 6793

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