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

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-95-37]

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 Aviation

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

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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 November 14, 1995.

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.

Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet

address: [email protected].

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, DC, on October 19, 1995.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 009SW

Petitioner: Kaman Aerospace Corporation

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 27.1(a)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Kaman Aerospace

Corporation to increase the maximum gross weight of the K-1200 from

6,000 pounds to 6,500 pounds, while maintaining the original normal

category rotorcraft certification.

Docket No.: 28336

Petitioner: Challenge Air Cargo, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.503(b)

Description of Relief Sought: To permit Challenge Air Cargo, Inc.,

pilots to fly up to 9 hours and 15 minutes in any 24 consecutive hours,

before being provided with an intervening rest period. In lieu of an

extension of flight time, the petitioner proposes a reduction of its

pilots' duty time from 16 hours, as allowed under Sec. 121.505(b), to a

maximum of 15 hours.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 12656

Petitioner: DOD Policy Board on Federal Aviation

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR part 139

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5750,

which permits the issuance of FAA Airport Operating Certificates, to

the extent necessary, for DOD airports equipped and operated in

accordance with applicable DOD standards and procedures and that serve,

or expect to serve, air carrier aircraft having a seating capacity of

more than 30 passenger seats, without those airports complying with the

certification and operating requirements of part 139.

Grant, September 29, 1995, Exemption No. 5750A

Docket No.: 19634

Petitioner: McDonnell Douglas, Douglas Aircraft Company

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.310(d)(4)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 3055,

as amended, which permits McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 series aircraft

to operate these aircraft in passenger-carrying operations without a

cockpit control device for each emergency light, subject to certain

conditions. While the extension has been granted, the requested

permanent exemption has not been.

Grant, September 1, 1995, Exemption No. 3055H

Docket No.: 24671

Petitioner: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.231(a)(3)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5257,

as amended, which permits Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., to apply for a

delegation option authorization for the type, production, and

airworthiness certification of transport category helicopters.

Grant, September 8, 1995, Exemption No. 5257B

Docket No.: 25559

Petitioner: Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.182(a) and 45.11(a)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 4913,

as amended, which provides relief to manufacturers from the requirement

to install the identification plate specified in the rule during the

production phase of the exterior of any aircraft manufactured for

operations under parts 121, 127, or for commuter air carrier operations

(as defined in part 135 or SFAR 38-2). These aircraft will be

maintained under an FAA-approved continuous airworthiness maintenance

program. The exemption also applies to aircraft manufactured for export

and to all manufacturing activities until the aircraft title is

transferred. While this exemption has been granted, it has not been

done so indefinitely as requested by the petitioner.

Grant, September 8, 1995, Exemption No. 4913D

Docket No.: 25624

Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a) (2), (3), and (b)(2);

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

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend an amendment of

Exemption No. 5117, as amended, which permits certain part 121

certificate holders to contract for training by the Douglas Aircraft

Company. The amendment reflects changing the petitioner's name from the

``McDonnell Douglas Airplane Company'' to the ``Douglas Aircraft

Company.''

Grant, September 25, 1995, Exemption No. 5117C

Docket No.: 26523

Petitioner: Lone Star Flight Museum

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.25 and 45.29

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5344,

as amended, which permits the Lone Star Flight Museum and its members

to operate their historic military aircraft with 2-inch registration

marks located beneath the horizontal stabilizer.

Grant, September 29, 1995, Exemption No. 5344B

Docket No.: 26831

Petitioner: Trans States Airlines, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.219, 135.221, and 135.223

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Trans States

Airlines, Inc., to dispatch or release its part 135 aircraft to a

destination or list an airport as an alternate airport even though the

weather reports or forecasts contain such conditional words as ``a

chance of'' or ``occasionally.''

Partial Grant, October 3, 1995, Exemption No. 6174

Docket No.: 27536

Petitioner: Western Flyers Air Service

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)

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Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5828,

which permits Western Flyers Air Service (WFAS) to operate the

following aircraft under part 135: (1) its Beechcraft Baron, Serial No.

TE-63, registration No. N520T, equipped with any TSP-C74b or TSO-C74c

transponder; and (2) after notifying WFAS's Principal Operations

inspector, an additional aircraft that require the installation of an

air traffic control transponder.

Grant, September 28, 1995, Exemption No. 5828A

Docket No.: 27948

Petitioner: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(d)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots in command

(PIC) employed by DuPont who have more than 4,000 hours of flight

experience to maintain night takeoff and landing recency requirements

through a combination of flight simulator training and actual aircraft

landings over longer than normal intervals, subject to certain

restrictions.

Partial Grant, October 3, 1995, Exemption No. 6185

Docket No.: 28053

Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.401(c), 121.433(c)(1)(iii),

121.440(a), 121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F, part 121

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Federal Express

regulatory relief to the extent necessary to conduct a single visit

training program (SVTP) for flight crewmembers, and eventually

transition into the Advance Qualification Program (AQP) codified in

SFAR 58.

Grant, September 1, 1995, Exemption No. 6152

Docket No.: 28257

Petitioner: Flight Structures, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(d), 25.813(b), 25.857(e),

and 25.1446(c)(1) and (c)(3)(ii)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the carriage of up

to five supernumeraries on the main deck of an Airbus Model A300-B4-203

airplane in addition to a maximum of three flight deck occupants, for a

total occupancy.

Grant, October 5, 1995, Exemption No. 6178

Docket No.: 28258

Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(e), 121.433(c)(1)(iii),

121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F, part 121

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5783,

which permits Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) to conduct an FAA-monitored

training program under which ACA pilots-in-command (PIC) and seconds-

in-command (SIC) meet ground and flight recurrent training and

proficiency check requirements through a single visit training program

(SVTP), subject to certain conditions and limitations.

Grant, September 28, 1995, Exemption No. 5783A

Docket No.: 28271

Petitioner: Keys Air, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.181(a)(1)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Keys Air, Inc., to

operate its Cessna models C-208 and C-208B single-engine aircraft in

over-the-top or instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions while

conducting passenger flights under part 135.

Denial, September 11, 1995, Exemption No. 6159

Docket No.: 28291

Petitioner: Airline Crew Training, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411 (a)(2) and (3) and (b)(2);

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

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Airline Crew

Training, Inc., (ACT) without holding an air carrier operating

certificate, to train a certificate holder's pilots and flight

engineers (FE) in initial, transition, upgrade, differences, and

recurrent training in approved simulators and in airplanes, without

requiring ACT's instructor pilots to meet all the applicable training

requirements of subpart N of part 121 and the employment requirements

of appendix H to part 121.

Grant, September 20, 1995, Exemption No. 6165

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