[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 18321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9079]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Proposed Advisory Circular 25.785-1B, Flight Attendant Seat and 
Torso Restraint System Installations

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Proposed Advisory Circular (AC) 
25.785-1B, and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and requests 
comments on a proposed advisory circular (AC) which provides 
information and guidance regarding an acceptable means, but not the 
only means, of compliance with the portions of Sec. Sec.  25.785 and 
121.311 of 14 CFR Part 25 which deal with flight attendant seats. This 
notice is necessary to give all interested persons an opportunity to 
present their views on the proposed AC.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 16, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on proposed AC to: Federal Aviation 
Administration, Attention: Jeff Gardlin, Airframe and Cabin Safety 
Branch, ANM-115, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification 
Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98055-4056. Comments may be 
inspected at the above address between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Thor, Transport Standards Staff, 
at the address above, telephone (425) 227-2127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited

    Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed AC by 
submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as they may desire. 
Commenters should identify AC 25.785-1B and submit comments, in 
duplicate, to the address specified above. All communications received 
on or before the closing date for comments will be considered by the 
Transport Standards Staff before issuing the final AC. As this AC is a 
revision of an existing document, where the only changes are adding a 
new paragraph 9, Direct View, and updating paragraph 5, Definition of 
Terms, we request you limit your comments to these areas only. The rest 
of the AC remains unchanged. The proposed AC can be found and 
downloaded from the Internet at http://www.faa.gov/certification/aircraft/air_index.htm, by taking the following steps: Under 
``Aircraft Certification Related Information'' click on ``Advisory 
Circulars.'' Under ``Search Help'' click on ``Related Links.'' Then 
click on ``Draft Advisory Circulars.'' Then under ``Search Help'' click 
on ``Open for Comment.'' A paper copy of the proposed AC may be 
obtained by contacting the person named above under the caption FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Discussion
    The guidelines incorporated in the AC are intended to address the 
adequacy of new designs and are not intended to require that in-service 
airplanes be modified solely for the purpose of meeting them. Voluntary 
modifications to existing cabins are not required to meet the new 
criteria but modifiers should incorporate them to the extent practical 
considering the scope and intent of the voluntary modification.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on April 2, 2003.
Ali Bahrami,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification 
Service, ANM-100.
[FR Doc. 03-9079 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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