[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19646-19648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10367]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-24]


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 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 May 12, 1997.

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.
    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: Fred Haynes (202) 267-3939 or Angela 
Anderson (202) 267-9681 Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    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, DC, on April 16, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28760.
    Petitioner: McDonnell Douglas.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(d), 25.807(c)(1), 
25.857(e), and 25.1447(c)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the accommodation of two 
supernumeraries outside the cockpit and the installation of a crew rest 
facility in the Class E cargo compartment of MD-11 freighter aircraft.

    Docket No.: 23771.
    Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and 
(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit operators to 
allow certain qualified pilots of Cessna Citation Model 550, S550, 552, 
or 560 aircraft to operate those aircraft without a pilot who is 
designated as second in command. GRANT, March 26, 1997, Exemption No. 
4050I.

    Docket No.: 23869.
    Petitioner: The Uninsured Relative Workshop, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the 
petitioner's employees, representatives, and other volunteer 
experimental parachute test jumpers under its direction and control to 
make tandem parachute jumps while wearing a dual-harness, dual-
parachute pack having at least one main parachute and one approved 
auxiliary parachute packed in accordance with Sec. 105.43(a). Also to 
permit pilots in command of aircraft involved in these operations to 
allow such persons to make these jumps. PARTIAL GRANT, March 19, 1997, 
Exemption No. 4943G.

    Docket No.: 25233.
    Petitioner: Alaska Air Carriers Association.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g), 121.709(b)(3), and 
135.443(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow a certificated 
and appropriately trained pilot employed by an Alaska Air Carriers 
Association member airline to remove and reinstall passenger seats on 
aircraft used by that airline in operations conducted under part 121 
and part 135. GRANT, March 20, 1997, Exemption No. 4802G.

    Docket No.: 25552.
    Petitioner: State of Alaska Department of Transportation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.29(h).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow persons 
operating aircraft within, to, or from the State of Alaska to fly their 
aircraft across the inner boundaries of the Alaskan Air Defense 
Identification Zone or the Defense Early Warning Identification Zone 
without displaying temporary or permanent registration marks at least 
12-inches high, unless otherwise required by the Federal Aviation 
Regulations. GRANT, March 10, 1997, Exemption No. 5630B.

    Docket No.: 26474.
    Petitioner: Deere & Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.197(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its Cessna Model CE-650 aircraft, Registration No. N400JD, 
Serial No. 650-0035; Registration No. N900JD, Serial No. 650-0213; and 
Registration No. N600JD, Serial No. 650-0236, without obtaining a 
special flight permit when the flaps fail in the up position. GRANT, 
March 11, 1997, Exemption No. 6581.

    Docket No.: 26478.
    Petitioner: Department of the Air Force.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209 (a) and (d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the Air Force to 
conduct counternarcotics aircrew flight training operations in support 
of drug law enforcement and drug traffic interdiction, without lighted 
aircraft position or anticollision lights. GRANT, March 11, 1997, 
Exemption No. 5305B.

    Docket No.: 26734.
    Petitioner: Sierra Industries, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a) (1) and 
(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain 
qualified pilots of its Cessna Citation 500 airplanes (Serial Nos. 0001 
through 0349 only) with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) No. 
SA8176SW and either STC No. SA2172NM or SA645NW to operate that 
aircraft without a pilot who is designated as second in command. GRANT, 
March 26, 1997, Exemption No. 5517C.


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    Docket No.: 26976.
    Petitioner: United States Coast Guard.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.119(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate over other than congested areas at an altitude of less than 
500 feet and, in operations over open water or sparsely populated 
areas, at a distance closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, 
vehicle, or structure for the purpose of rescuing and aiding persons 
and protecting and saving property. GRANT, February 26, 1997, Exemption 
No. 5614C.

    Docket No.: 27193.
    Petitioner: Rocky Mountain Holdings, L.L.C.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to operate certain aircraft under the provisions of part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. GRANT, 
February 26, 1997, Exemption No. 5774C.

    Docket No.: 27874.
    Petitioner: The University of Oklahoma.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.67(a)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the University 
of Oklahoma to recommend for a pilot certificate a student who has not 
completed all the applicable training at the University of Oklahoma. 
GRANT, February 26, 1997, Exemption No. 6085A.

    Docket No.: 27984.
    Petitioner: Epps Air Service, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate without a TSO-C112 transponder installed on its aircraft 
operating under the provisions of part 135. GRANT, February 27, 1997, 
Exemption No. 6037A.

    Docket No.: 27999.
    Petitioner: Alaska Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.441 
(a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks 
for its flight crewmembers in a single annual training and proficiency 
evaluation program. GRANT, March 26, 1997, Exemption No. 6043A.

    Docket No.: 28054.
    Petitioner: Air Vegas, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.345(c)(2) and 
135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on its 
aircraft operating under the provisions of part 121 or part 135. GRANT, 
March 17, 1997, Exemption No. 6588.

    Docket No.: 28099.
    Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.791(a) and 121.317(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft with ``No Smoking'' 
signs that are always illuminated. GRANT, February 26, 1997, Exemption 
No. 6034A.

    Docket No.: 28158.
    Petitioner: Twin Otter International, Ltd.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to operate without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on its 
aircraft operating under the provisions of part 121 or part 135. GRANT, 
March 26, 1997, Exemption No. 6111A.

    Docket No.: 28159.
    Petitioner: Grand Canyon Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to operate without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on its 
aircraft operating under the provisions of part 121 or part 135. GRANT, 
March 26, 1997, Exemption No. 6101A.

    Docket No.: 28501.
    Petitioner: Alaska Air Carriers Association.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Alaska Air 
Carriers Association member carriers to continue to operate 10- to 19-
seat aircraft solely in Alaska for scheduled passenger operations under 
14 CFR part 135. DENIAL, March 17, 1997, Exemption No. 6586.

    Docket No.: 28719.
    Petitioner: Comair, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.412(c)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the 
petitioner's Canadair CL-65 airplane simulator flight instructors to 
serve in a training program established under subpart N of part 121 
without those instructors having to hold a type rating for the CL-65 
airplane. DENIAL, February 25, 1997, Exemption No. 6579.

    Docket No.: 28732.
    Petitioner: Vieques Air Link, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.2.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to continue to operate its Britten-Norman BN-2A Mark III Tri-Islander 
aircraft in scheduled operations under the requirements of 14 CFR part 
135 after March 20, 1997, the deadline to transition to 14 CFR part 
121. DENIAL, March 19, 1997, Exemption No. 6591.

    Docket No.: 28742.
    Petitioner: Aerolineas Argentinas, S.A.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de 
Tecnologia Industrial, Argentina's national standards organization, for 
the calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test its 
inspection and test equipment. GRANT, March 14, 1997, Exemption No. 
6584.

    Docket No.: 28759.
    Petitioner: Associated Air Center.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.2(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to alter the emergency exit configuration on Boeing 757 aircraft from 
one every 60 feet to one every 76 feet. DENIAL, March 5, 1997, 
Exemption No. 6580.

    Docket No.: 28761.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to forego the static pressure test requirement of Sec. 25.1435(b)(1) 
for the hydraulic system of the Boeing 757-300 aircraft. GRANT, 
February 25, 1997, Exemption No. 6577.

    Docket No.: 28782.
    Petitioner: Flying Boat, Inc., D.B.A. Chalk's International 
Airlines and Pan Am Air Bridge.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.2(a)(1)(ii), 121.191, 
121.289(a)(2), 121.310 (c) and (h)(1)(i), and 121.313(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To (1) permit the 
petitioner's 17-seat, transport-category, turbopropeller-powered 
airplanes to be included as one of the 20- to 30-seat transport-
category, turbopropeller-powered airplanes; (2) permit the petitioner 
to operate airplanes that do not have a landing gear aural warning

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device; (3) permit the petitioner to operate airplanes that do not have 
lighting for interior emergency exit markings; (4) permit the 
petitioner to operate airplanes that do not have exterior emergency 
lighting; and (5) permit the petitioner to operate airplanes without a 
door between the passenger and pilot compartments. GRANT, March 11, 
1997, Exemption No. 6583.

    Docket No.: 28791.
    Petitioner: Mesaba Aviation, Inc., D.B.A. Mesaba Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.402(a); 121.412 (b), (c), 
and (f); and 121.414 (a), (c), (d), (e), and (g).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to use certain qualified pilot and flight simulator instructors 
employed by AVRO International Aerospace (AVRO) for the purpose of 
training the petitioner's initial cadre of pilots in the AVRO RJ85 
aircraft without holding appropriate U.S. certificates and ratings, and 
without the instructors meeting all the applicable training 
requirements of subpart N to part 121. GRANT, February 25, 1997, 
Exemption No. 6578.

    Docket No.: 28794.
    Petitioner: Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.313 (f) and (g).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to operate 24 Embraer EMB-120 airplanes that are not equipped with a 
key to the lock in the door that separates the passenger and pilot 
compartments. PARTIAL GRANT, March 4, 1997, Exemption No. 6582.

    Docket No.: 28806.
    Petitioner: Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.313(f) and 121.587(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to operate 12 Embraer EMB-120 airplanes without a key for the locking 
door that separates the passenger compartment from the pilot 
compartment, and to operate those airplanes with the door separating 
the flightcrew compartment from the passenger compartment closed but 
not locked during flight. GRANT, March 18, 1997, Exemption No. 6589.

    Docket No.: 28809.
    Petitioner: Mesa Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.313(g) and 121.587(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to operate up to 14 Embraer EMB-120 airplanes without a key for the 
locking door that separates the passenger compartment from the pilot 
compartment, and to operate those airplanes with the door separating 
the flightcrew compartment from the passenger compartment closed but 
not locked during flight. GRANT, March 18, 1997, Exemption No. 6590.

    Docket No.: 28813.
    Petitioner: Reeve Aleutian Airways and Keith Campbell.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.67(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Keith Campbell 
to serve as Director of Operations at RAA without holding an airline 
transport pilot certificate. GRANT, March 10, 1997, Exemption No. 6585.

    Docket No.: 28816.
    Petitioner: Eagle Jet Charter, Inc. and Brian N. Duehring.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.67(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Brian N. 
Duehring to serve as Director of Operations at EJC without holding an 
airline transport pilot certificate. CONDITIONAL GRANT, March 17, 1997, 
Exemption No. 6587.

    Docket No.: 28820.
    Petitioner: Northern Air Cargo, Inc. and Leonard F. Kirk.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.67(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Leonard F. Kirk 
to serve as Director of Operations at NAC without holding an airline 
transport pilot certificate. GRANT, March 19, 1997, Exemption No. 6592.

    Docket No.: 28823.
    Petitioner: Cape Smythe Air Service, Inc., and Willis M. Fisher.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.71(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Willis M. 
Fisher to serve as Director of Operations at CSA without holding an 
airline transport pilot certificate. CONDITIONAL GRANT, March 19, 1997, 
Exemption No. 6594.

    Docket No.: 28828.
    Petitioner: North American Airlines, Inc., and Edward F. Dascoli.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.67(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Edward F. 
Dascoli to serve as Director of Operations at NAA without holding an 
airline transport pilot certificate. GRANT, March 19, 1997, Exemption 
No. 6593.

    Docket No.: 28846.
    Petitioner: Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.359(g).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to operate 24 Beechcraft 1900C airplanes with oxygen masks that are not 
equipped with a microphone installed in the oxygen mask. GRANT, March 
21, 1997, Exemption No. 6596.

    Docket No.: 28856.
    Petitioner: Frontier Flying Service.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.21(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to continue to conduct its scheduled operations with airplanes having a 
passenger-seat configuration of 10 or more seats under the commuter 
operations rules of part 135 instead of the domestic operations rules 
of part 121. GRANT, March 24, 1997, Exemption No. 6597.

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