[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53869-53870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27384]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-51]


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 November 3, 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, DC 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, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Thorson (202) 267-7470 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 October 7, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28855.
    Petitioner: Offshore Logistics, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Offshore Logistics to 
operate certain multiengine turbine-powered rotorcraft with a seating 
configuration of 10 to 19 seats, excluding any required crewmember 
seat, that were brought onto the U.S. register after, or were 
registered outside the United States and added to Offshore's Operations 
Specifications after, October 11, 1991, without an approved digital 
flight data recorder.

    Docket No.: 28905.
    Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Petroleum Helicopters (PHI) 
to place two Bell 214ST helicopters (Registration Nos. N59805 and 
N59806, and Serial Nos. 28141 and 28140, respectively), and one Bell 
412SP helicopter (Registration No. N142PH, Serial No. 33150), on PHI's 
Operations Specifications and to operate those aircraft in nonscheduled 
part 135 operations until August 18, 2001, without a digital flight 
data recorder installed in those aircraft.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28291.
    Petitioner: Airline Crew Training Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a)(2) and (3), and 
(b)(2); 121.413(b), (c), and (d); and appendix H to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To continue to permit 
Airline Crew Training Corporation (ACT), without holding an air carrier 
operating certificate, to train part 121 certificate holders' pilots, 
flight engineers, and check airmen in initial,

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transition, upgrade, differences, and recurrent training in Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved simulators, without ACT's 
instructors and check airmen meeting all the applicable training 
requirements of part 121, subpart N. Grant, September 30, 1997, 
Exemption No. 6165A.

    Docket No.: 27180.
    Petitioner: EVA Airways Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a) and (b), and 63.23(a) 
and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the issuance of 
U.S. special purpose pilot certificates and special purpose flight 
engineer certificates to airmen employed by EVA Airways without those 
airmen meeting the requirement to hold a current foreign certificate or 
license issued by a foreign contracting State to the Convention on 
International Civil Aviation (ICAO), provided the airmen hold 
appropriate certificates issued by the Civil Aeronautics 
Administration, Republic of China (CAARC). Grant, September 30, 1997, 
Exemption No. 6689.

    Docket No.: 27402.
    Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(e), 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To continue to permit 
Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) to conduct an FAA-monitored training 
program under which ACA pilots in command and seconds in command meet 
ground and flight recurrent training and proficiency check requirements 
through a single visit training program (SVTP). Grant, September 30, 
1997, Exemption No. 5783B.

    Docket No.: 26490.
    Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.310(m).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To amend Delta Air Lines' 
(DAL) current exemption that permits DAL to operate certain foreign 
registered Lockheed L-1011-385-3 aircraft without conforming to the 60-
foot required distance between emergency exits. The amendments 
requested would permit DAL to operate those aircraft with a passenger 
seating capacity in excess of 241. Denial, September, Exemption No. 
5301C.

    Docket No.: 27547.
    Petitioner: Hughs Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Hughes to 
operate over densely populated areas or in congested airways with 
aircraft certificated in the experimental category. Denial, September 
26, 1997, Exemption No. 6687.

    Docket No.: 29004.
    Petitioner: Captain Robert D. Marshall.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Captain Marshall 
to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday. Denial, September 25, 1997, Exemption No. 6688.

[FR Doc. 97-27384 Filed 10-15-97; 8:45 am]
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