[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44505-44506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22258]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting, Working Group on 
Reserve Duty/Rest Requirements

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a 
meeting of the Working Group on Flight Crewmember Reserve Duty/Rest 
Requirements under the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 1 and 2, 1998, beginning 
at 9:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Helicopter Association 
International, 1635 Prince Street, Alexandria, Virginia; telephone: 
(703) 683-4646.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Williams, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-
9685.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App II), notice is 
hereby given of a meeting of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 
Committee, Working Group on Flight Crewmember Reserve Duty/Rest 
Requirements, to be held on September 1 and 2, 1998.
    The Working Group on Flight Crewmember Reserve Duty/Rest 
Requirements is made up of 16 members of the industry with an interest 
in the regulations regarding flight crewmember flight/duty limitations 
and rest requirements: pilot associations and unions, air carriers and 
air carrier associations, all-cargo operators, a helicopter 
association, a business aircraft association, and associations 
representing air taxi and on-demand operations.
    The agenda for this meeting will include a briefing on the Canadian 
regulations on reserve duty/rest requirements and a review of the draft 
concept as developed at the initial meeting of the Working Group on 
August 11 and 12. Attendance is open to the interested public but may 
be limited by the space available. Members of the public are reminded 
that, in accordance with the protocols, only members of the working 
group have the right to sit at the negotiating table and to speak 
during the negotiations except that any member of the Working Group may 
call upon a member of the public to clarify or elaborate on a 
particular point. In addition, any member of the public may present an 
oral statement for consideration of the Working Group, as time permits. 
Written statements may also be presented for consideration by the 
Working Group. The final report of the Working Group will be made 
available to the public when it is presented to the ARAC on Air Carrier 
Operations.
    Dates and locations of future meetings of the Working Group may be

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announced at the meeting on September 1 and 2.
    Sign and oral interpretation can be made available at the meeting, 
as well as an assistive listening device, if requested 5 calendar days 
before the meeting.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 13, 1998.
Kent Stephens,
Federal Aviation Administration, Representative to the Reserve Duty/
Rest Requirements Working Group.
[FR Doc. 98-22258 Filed 8-18-98; 8:45 am]
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