[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-21382]


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[Federal Register: August 30, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Ch. I

[Summary Notice PR-94-18]

 

Petition for Rulemaking; Summary of Petitions Received; 
Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for rulemaking 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 rulemaking 
(14 CFR part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions 
requesting the initiation of rulemaking procedures for the amendment of 
specified provisions of the Federal Aviation Regulations and of denials 
or withdrawals of certain petitions previously received. 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 October 31, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rules 
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 (b) and (f) of 
Sec. 11.27 of part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 
11).

    Issued in Washington, DC., on August 24, 1994.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Rulemaking

Docket No.:  27817
Petitioner:  Mr. Danilo Floreani
Regulations Affected:  14 CFR 61.197
Description of Rulechange Sought:  To allow a Certified Flight 
Instructor renewal to be granted to a military pilot with a favorable 
record of instruction, or to a military flight examiner.
Petitioner's Reason for the Request:  The petitioner states that there 
is no provision for renewal of the CFI certificate based on instruction 
given during military operations. The petitioner further states that 
the FARs are clear in referring to the practices of ``company'' check 
airmen, but make no distinction between check airmen for the airline 
industry and check airmen for the military. The petitioner feels that 
the military aviation experience is credible, professional, and 
respected in the aviation industry and should be acknowledged with full 
credit.

Docket No.:  27830
Petitioner:  Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Sections of the FAR Affected:  14 CFR 43.15(c), 65.85, 65.87, 
65.95(a)(2), and 91.409(a)
Description of Rulechange Sought:  To establish an alternative or 
parallel path for aircraft inspection that would extend the existing 
annual inspection requirement to 2 years or 200 hours, whichever comes 
first, for all aircraft in non-commercial service for whom such a 
program would be advantageous. Additionally, the petitioner proposes 
that all such aircraft engaged in the biennial inspection program would 
be subject to a periodic, clearly defined, mandatory field service and 
be returned to service by an appropriately rated Aviation Maintenance 
Technician at intervals not to exceed the lesser of 50 flight hours or 
6 calendar months. Operators who typically fly their aircraft more than 
200 hours in a 2 year period for whom this proposed change would not 
most likely be economically advantageous, could continue to operate 
under the annual inspection program currently prescribed to operate 
under the annual inspection program currently prescribed under 
Sec. 91.409(a).
Petitioner's Reason for the Request:  The petitioner believes that the 
existing mandatory annual inspection interval does not adequately 
address the true maintenance needs of the general aviation fleet and, 
in its view, misdirects millions of maintenance dollars annually. The 
petitioner further believes that tailoring the regulatory maintenance 
and inspection requirements to better suit the needs of general 
aviation, as proposed by its petition, would enhance aviation safety, 
better preserve the general aviation fleet through improved ongoing 
maintenance, and save aircraft owners a percentage of the onerous cost 
of annual inspections.

[FR Doc. 94-21382 Filed 8-29-94; 8:45 am]
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