Petitions for Exemption Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Summary Notice No. PE-94-24]

Petitions for Exemption Summary of Petitions Received;

Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for exemption received and 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 (14

CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions

seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Avaiation

Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions

previously received, and corrections. 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.

DATES: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket

number involved and must be received on or before July 18, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket

(AGC-200), Petition Docket No. ________, 800 Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final

disposition are filed in the assigned regulatory docket and are

available for examination in the Rules Docket (AGC-200), room 915G, FAA

Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. D. Michael Smith, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;

telephone (202) 267-7470.

This notice is published pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), and (g)

of Sec. 11.27 of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

Part 11).

Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 1994

Michael E. Chase,

Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No: 27660

Petitioner: Reno Air

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.49 and 91.203

Description of Relief Sought: To allow temporary operation of U.S.

registered aircraft, in domestic airline operations by Reno Air,

without aircraft registration or airworthiness certificates on board.

Docket No: 27662

Petitioner: Boeing

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.807(c)(1) and 25.809(f)

Description of Relief Sought: To allow the carriage of up to five

supernumerary occupants in addition to two flight crewmembers on the

flight deck of the 767-300 freighter airplane, Boeing requests

exemption from certain emergency exist and means of escape

requirements.

Docket No: 27712

Petitioner: American Airlines

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR SFAR 58 section 6(b)(3)(ii)(A);

61.57(e); 121.401(c); 121.433(c)(1)(iii); 121.440(a); 121.441(a)(1) and

(b)(1); and appendix F

Description of Relief Sought: To permit American Airlines to combine

recurrent flight training, recurrent ground training, and proficiency

checks in an annual 4-day, single-visit recurrent training and

proficiency evaluation program for pilots and flight engineers. The

Single Visit Training Program would facilitate transition to the

Advance Qualification Program prescribed in SFAR 58.

Docket No.: 27738

Petitioner: Captain Phillip A. Meyer, Sr.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)

Description of Relief Sought: To permit Captain Meyer to be a pilot-in-

command after his 60th birthday.

Docket No.: 27740

Petitioner: James E. Terrell

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)

Description of Relief Sought: To permit Mr. Terrell to fly as a Part

121 pilot-in-command after his 60th birthday.

Docket No.: 27751

Petitioner: Robert J. Coupe

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)

Description of Relief Sought: To permit Mr. Coupe to continue to

exercise his airman's privileges as a DC-10 captain after age 60, and

until such time as he can no longer pass the required physical, skill,

and competency testing and training.

Docket No.: 27757

Petitioner: Arthur L. Throckmorton, Jr.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)

Description of Relief Sought: To permit Mr. Throckmorton to pilot an

aircraft operated under Part 121 of the FAR after his 60th birthday.

Disposition of Petitions

Docket No.: 26753

Petitioner: Regional Airline Association

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.49(a)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend the termination

date of Exemption No. 5492, which permits those subject applicants to

retake a written or flight test without waiting 30 days, provided that

the part 135 authorized instructor who has given the applicant flight

or ground instruction, as appropriate, endorses that the individual has

successfully performed the failed item and finds the applicant

competent to pass the test.

GRANT, June 10, 1994, Exemption No. 5492A

Docket No.: 27346

Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.531(a)(3)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend the termination

date of Exemption No. 5367, as amended, which allows Fairchild

Aircraft's type-rated company pilots to conduct production and

experimental test flights in the SA-227-CC and SA-227-DC airplanes

without a second in command (SIC), and to amend the exemption to permit

all operators of Fairchild Aircraft commuter category airplanes (SA-

227-CC, SA-227-DC, and other airplanes on the same type certificate) to

conduct flight operations without a designated second-in-command pilot,

provided the airplane is type certificated for single-pilot operations

and the airplane is carrying 9 or less passengers.

GRANT, June 10, 1994, Exemption No. 5367B

Docket No.: 27575

Petitioner: Delta Air Lines

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.133(c)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Delta Air Lines to

Utilize Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) technology to maintain

certain maintenance information and instructions for aircraft operated

by Delta Air Lines in lieu of printed page form or microfilm.

GRANT, June 8, 1994, Exemption No.5922

Docket No.: 27747

Petitioner: Polynesian Airlines

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 129.18

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Polynesian to

operate a Boeing 767-200 series aircraft, without a traffic alert and

collision avoidance system (TCASII), between Apia, Western Somoa;

Honolulu, Hawaii, and Los Angeles, California. This Boeing 767 would be

operated on a maximum of twenty flights between these cities from May

16 through July 15, 1995.

DENIAL, June 10, 1994, Exemption No. 5923

Good Cause

Docket No.: 23492

Petitioner: United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 103.1(a)

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow individuals

authorized by the United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc., to

operate unpowered ultralight vehicles of no more than 155 pounds with

another occupant for the purpose of sport, training, and recreation.

Docket No.: 24761

Petitioner: Executive Jet Aviation, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.511(a)(2) and 135.165(b)

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow Executive Jet

Aviation, Inc., to operate its turbojet-powered aircraft in extended

overwater operations, equipped with a single long-range navigation

system (LORNS) and a single high-frequency (HF) communication radio.

Docket No.: 25024

Petitioner: University of Illinois

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141, appendices A, C, D, F, and H

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow the University of

Illinois, Institute of Aviation to continue to train its students to a

performance standard without meeting the prescribed minimum flight-time

requirements.

Docket No.: 25677

Petitioner: Paso Air

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a)

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow pilots employed by

Servicio Aero Lopez, S.A. de C.V. (SALLSA) to be issued special purpose

pilot certificates to operate civil airplanes of U.S. registry, a

Fairchild Metroliner II, model SA 226TC, and a Metroliner III, model SA

227AC, without the airplanes having a passenger seating configuration

of more than 30 seats or payload capacity of more than 7,500 pounds. If

granted, this exemption would also include the deHavilland and Dash 8

series, models DHC-8-100, DHC-8-200, and DHC-8-300.

Docket No.: 26214

Petitioner: Epps Air Service, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.6(b) (5), (6), and (7)

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow Epps Air Service,

Inc., to operate certain airplanes equipped with one long-range

navigation system (LRNS) and one high-frequency (HF) communication

system in extended overwater operations.

Docket No.: 26326

Petitioner: T. B. M., Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.611

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow T. B. M., Inc., and

its subsidiary, Butler Aircraft Company, to conduct ferry flights with

one engine inoperative on its Lockheed C130A aircraft without obtaining

a special flight permit for each flight.

Docket No.: 26845

Petitioner: University of North Dakota

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow the University of

North Dakota to recommend graduates of its approved certification

course for flight instructor certificates and ratings without taking

the Federal Aviation Administration practical test.

Docket No.: 26869

Petitioner: Practical Flight Systems, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(b)(1); 61.57(c)

and (d); 61.58(c)(1) and (d); 61.63(d)(2) and (3); 61.67(d)(2),

61.156(d)(1) and (2) and (e)(1) and (2); appendix A of part 61;

63.37(a)(1) and (b)(4); 63.39(a), (b)(1), (2), and (3); 121.419(a),

(b), and (c); 121.424(a), (b), (c), and (d); 121.425(a), (b), and (c);

121.427(a), (b) (1) and (2), (c)(1)(iii), and (d)(1) and (2); appendix

H of part 121

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to allow Practical Flight

Systems, Inc., (PFS) and persons who contract for service from PFS to

use FAA-approved flight simulators to meet the training and testing

requirements described by the sections (of part 61) of the FAR limited

above. If granted, the exemption would be amended, by sections of parts

63 and 121 listed above, to allow PFS to complete the initial

certification of flight engineers in FAA-approved flight simulator as

well as to conduct certain training and testing under part 121.

Docket No.: 26897

Petitioner: Northwest Aerospace Training Corporation

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411; 121.413; and appendix H

of part 121

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to permit certain Northwest

Aerospace Training Corporation (NATCO) instructors listed in its FAA-

approved curriculum to serve under contract with the part 121

certificate holders who contract with NATCO to act or simulator

instructors as simulator check airmen under part 121 without having

received ground and flight training in accordance with a training

program approved under subpart N of part 121. If granted, this

exemption would also continue to permit NATCO simulator instructors,

who serve in advanced simulators without being employed by the

certificate holder for 1 year, to receive applicable training in

accordance with the provisions of this exemption.

Docket No.: 27007

Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.311(b)

Description of Relief Sought: To continue to permit those qualified

flight attendants not required by Sec. 121.391(c) to perform duties

related to the safety of the airplane and its occupants during aircraft

movement on the surface.

Docket No.: 27723

Petitioner: Jet Flight International, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a)(2); 121.411(b)(2);

121.413(b), (c), and (d); and appendix H of part 121

Description of Relief Sought: To allow Jet Flight International, Inc.,

(JFI) to train the airmen of any part 121 certificate holder with whom

JFI contracts, without holding an air carrier operating certificate.

Docket No.: 27758

Petitioner: Pacific States Charter Services

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g)

Description of Relief Sought: To allow appropriately trained pilots

employed by Pacific States Charter Services to remove and reinstall the

left rear seat in its Piper PA-34-200T aircraft.

[FR Doc. 94-15511 Filed 6-24-94; 8:45 am]

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