### Castaneda, Val (FAA) From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Dear Jamie and Dan Corbin, Castaneda, Val (FAA) Friday, September 26, 2014 11:17 AM Jamewow@att.net U
.S. Federal Aviation Administration - NOTICE AC 120- 87B.pdf

In the interest of time, I am sending this email to promptly get to you information related to your petition. We received your Petition for Exemption on September 18, 2014. You requested to use the CARES Child Restraint System (CRS) for a child who exceeds the weight limits and/or height and noted that you would like to travel October 14, 2014. Processing a petition for a child restraint (technical analysis, a decision regarding a grant or denial of the petition, and transmitting the grant or denial to you) typically takes 45-60 days
. When the FAA grants this type of exemption, it is effective for five years. Since we noticed that you wish to take your first flight before we process your Petition for Exemption, we wanted to give you some information and options so you can make informed cho ices regarding your travel. If a child exceeds the weight limit and/or the height limit for CARES , FAA regulations prohibit the use of CARES during taxi, takeoff and land ing on U.S. a i rcraft. However, even if a child exceeds 44 pounds or 40 inches, he or she can use CARES during cru ise flight. U
.S. Air Carriers are required to allow use of app roved CRS, if a child is within the weight and height requirements and a ticket has been purchased for the child
. The FAA does not recommend any particular CRS, but we have provided some websites where you can find CRSs (approved for use i n automobiles and aircraft) that can be used with children up to 150 pounds and five feet tall. The FAA considers anyone who has not reached their 18 birthday to be a ch ild for the purpose of our regulation regarding CRSs. For additional information, I have attached an Advisory Circular that contains more informati on regarding the use of child restraint on aircraft. FAA Approved CRS that can accommodate a larger child-- (1) Columbia Medical--http://www.columbiamedical.com 1-562-282-0244 --Child TheraPedica Positioning Seat, CM2000-- Accommodates users up to 1021bs and up to 5 feet tall- FAA Approved for use i n aircraft (2) Carrie Tumbleforms--(Adaptive Mall- http://www.adaptivema ll .com--1 -800-37 1 -2778--Eiementary Carrie Seat 4641M-For chi ldren up to 60 lbs-FAA approved for use in aircraft (3) Brittax-http://www.britaxusa.com (Phone-1-888-427-4829) (High Capacity Convertib les- Up to 65 lbs- Models: Marathon, Marathon CS, Decathlon, Boulevard, Boulevard CS , Advocate CS) (One model- Frontier 85 SICT (Approx $220-250)- accommodates users up to 85 lbs. and 4 feet nine inches tall - http://www.britaxusa.com/car-seats/fro ntier-85- sict)--AII models are FAA approved for use on a i rcraft (4) D iono- (http :/lus.diono.com/en/car-seats /radian - rxt) Radian RXT (Approx $250-280) (Phone-253-268-2500 or 855- 463-4666) accommodates users up to 80 lbs. and 4 feet nine inches tall - Is FAA approved for use in aircraft (5) Special Tomato- -Adaptive Mall- http://www.adaptivemall.com --1 -800-371-2778 

### --Small MPS accommodates users u p to 80 lbs. and 50 inches t all, Large 

## A MPS accommodates users up to 150 lbs. and 60 inches tall--Both models are FAA approved f or use in aircraft
I have also included an image of the labeling on a CRS that indicates that it is FAA approved for use in aircraft.

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### Respectfully, Valentine Castaneda, ARM-I 04 F

ederal Aviation Administration Office ofRulcmaking, Airmen & Airspace Rules Division 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20591

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