[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1352]


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[Federal Register: January 20, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of Aircraft Dispatchers Working Group.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given of the establishment of an Aircraft 
Dispatchers Working Group of the FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 
Committee (ARAC). This notice informs the public of the activities of 
the ARAC on training and qualification issues.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Thomas Toula, Assistant Executive Director for Training and 
Qualification Issues, Manager, Air Carrier Training Branch, Flight 
Standards Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone (202) 267-3718.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
has established the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) (56 
FR 2190, January 22, 1991; and 58 FR 9230, February 19, 1993). One area 
of the ARAC deals with training and qualification issues. These issues 
involve training and qualification of air carrier crewmembers and other 
air transportation employees.
    The Aircraft Dispatchers Working Group is being formed to review 
part 65, subpart C and appendix A to part 65 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (FAR) to update the eligibility, knowledge, experience and 
skill requirements for aircraft dispatchers. The Aircraft Dispatchers 
Working Group will forward recommendations to the ARAC, which will 
determine whether to forward them to the FAA.
    Specifically, the Aircraft Dispatchers Working Group is charged 
with reviewing part 65, subpart C and appendix A to part 65 of the 
Federal Aviation Regulations and making recommendations to the ARAC 
concerning whether new or revised eligibility, knowledge, experience 
and skill requirements for aircraft dispatchers are appropriate.
    If the ARAC determines that a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking or 
Advisory Circular would be appropriate, those documents are to be 
submitted in the format prescribed by the FAA.

Reports

    A. The Working Group should recommend timeline(s) for completion of 
the task, including the rationale, for consideration at the meeting of 
the ARAC to consider training and qualification issues held following 
publication of this notice.
    B. The Working Group will give a status report of the task at each 
meeting of the ARAC held to consider training and qualification issues.
    The Aircraft Dispatchers Working Group will be comprised of experts 
from those organizations having an interest in the tasks assigned. A 
Working Group member need not necessarily be a representative of one of 
the member organizations of the ARAC. An individual who has expertise 
in the subject matter and desires to become a member of the Working 
Group should write the person listed under the caption FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that desire, describing his or her 
interest in the task, and the expertise he or she will bring to the 
Working Group. The request will be reviewed with the ARAC Assistant 
Chair for Training and Qualifications Issues and the Chair of the 
Aircraft Dispatchers Working Group, and the individual will be advised 
whether or not the request can be accommodated.
    The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the formation 
and use of the ARAC is necessary and in the public interest in 
connection with the performance of duties of the FAA by law. Meetings 
of the ARAC to consider training and qualification issues will be open 
to the public except as authorized by section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act. Meetings of the Aircraft Dispatcher Working 
Group will not be open to the public except to the extent that 
individuals with an interest and expertise are selected to participate. 
No public announcement of Working Group meetings will be made.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 13, 1994.
Thomas Toula,
Assistant Executive Director for Training and Qualification Issues, 
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-1352 Filed 1-19-94; 8:45 am]
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