[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89567-89568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29640]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2016-122]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Flight 
Options, LLC

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of Title 14 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's 
awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. 
Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or omission of 
information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of 
the petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before January 3, 2017.

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ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2016-6581 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room 
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions 
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140 
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Williams (202) 267-4179, Office 
of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue 
SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Dated: December 2, 2016.
Dale A. Bouffiou,
Deputy Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2016-6581.
    Petitioner: Flight Options, LLC.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 135.25(b)(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: Flight Options seeks exemption from 
Sec.  135.25(b), which requires a part 135 certificate holder to have 
the exclusive use of at least one aircraft that meets the requirements 
for at least one kind of operation authorized in its operations 
specifications. In addition, Flight Options seeks exemption from Sec.  
135.25(c), which specifies that, for the purposes of Sec.  135.25(b), a 
person has exclusive use of an aircraft if that person has the sole 
possession, control, and use of it for flight, as owner, or has a 
written agreement (including arrangements for performing required 
maintenance), in effect when the aircraft is operated, giving the 
person that possession, control, and use for at least 6 consecutive 
months. In addition, the FAA notes that an exemption from Sec.  135.419 
may be relevant to the disposition of this petition. Section 135.419 
states that the FAA Administrator may require or allow an approved 
aircraft inspection program for any make and model aircraft of which 
the certificate holder has exclusive use of at least one aircraft (as 
defined in Sec.  135.25(b)). Flight Options currently operates 75 turbo 
jet aircraft all of which are leased aircraft. Flight Options retains 
responsibility for all maintenance of the aircraft on its part 135 
certificates. Additionally, Flight Options maintains a part 145 repair 
station (No. BTVR626C). Flight Options' business model is for all 
aircraft also to be operated under 14 CFR part 91K and under part 91 as 
appropriate. Flight Options currently is in compliance with 14 CFR 
135.25(b) and (c) by leasing a B-300 aircraft and maintains it on their 
part 135 Operations Specifications and utilizes it solely as a part 135 
aircraft.

[FR Doc. 2016-29640 Filed 12-9-16; 8:45 am]
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