[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62654-62656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27739]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2003-63]


Petitions for Exemption; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice 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 
part 11 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice 
contains a summary of dispositions of certain petitions previously 
received. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267-7271, 
or Timothy R. Adams (202) 267-8033, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2003.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-8936.
    Petitioner: Robert P. Lavery.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).

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    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Robert P. 
Lavery to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument 
flights to meet the recent instrument experience requirements in 
certain Beechcraft airplanes equipped with a functioning thow-over 
control wheel in place of functioning dual controls. Grant, 07/30/2003, 
Exemption No. 7571A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-8878.
    Petitioner: American Airlines Flight Academy.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American 
Airlines Flight Academy to substitute a qualified and authorized check 
airman or aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a 
qualifying PIC who is completing initial or upgrade training specified 
in Sec.  121.424 during at least one flight leg that includes a takeoff 
and a landing, subject to certain conditions and limitations. Grant, 
08/04/2003, Exemption No. 6916B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14748.
    Petitioner: Aviation Services Group, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.89(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aviation 
Services Group, Inc. to operate pressurized aircraft at altitudes above 
35,000 feet mean sea level without one pilot at the controls wearing 
and using an oxygen mask. Denial, 08/04/2003, Exemption No. 8105.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-12681.
    Petitioner: Mr. Jarle Boe.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 119.33(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Boe to 
conduct commercial passenger or cargo aircraft operations for 
compensation or hire under part 135 without being a U.S. citizen. 
Denial, 08/04/2003, Exemption No. 8106.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15395.
    Petitioner: Delta Air Lines. Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.440(a) and SFAR 58, 
paragraph 6(b)(3)(ii)(A).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Delta to meet 
line check requirements using an alternative line check program, 
subject to certain conditions and limitations. Grant, 08/04/2003, 
Exemption No. 8107.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-13688.
    Petitioner: Promech, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1)
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Promech to 
conduct operations under visual flight rules outside controlled 
airspace, over water, at an altitude below 500 feet above the surface, 
subject to certain conditions and limitations. Grant, 08/04/2003, 
Exemption No. 8108.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15436.
    Petitioner: Ace Aviation Services Corporation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.145.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ace Aviation 
Services Corporation to place turbo jet airplanes in service under part 
135 without conducting proving flights. Denial, 08/05/2003, Exemption 
No. 8104.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10265.
    Petitioner: RR Investments Inc., d.b.a. Million Air Dallas.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Million Air 
Dallas to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 08/08/2003, 
Exemption No. 6718C.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15828.
    Petitioner: Rainier Heli-Life, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Rainier Heli-
Life, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 08/08/
2003, Exemption No. 8109.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10262.
    Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Petroleum 
Helicopters, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 08/
14/2003, Exemption No. 5586E.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15784.
    Petitioner: Denmark Volunteer Fire Department.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353, 
and appendices I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Denmark 
Volunteer Fire Department to conduct local sightseeing flights at the 
Eastern Slopes Regional Airport, Fryeburg, Maine, for sightseeing 
flights during August 2003, with a rain date in September, 2003, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135. Grant, 08/14/2003, 
Exemption No. 8113.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15883.
    Petitioner: Vertical Flight Services, LLC.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Vertical Flight 
Services, LLC, to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 08/
14/2003, Exemption No. 8114.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14563.
    Petitioner: AirTran Airways, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 93.123.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AirTran 
Airways, Inc. to conduct three operations at Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport (DCA) without the required slots. Grant, 08/14/2003, 
Exemption No. 8112.
    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14827.
    Petitioner: Comair, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 93.123
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Comair, Inc. to 
conduct three operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport 
(DCA) without the required slots. Denied, 08/14/2003, Exemption No. 
8112.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14975.
    Petitioner: Spirit Airlines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 93.123.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Spirit 
Airlines, Inc. to conduct three operations at Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport (DCA) without the required slots. Denial, 08/14/2003, 
Exemption No. 8112.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-8963.
    Petitioner: Peninsula Airways, Inc. (PenAir).
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.709(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit properly 
trained PenAir flight crewmembers to install and/or remove medevac 
stretchers on PenAir Fairchild Metro III aircraft and make the 
appropriate entries in the aircraft records. Grant, 08/18/2003, 
Exemption No. 6674B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15744.
    Petitioner: Arctic Air Service.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 133.45(e)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Arctic Air 
Service to conduct Class D rotorcraft-load combination operations with 
an Agusta A 109E helicopter certificated in the normal category under 
14 CFR part

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27, subject to certain conditions and limitations. Granted, 08/18/2003, 
Exemption No. 8116.
    Docket No.: FAA-2002-12797.
    Petitioner: Business Jet Services, Ltd.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Business Jet 
Services, Ltd. to operate two British Aerospace BAC 1-11 400 series 
airplanes under part 135 without recording the parameters listed within 
the ranges, accuracies, resolutions, and sampling intervals specified 
in appendix D to part 135. Denial, 08/18/2003, Exemption No. 8115.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10875.
    Petitioner: Fresh Water Adventures, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.323(b)(4).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Fresh Water 
Adventures, Inc. to operate its Grumman Goose G-21A amphibian aircraft 
at a weight that is in excess of that airplane's maximum certificated 
weight. Grant, 08/21/2003, Exemption No. 7070B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-11081.
    Petitioner: Merlin Airways.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Merlin Airways 
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 08/21/2003, Exemption 
No. 7681A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10267.
    Petitioner: Carver Aero, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Carver Aero, 
Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 08/21/2003, 
Exemption No. 6229D.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10162.
    Petitioner: TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TIMCO Aviation 
Services, Inc. to place and maintain its inspection procedures manual 
(IPM) in technical libraries in its five facility locations and assign 
copies of the IPM to key individuals rather than give a copy to each of 
its supervisory and inspection personnel. This requirement, however, 
will no longer be applicable when Amendment No. 145-47, Repair 
Stations: Final Rule (66 FR 41088) becomes effective October 3, 2003. 
Under the new rule, FAA no longer requires certificated repair stations 
to keep an IPM. Grant, 08/25/2003, Exemption No. 7621A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15439.
    Petitioner: United Parcel Service.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United Parcel 
Service to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman or 
aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying 
pilot in command who is completing initial or upgrade training 
specified in Sec.  121.424 during at least one flight leg that includes 
a takeoff and a landing, subject to certain conditions and limitations. 
Grant, 08/26/2003, Exemption No. 8118.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15969.
    Petitioner: Northern Air Cargo, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Northern Air 
Cargo, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft, subject to 
certain conditions and limitations. Grant, 08/29/2003, Exemption No. 
8121.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15970.
    Petitioner: Montana Aircraft, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Montana 
Aircraft, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft, subject to 
certain conditions and limitations. Grant, 08/29/2003, Exemption No. 
8120.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-8787.
    Petitioner: Yute Air Taxi, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Yute Air Taxi, 
Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft, subject to certain 
conditions and limitations. Grant, 08/29/2003, Exemption No. 7505A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15953.
    Petitioner: Boston-Maine Airways.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boston-Maine 
Airways to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman or 
aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying 
pilot in command who is completing initial or upgrade training 
specified in Sec.  121.424 during at least one flight leg that includes 
a takeoff and a landing, subject to certain conditions and limitations. 
Grant, 09/03/2003, Exemption No. 8122.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10165.
    Petitioner: The North Jersey Chapter, Ninety-Nines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353, 
and appendices I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit The North 
Jersey Chapter of the Ninety Nines, Inc. to conduct local sightseeing 
flights at the Lincoln Park Airport, Lincoln Park, New Jersey, during 
October, 2003, with a rain date during October, 2003, for compensation 
or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse 
prevention requirements of part 135. Grant, 09/04/2003, Exemption No. 
8128.

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