[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55422-55423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27724]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-1998-4465]


Advisory Circular (AC) Briefing Material, Air Crewmember 
Qualifications

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability for public comment.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of briefing materials 
regarding a draft advisory circular (AC) addressing alternative methods 
of compliance for proposed air crewmember qualification regulations. 
The AC briefing material was presented at a meeting conducted by the 
FAA, at the Regional Airline Association on June 22, 1998. In addition, 
this notice opens Docket No. FAA-1998-4465, and that docket serves as a 
repository for all recorded material (e.g., minutes, briefing material, 
and list of attendees) regarding the aforementioned meeting.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice should be mailed or delivered, in 
duplicate, to: U.S. Department of

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Transportation Dockets, Docket No. FAA-1998-4465, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Room Plaza 401, Washington, DC 20590. Comments may also be 
submitted electronically to the following Internet address: 9-NPRM-
[email protected]. Comments must be marked Docket No. FAA-98-4465. 
Comments may be filed and/or examined in Room Plaza 401 weekdays 
between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Demuth, Air Transport Division 
(AFS-200), Federal Aviation Administration, Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591, Telephone (202) 267-8922.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to comment on the briefing materials 
listed in this notice by submitting such written data, views, or 
arguments to the address listed above. The FAA will consider all 
communications before developing the AC. The briefing material may be 
inspected at the U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Room Plaza 401, Washington, DC 20590, between the hours of 10:00 
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays, except Federal holidays.

Meeting Summary

    On June 22, 1998, the FAA provided a briefing to members of the 
aviation industry regarding a draft AC for air carrier crewmember 
qualifications. This meeting implemented a process whereby some 
interested segments of the air carrier industry were invited to 
participate in the review of the draft AC briefing material. The 
proposed AC briefing material addressed alternative methods of 
compliance for draft air crewmembers qualification regulations. The 
briefing provided an overview of the major concepts of the contemplated 
regulation in order to illustrate the need for advisory material.
    No comments were received or solicited regarding the proposed AC or 
regulation. Since the meeting, no comments have been received from 
participants present or represented at the meeting.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 8, 1998.
Richard O. Gordon,
Acting Director, Flight Standards Service, AFS-1.
[FR Doc. 98-27724 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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