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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-94-33]

 

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.

dates: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket 
number involved and must be received on or before October 3, 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, D.C. 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, D.C. 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 September 6, 1994.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel of Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 13199.
    Petitioner: American Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.58(c)(1) and (d), 61.63(d) 
(1) and (3), 61.157(d) (1) and (2), and Appendix A of part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought: To amend condition 6(a) of Exemption 
No. 4652, as amended. Condition 6(a) requires each instructor, who does 
not hold a CFI certificate, to hold at least a ground instructor 
certificate with an instrument rating and an advanced rating. This 
amendment, if granted, would allow instructors who were previously 
qualified under current Exemption No. 4652C to continue to be qualified 
under proposed Exemption No. 4652D.

    Docket No.: 27769.
    Petitioner: Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.307(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow a General Aviation Recovery 
Device to be used as an alternative to requiring each occupant to wear 
an approved parachute during certain intentional maneuvers in civil 
aircraft.

    Docket No.: 27850.
    Petitioner: Dassault Aviation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit certification of Dassault 
Aviation's new model Falcon 2000 airplane, while allowing temporary 
exemption from the occupant injury criteria of the FAR for side-facing 
sofas until such time that suitable criteria can be established.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 23647.
    Petitioner: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 
3859, as amended, which allows ERAU to recommend graduates of its 
certified flight instructor courses for certification without their 
taking the FAA flight or written tests.

GRANT, August 26, 1994, Exemption No. 3859H

    Docket No.: 26245.
    Petitioner: Airline Crew Training Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 
61.57(c) and (d); 61.58(c)(1) and (d); 61.63(c)(2) and (d)(2) and (3); 
61.65(c), (e)(2), (e)(3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157(d)(1) and (2), 
and (e)(1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A of part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Airline Crew 
Training Corporation to use FAA-approved simulators to meet certain 
flight experience requirements of part 61.

GRANT, August 24, 1994, Exemption No. 5183C

    Docket No.: 26568.
    Petitioner: Northwest Aerospace Training Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 
61.57(c) and (d); 61.58(c)(1) and (d); 61.63(c)(2) and (d)(2) and (3); 
61.65(c), (e)(2), (e)(3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157(d)(1) and (2), 
and (e)(1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A of part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit NATCO to use 
FAA-approved simulators to meet certain flight experience requirements 
of part 61.

GRANT, August 24, 1994, Exemption No. 5338B

    Docket No.: 26630.
    Petitioner: Erickson Air-Crane Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 133.19(a)(3) and 133.51.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Erickson to 
perform certain rotorcraft external-load operations (i.e., logging and 
fire-fighting) in the United States using an Erickson owned Canadian 
registered S-64 Sikorsky helicopter.

GRANT, August 24, 1994, Exemption No. 5959

    Docket No.: 26819.
    Petitioner: Vector Air Services, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 
61.57(c) and (d); 61.58(c)(1) and (d); 61.63(c)(2) and (d)(2) and (3); 
61.65(c), (e)(2), (e)(3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157(d)(1) and (2), 
and (e)(1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A of part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Vector to use 
FAA-approved simulators to meet certain flight experience requirements 
of part 61.

GRANT, August 24, 1994, Exemption No. 5493A

    Docket No.: 26869.
    Petitioner: Practical Flight Systems, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 
61.57(c) and (d); 61.58(c)(1) and (d); 61.63(c)(2) and (d)(2) and (3); 
61.65(c), (e)(2), (e)(3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157(d)(1) and (2), 
and (e)(1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A of part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit PFS to use FAA-
approved simulators to meet certain flight experience requirements of 
part 61.

GRANT, August 24, 1994, Exemption No. 5497A

    Docket No.: 26891.
    Petitioner: Jet Flight International, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 
61.57(c) and (d); 61.58(c)(1) and (d); 61.63(c)(2) and (d)(2) and (3); 
61.65(c), (e)(2), (e)(3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157(d)(1) and (2), 
and (e)(1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A of part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit JFI to use FAA-
approved simulators to meet certain flight experience requirements of 
part 61.

GRANT, August 24, 1994, Exemption No. 5496A

    Docket No.: 26915.
    Petitioner: Pan Am International Flight Academy, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 
61.57(c) and (d); 61.58(c)(1) and (d); 61.63(c)(2) and (d)(2) and (3); 
61.65(c), (e)(2), (e)(3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157(d)(1) and (2), 
and (e)(1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A of part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Pan Am to use 
FAA-approved simulators to meet certain flight experience requirements 
of part 61.

GRANT, August 24, 1994, Exemption No. 5495A

    Docket No. 27381.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 108.17(a)(4).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To provide relief from 
the requirement to issue individual dosimeters to each screener at 
security checkpoints where X-ray systems are in use. This relief is 
requested for all certificate holders now operations X-ray systems for 
the inspection of carry-on or checked articles.

DENIAL, August 17, 1994, Exemption No. 5955

    Docket No. 27620.
    Petitioner: Douglas A. Balasco.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.77.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Balasco to 
complete the remainder of his training for a mechanic certificate under 
the supervision of a certificated airframe and powerplant mechanic in 
the Albany/Schenectady, New York, area, instead of at a certificated 
aviation maintenance technician school.

DENIAL, August 17, 1994, Exemption No. 5951

    Docket No. 27786.
    Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.511.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To provide dispatch 
relief for MD-11 aircraft operators with an inoperative flight 
management computer.

WITHDRAWAL, August 8, 1994

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