[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41318-41320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20632]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-15]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; 
Disposition 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 partitions 
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 August 24, 1998.

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:
Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 or Terry Stubblefield (202) 267-7624, 
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, D.C., on July 27, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 28672
Petitioner: Alaska Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.709(b)(3)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Alaska Airlines' certificated 
mechanics to train flight operations instructors who would then train 
flight crewmembers in the installation and removal procedures for 
medevac stretchers in Alaska Airlines' aircraft

Docket No.: 29210
Petitioner: Simulator Training, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 63.37(b)(1), (2), (3), (4), and 
(6) and paragraphs (a)(3)(i), (iv)(a) and (v) of appendix C to part 63
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Simulator Training, Inc., to 
allow an applicant for the initial Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) flight engineer (FE) certificate, who does not

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hold an FAA commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating, to 
satisfy the FE certificate in-flight aeronautical experience 
requirement by completing a structured FAA-approved line-oriented 
observation program (LOOP) in lieu of the flight instruction time 
required in an airplane. The LOOP would be conducted only following an 
FE applicant's successful completion of flight simulator, flight 
training device, and line-oriented flight training

Docket No.: 29250
Petitioner: True North, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit True North, Inc., pilots to 
accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight 
simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29274
Petitioner: Airborne Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Airborne, Inc., pilots to 
accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight 
simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29233
Petitioner: Elite Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Elite Aviation Inc., pilots to 
accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight 
simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29276
Petitioner: Excelaire Services, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Excelaire Services, Inc., 
pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or 
Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29251
Petitioner: Alamo Jet, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Alamo Jet, Inc., pilots to 
accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight 
simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 29273
Petitioner: Air Response, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Air Response, Inc., pilots to 
accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or Level D flight 
simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft

Docket No.: 22690
Petitioner: The Boeing Company
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(c)(3)(ii) and (d)(2)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Boeing and pilots employed as 
crewmenbers for Boeing to continue to use any type of Boeing airplane 
or a Level B, C, or D simulator to meet the takeoff and landing regency 
of experience requirements of Sec. 61.57

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 581
Petitioner: Department of the Air Force
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.159
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Air Force to 
conduct hurricane reconnaissance flights without maintaining the 
appropriate cruising altitudes as prescribed by the Federal Aviation 
Regulations governing operations for flights conducted under visual 
flight rules. GRANT, July 13, 1998, Exemption No. 131H

Docket No.: 29237
Petitioner: Mr. Ernest Maresca
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to 
act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday. DENIAL, July 9, 19998, Exemption No. 6797

Docket No.: 29182
Petitioner: Continental Express
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434 (c)(1)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Dispositions: To permit Continental 
Express to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place 
of an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying PIC while the PIC is 
performing prescribed duties during at least one flight that includes a 
takeoff and a landing when completing initial or upgrade training as 
specified in Sec. 121.424, subject to certain conditions and 
limitations. GRANT, July 16, 1998, Exemption No. 6798

Docket No.: 29172
Petitioner: Heli-Jet Corporation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Heli-Jet to operate 
its five Bell 212 helicopters under part 135 without each of those 
helicopters being equipped with an approved DFDR installed, subject to 
certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, July 2, 1998, Exemption No. 
6796

Docket No.: 28975
Petitioner: AOG, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.37 (b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AOG, Inc., to 
perform maintenance on flexible and integral fuel cells at its 
customer's facilities and maintenance on flexible fuel cells at the 
petitioner's facility without providing suitable permanent housing for 
at least one of the heaviest aircraft for which it is rated. DENIAL 
June 11, 1998, Exemption No. 6795

Docket No.: 29211
Petitioner: United Parcel Service
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.157 and 61.158
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UPS and persons who 
contract for services from UPS to use FAA-approved flight simulators to 
meet certain flight experience requirements of part 61 without UPS 
holding a 14 CFR part 142 certificate. GRANT, July 10, 1998, Exemption 
No. 6794

Docket No.: 26582
Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.3(a) and (c), 63.3(a), and 
121.383(a)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit an air carrier to 
issue written confirmation of an FAA-issued crewmember certificate to a 
flight crewmember employed by that air carrier based on information in 
the air carrier's approved record system. GRANT, July 10, 1998, 
Exemption No. 5487C

Docket No.: 27354
Petitioner: Mr. August J. Blake, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 137.53(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to 
conduct aerial application of insecticide materials from a Piper PA-23-
250 aircraft not equipped with a device capable of jettisoning within 
45 seconds at least one-half of the aircraft's maximum authorized load 
of agricultural materials when operating over a congested area. GRANT, 
July 17, 1998, Exemption No. 5676C

Docket No.: 29263
Petitioner: Mr. Edward E. Moon
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to 
act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after

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reaching his 60th birthday. DENIAL, July 22, 1998, Exemption No. 6799

Docket No.: 144CE
Petitioner: Sino Swearingen Aircraft Company
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.25; 23.29; 23.235; 23.471; 
23.473; 23.477; 23.479; 23.481; 23.483; 23.485; 23.493; 23.499; 23.723; 
23.725; 23.726; 23.727; 23.959; 23.1583(c) (1) and (2), Appendix C23.1, 
Appendix D23.1, through Amendment 23-52
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow type certification 
of the Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 390 airplane without an exact showing of 
compliance 14 CFR part 23 requirements, subject to certain conditions 
and limitations. GRANT, June 29, 1998, Exemption No. 6791

Docket No.: 29041
Petitioner: Estumkeda, Ltd
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.65
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to 
obtain a Dealer's Aircraft Registration Certificate without meeting the 
United States citizenship requirements. DENIAL, June 23, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6793

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