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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-94-24]

 

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 Avaiation 
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 July 18, 1994.

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, DC 20591.

    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, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

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).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 1994
Michael E. Chase,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No: 27660
Petitioner: Reno Air
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.49 and 91.203
Description of Relief Sought: To allow temporary operation of U.S. 
registered aircraft, in domestic airline operations by Reno Air, 
without aircraft registration or airworthiness certificates on board.

Docket No: 27662
Petitioner: Boeing
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.807(c)(1) and 25.809(f)
Description of Relief Sought: To allow the carriage of up to five 
supernumerary occupants in addition to two flight crewmembers on the 
flight deck of the 767-300 freighter airplane, Boeing requests 
exemption from certain emergency exist and means of escape 
requirements.

Docket No: 27712
Petitioner: American Airlines
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR SFAR 58 section 6(b)(3)(ii)(A); 
61.57(e); 121.401(c); 121.433(c)(1)(iii); 121.440(a); 121.441(a)(1) and 
(b)(1); and appendix F
Description of Relief Sought: To permit American Airlines to combine 
recurrent flight training, recurrent ground training, and proficiency 
checks in an annual 4-day, single-visit recurrent training and 
proficiency evaluation program for pilots and flight engineers. The 
Single Visit Training Program would facilitate transition to the 
Advance Qualification Program prescribed in SFAR 58.

Docket No.: 27738
Petitioner: Captain Phillip A. Meyer, Sr.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Captain Meyer to be a pilot-in-
command after his 60th birthday.
Docket No.: 27740
Petitioner: James E. Terrell
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Mr. Terrell to fly as a Part 
121 pilot-in-command after his 60th birthday.

Docket No.: 27751
Petitioner: Robert J. Coupe
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Mr. Coupe to continue to 
exercise his airman's privileges as a DC-10 captain after age 60, and 
until such time as he can no longer pass the required physical, skill, 
and competency testing and training.

Docket No.: 27757
Petitioner: Arthur L. Throckmorton, Jr.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Mr. Throckmorton to pilot an 
aircraft operated under Part 121 of the FAR after his 60th birthday.

Disposition of Petitions

Docket No.: 26753
Petitioner: Regional Airline Association
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.49(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend the termination 
date of Exemption No. 5492, which permits those subject applicants to 
retake a written or 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, June 10, 1994, Exemption No. 5492A

Docket No.: 27346
Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.531(a)(3)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend the termination 
date of Exemption No. 5367, as amended, which allows Fairchild 
Aircraft's type-rated company pilots to conduct production and 
experimental test flights in the SA-227-CC and SA-227-DC airplanes 
without a second in command (SIC), and to amend the exemption to permit 
all operators of Fairchild Aircraft commuter category airplanes (SA-
227-CC, SA-227-DC, and other airplanes on the same type certificate) to 
conduct flight operations without a designated second-in-command pilot, 
provided the airplane is type certificated for single-pilot operations 
and the airplane is carrying 9 or less passengers.
GRANT, June 10, 1994, Exemption No. 5367B

Docket No.: 27575
Petitioner: Delta Air Lines
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.133(c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Delta Air Lines to 
Utilize Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) technology to maintain 
certain maintenance information and instructions for aircraft operated 
by Delta Air Lines in lieu of printed page form or microfilm.
GRANT, June 8, 1994, Exemption No.5922

Docket No.: 27747
Petitioner: Polynesian Airlines
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 129.18
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Polynesian to 
operate a Boeing 767-200 series aircraft, without a traffic alert and 
collision avoidance system (TCASII), between Apia, Western Somoa; 
Honolulu, Hawaii, and Los Angeles, California. This Boeing 767 would be 
operated on a maximum of twenty flights between these cities from May 
16 through July 15, 1995.
DENIAL, June 10, 1994, Exemption No. 5923

Good Cause

Docket No.: 23492
Petitioner: United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 103.1(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow individuals 
authorized by the United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc., to 
operate unpowered ultralight vehicles of no more than 155 pounds with 
another occupant for the purpose of sport, training, and recreation.

Docket No.: 24761
Petitioner: Executive Jet Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.511(a)(2) and 135.165(b)
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow Executive Jet 
Aviation, Inc., to operate its turbojet-powered aircraft in extended 
overwater operations, equipped with a single long-range navigation 
system (LORNS) and a single high-frequency (HF) communication radio.

Docket No.: 25024
Petitioner: University of Illinois
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141, appendices A, C, D, F, and H
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow the University of 
Illinois, Institute of Aviation to continue to train its students to a 
performance standard without meeting the prescribed minimum flight-time 
requirements.

Docket No.: 25677
Petitioner: Paso Air
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow pilots employed by 
Servicio Aero Lopez, S.A. de C.V. (SALLSA) to be issued special purpose 
pilot certificates to operate civil airplanes of U.S. registry, a 
Fairchild Metroliner II, model SA 226TC, and a Metroliner III, model SA 
227AC, without the airplanes having a passenger seating configuration 
of more than 30 seats or payload capacity of more than 7,500 pounds. If 
granted, this exemption would also include the deHavilland and Dash 8 
series, models DHC-8-100, DHC-8-200, and DHC-8-300.

Docket No.: 26214
Petitioner: Epps Air Service, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.6(b) (5), (6), and (7)
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow Epps Air Service, 
Inc., to operate certain airplanes equipped with one long-range 
navigation system (LRNS) and one high-frequency (HF) communication 
system in extended overwater operations.

Docket No.: 26326
Petitioner: T. B. M., Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.611
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow T. B. M., Inc., and 
its subsidiary, Butler Aircraft Company, to conduct ferry flights with 
one engine inoperative on its Lockheed C130A aircraft without obtaining 
a special flight permit for each flight.

Docket No.: 26845
Petitioner: University of North Dakota
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow the University of 
North Dakota to recommend graduates of its approved certification 
course for flight instructor certificates and ratings without taking 
the Federal Aviation Administration practical test.

Docket No.: 26869
Petitioner: Practical Flight Systems, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(b)(1); 61.57(c) 
and (d); 61.58(c)(1) and (d); 61.63(d)(2) and (3); 61.67(d)(2), 
61.156(d)(1) and (2) and (e)(1) and (2); appendix A of part 61; 
63.37(a)(1) and (b)(4); 63.39(a), (b)(1), (2), and (3); 121.419(a), 
(b), and (c); 121.424(a), (b), (c), and (d); 121.425(a), (b), and (c); 
121.427(a), (b) (1) and (2), (c)(1)(iii), and (d)(1) and (2); appendix 
H of part 121
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow Practical Flight 
Systems, Inc., (PFS) and persons who contract for service from PFS to 
use FAA-approved flight simulators to meet the training and testing 
requirements described by the sections (of part 61) of the FAR limited 
above. If granted, the exemption would be amended, by sections of parts 
63 and 121 listed above, to allow PFS to complete the initial 
certification of flight engineers in FAA-approved flight simulator as 
well as to conduct certain training and testing under part 121.

Docket No.: 26897
Petitioner: Northwest Aerospace Training Corporation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411; 121.413; and appendix H 
of part 121
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to permit certain Northwest 
Aerospace Training Corporation (NATCO) instructors listed in its FAA-
approved curriculum to serve under contract with the part 121 
certificate holders who contract with NATCO to act or simulator 
instructors as simulator check airmen under part 121 without having 
received ground and flight training in accordance with a training 
program approved under subpart N of part 121. If granted, this 
exemption would also continue to permit NATCO simulator instructors, 
who serve in advanced simulators without being employed by the 
certificate holder for 1 year, to receive applicable training in 
accordance with the provisions of this exemption.

Docket No.: 27007
Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.311(b)
Description of Relief Sought: To continue to permit those qualified 
flight attendants not required by Sec. 121.391(c) to perform duties 
related to the safety of the airplane and its occupants during aircraft 
movement on the surface.

Docket No.: 27723
Petitioner: Jet Flight International, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a)(2); 121.411(b)(2); 
121.413(b), (c), and (d); and appendix H of part 121
Description of Relief Sought: To allow Jet Flight International, Inc., 
(JFI) to train the airmen of any part 121 certificate holder with whom 
JFI contracts, without holding an air carrier operating certificate.

Docket No.: 27758
Petitioner: Pacific States Charter Services
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g)
Description of Relief Sought: To allow appropriately trained pilots 
employed by Pacific States Charter Services to remove and reinstall the 
left rear seat in its Piper PA-34-200T aircraft.

[FR Doc. 94-15511 Filed 6-24-94; 8:45 am]
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