[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 127 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40716-40717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16666]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-21]


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 Ch. 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 24, 2000.

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: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271, Forest 
Rawls (202) 267-8033, or Vanessa Wilkins (202) 267-8029 Office of

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Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Avaiation Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    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 June 20, 2000.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No: 29909.
    Petitioner: KaiserAir, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected. 14 CFR 135.153(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit KaiserAir to operate one 
Gulfstream American G-1159A airplane (Registration No. N740SS, Serial 
No. 369) equipped with a Sperry (Honeywell) VA-100 Voice Advisory/
Ground Proximity System rather than an approved ground proximity 
warning system until the third quarter of 2000.

    Docket No.: 29953.
    Petitioner: Simulator Training, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.63(e)(4)(i) and 
61.157(g)(3)(i).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow STI to use a Level a Level B 
flight simulator rather than a Level C or Level D flight simulator for 
the initial portion of the required training and testing for an airline 
transport pilot certificate with an airplane category, class, and type 
rating, and additional aircraft ratings.

    Docket No.: 29990.
    Petitioner: FlightSafety Boeing Training International.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 142.53.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit FlightSafety to designate 
simulator instructors who instruct exclusively under 14 CFR part 61 
within the scope of part 142 in a flight simulator that the 
Administrator has approved for all training and testing for the airline 
transport pilot certification test, aircraft type rating test, or both, 
without meeting the requirement to complete actual airplane flight time 
or line abservation an approved line-oriented flight training program.

    Docket No.: 30011.
    Petitioner: Ameriflight, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.243(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Ameriflight to (1) allow 
its pilots in command (PICs) of single-engine piston-powered airplanes 
to operate under instrument flight rules with a minimum of 800 hours of 
flight time, including 400 hours of cross-country flight time and 75 
hours of night flight time, in lieu of the flight-time requirements of 
Sec. 135.243(c)(2), and (2) allow its PICs of multi-engine piston-
powered airplane with maximum takeoff weights not greater than 8,000 
pounds to operate under instrument flight rules with a minimum of 800 
hours of flight time but otherwise in compliance with 
Sec. 135.243(c)(2).

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 25242.
    Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.58(a)(2) and 91.5.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit EAA members to 
complete an approved training course in lieu of a pilot proficiency 
check. The exemption applies to training courses for the following 
aircraft: Boeing B-17; North American B-25; Douglas B-26, C-47, and C-
54; Consolidated PBY; Martin PBM; Grumman S-2-F; Curtiss C-46; and Ford 
Tri-Motor. Grant, 06/02/2000, Exemption No. 4941F.

    Docket No.: 29012.
    Petitioner: Continental Airlines, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Continental to 
substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place of an FAA 
inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command who is completing 
the 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, 06/02/2000, Exemption No. 
29012.

    Docket No.: 29401.
    Petitioner: Hollingsead International, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.855(a), 25.857(e), and 
25.1447(c)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit supplemental 
type certification of Airbus A300 airplane models B2-1A, B2-1C, B2K-3C, 
B2-203, B4-103, B4-2C and B4-203 modified to include a main deck Class 
E cargo compartment, to provide accommodations for up to a maximum of 
16 supernumerary occupants acting as grooms to attend to live-animal 
cargo, in a Class E cargo compartment. Grant, 06/06/2000, Exemption No. 
7234.

    Docket No.: 30006.
    Petitioner: Michigan City Aviators, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit MCA to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at Michigan City Airport, Indiana, for a 
pancake breakfast on July 8, 2000, for compensation or hire, without 
complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135. Grant, 06/06/2000, Exemption No. 7232.

    Docket No.: 30060.
    Petitioner: New London Airport.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit NLA to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at New London Airport, Virginia, for an 
annual fly-in on June 4, 2000, for compensation or hire, without 
complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135. Grant, 06/02/2000, Exemption No. 7233.

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