[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14191-14192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7766]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-14]


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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 
the 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 April 18, 1996.

ADDRESS: 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: [email protected].
    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).
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28439.
    Petitioner: USA Jet Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.139(a)
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit USA Jet Airlines, Inc., 
(USA Jet) to carry facsimile machines abroad its aircraft in lieu of 
appropriate parts of its maintenance manual. These facsimile machines 
would enable USA Jet employees to receive aircraft maintenance 
technical data via facsimile from Maintenance Control, which is located 
at the air carrier's main base, when the aircraft is away from that 
base.

    Docket No.: 28485.
    Petitioner: Polar Air Cargo.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a)(8).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Polar Cargo to transport 
employee dependents to any destination without complying with certain 
passenger-carrying requirements of part 121, without the dependent 
being accompanied by an employee, and without regard as to whether the 
employee is traveling on company business.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 127CE.
    Petitioner: Beech Aircraft Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.807(d)(1)(i).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit type 
certification of the Beech Model B300 and B300C airplanes with one 
emergency exit in the cabin opposite the main entrance door, which will 
not comply with Sec. 23.807(d)(1)(i). The Beech Model B300 and B300C 
are twin turbopropeller engine, fifteen passenger airplanes, 
certificated in the commuter category. GRANT, March 5, 1996, Exemption 
No. 6405.

    Docket No.: 13199.
    Petitioner: American Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 
61.57 (c) and (d); 61.63 (c)(2) and (d)(2) and (3); 61.65 (c), (e)(2) 
and (3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157 (d)(1) and (2) and (e)(1) and 
(2); 61.191(c); and appendix A, part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 
4652, as amended, which permits American Airlines to use FAA-approved 
simulators to meet certain flight

[[Page 14192]]
experience requirements of part 61. GRANT, February 27, 1996, Exemption 
No. 4652E.

    Docket No.: 23921.
    Petitioner: FlightSafety International.
    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) and (3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157 (d)(1) and 
(2) and (e)(1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A, part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 
5317, as amended, which permits FlightSafety International to use FAA-
approved simulators to meet certain flight experience requirements of 
part 61. GRANT, February 27, 1996, Exemption No. 5317E.

    Docket No.: 25483.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:14 CFR part 43, 45.11 (a) and (d), and 
91.417(d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 
4902, as amended, which allows all aircraft operating under parts 121 
and 127 and all aircraft operating in commuter air carrier operations 
(as defined in part 135 and SFAR 38-4) under an FAA-approved continuous 
airworthiness maintenance program, to be operated without complying 
with the requirements pertaining to (1) the location of aircraft 
identification plates and (2) the carriage of FAA Form 337 as evidence 
of installation approval for fuel tank installation in the passenger or 
baggage compartment. GRANT, February 28, 1996, Exemption No. 4902E.

    Docket No.: 25940.
    Petitioner: Air Transportation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend and amend 
Exemption No. 5149, as amended, which permits Mr. Charles N. 
Saulisberry, as pilot and owner of Air Transportation, to remove and 
reinstall the passenger seats in your Cessna 182-C aircraft, which is 
used in operations conducted under part 135. The amendment shows the 
replacement of the Cessna 182-C with a Cessna 182-Q. GRANT, February 
28, 1996, Exemption No. 5149C.

    Docket No.: 28374.
    Petitioner: Gulf Air Taxi, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit appropriately 
trained pilots employed by Gulf Air Taxi, Inc., (Gulf Air) to remove 
and reinstall the passenger seats in its aircraft that are type 
certificated for nine of fewer passenger seats and used in operations 
conducted by Gulf Air under part 135. GRANT, March 1, 1996, Exemption 
No. 6404.

    Docket No.: 28428.
    Petitioner: Mr. Nellis C. Dye.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Nellis to 
act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday. DENIAL, February 27, 1996, Exemption No. 6403.

    Docket No.: 28433.
    Petitioner: Premair Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.2(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Premair 
Airlines, Inc., (PAI) to complete its initial certification process and 
be issued an air carrier certificate and operations specifications that 
would permit PAI to conduct its operations in accordance with part 135 
rather than in accordance with part 121. DENIAL, February 27, 1996, 
Exemption No. 6402.

[FR Doc. 96-7766 Filed 3-28-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M