[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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