[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37312-37313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18147]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-34]


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.

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 July 12, 1996.
Michael E. Chase,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 25233
Petitioner: Alaska Air Carriers Association
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 4802, 
as amended, which permits appropriately trained and certificated pilots 
employed by a member of the Alaska Air Carriers Association (AACA) to 
remove and reinstall the passenger seats in aircraft that are used by 
that AACA member in operations conducted under part 135.
Grant, May 31, 1996, Exemption No. 4802F

Docket No.: 25242
Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.58(c) and 91.5
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 4941, 
as amended, which permits Experimental Aircraft members to complete an 
approved training course in lieu of a pilot proficiency check.
Grant, June 20, 1996, Exemption No. 4941D

Docket No.: 26103
Petitioner: Northwest Seaplanes, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Northwest 
Seaplanes, Inc., to conduct operations under visual flight rules (VFR) 
outside controlled airspace, over water, at an altitude below 500 feet.
Grant, June 11, 1996, Exemption No. 6461

Docket No.: 26690
Petitioner: AMR Eagle, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411 (a) (2), (3), and (b)(2); 
121.413 (b), (c), and (d); appendix H to part 121; 135.303; 135.337 (a) 
(2), (3), and (b)(2); and 135.339 (a)(2), (b), and (c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend and amend Exemption 
No. 5486, as amended, which permits certain highly qualified AMR Eagle, 
Inc. (AMR Eagle), or AMR Eagle-affiliated instructor pilots and check 
airmen to use certain FAA-approved simulators to train and check part 
121 and part 135 certificate holder's pilots. The amendment clarifies 
certain existing conditions and limitations
Grant, June 7, 1996, Exemption No. 5486B

Docket No.: 27388
Petitioner: Rockwell International Corporation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.195(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5849, 
as amended, which permits the North American Aircraft Division of the 
Rockwell International Corporation to obtain an experimental 
certificate for its two prototype Model DASA FR-06 Ranger 2000 
airplanes, S/N-001 and -003, for the purpose of conducting marketing 
surveys, sales demonstrations, or customer crew training.
Grant, February 28, 1996, Exemption No. 5849B

Docket No.: 28100
Petitioner: Vector Air Services, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411 (a) (2) and (3) and (b); 
121.413 (b), (c), and (d); and appendix H to part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain pilot and 
flight engineer (FE) instructors employed by Vector Air Services, Inc., 
(VASI) and listed in a part 121 certificate holder's approved training 
program to act a simulator instructors for that certificate holder 
under part 121 without those instructors having received ground and 
program approved under subpart N of part 121. This exemption also 
permits simulator instructors employed by VASI and listed in a 
certificate holder's approved training program to serve in advanced 
simulators without being employed by the certificate holder for 1 year, 
provided the instructors receive applicable training in accordance with 
the provisions of this exemption.
Partial Grant, June 3, 1996, Exemption No. 6457

Docket No.: 28392
Petitioner: Aviation Services Unlimited
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.91(c)(1)

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Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner to 
apply for an inspection authorization (IA) without obtaining the 
required 3 years of experience.
Denial, June 11, 1996, Exemption No. 6460

Docket No.: 28474
Petitioner: Instone Air Services
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.857(e) and 25.1447(c)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the carriage of up 
to sixteen supernumerary occupants (i.e., animal handlers, or grooms) 
on the main deck of Boeing Model 747-100/200 cargo aircraft, to attend 
to live animal cargo.
Partial Grant, June 19, 1996, Exemption No. 6463

Docket No.: 28506
Petitioner: Corporate Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.153(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Corporate Aviation, 
Inc., to operate one Grumman Gulfstream II (G-11) aircraft 
(Registration No. N658PC, Serial No. 658) equipped with an alternate 
system as provided by Sec. 135.153(b), rather than an FAA-approved 
ground proximity warning system (GPWS), after April 20, 1996.
Denial, June 14, 1996, Exemption No. 6462

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