### Castaneda , Val (FAA) From: Sent: To: Subject: Attac hments: Dear Ms. V ickery : Castaneda, Val (FAA) Thursday, March 12, 2015 1 : 56 PM 'kvickery@maine.wish.org' FW: FAA NOTICE Petition for Exemption - AC 120 -87B.pdf

The FAA apologizes for not be i ng ab l e to meet your needs and , i n the interest of ti me , I am promptly sending this ema i l to get to you information related to your petit ion. We received your Petition for Exemption on March 10 , 2015 . You requested to use the CARES Child Restra i nt System (CRS) for a child who exceeds the weight and/or height limit and noted that you would like to travel April 10 , 2015. Processing a petition for a child restraint (technical analys is, a decision regarding a grant or denia l of the petition, and transmitting the grant or denia l to you ) typ ically 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 may finish processing your Petition for Exemption , we wanted to g ive you some information and options so you can make informed cho ices regarding your travel. Also , we encourage you to contact your airl ine of choice , well in advance of your travel , so that you can become fami l iar w ith the i r related operational guidelines
. If a ch il d exceeds the we ight and/or height lim i t for CARES , FAA regulati ons prohib it the use of CARES during taxi, ta k eoff and landing on U.S. aircraft
. However, even if a child exceeds 44 pounds or 40 inches, he or she can use CARES during cruise flight. U.S. Air Carriers are required to allow use of an approved CRS, if a ti cket has been purchased for the child , please contact your airline of choice for their related guidelines. The FAA does not recommend any particular CRS, but we have provided some websites where you can fi nd CRSs (approved for use in automobiles and aircraft) t hat can be used with children up to 150 pounds and five feet tall. Insofar as any changes that might take place in the websites we've provided, please keep in m i nd that the FAA is neither associated with nor responsible for mainta i ning them. FAA Approved CRSs that can accom modate a la rger c hild -- (1) Columbia Medical-http:/lwww.columbiamedical.com 1-562-282-0244 -C h i ld TheraPedica Positioning Seat, CM2000 -- Accommodates users up to 102 lbs and up to 5 feet tall- FAA Approved for use in aircraft (2) Carrie Tumbleforms--(Adaptive Mall- http:/lwww.adaptivemall.com--1-800-371-2778--Eiementary Carrie Seat 4641 M--For children up to 60 lbs--F AA approved for use in aircraft (3) Brittax--http: /lwww. britaxusa.co m (Phone-1-888-427-4829) (High Capacity Convertibles- Up to 65 lbs- Models : Marathon , Marathon CS , Decathlon , Boulevard , Boulevard CS , Advocate CS) (One model- Frontier 85 S I CT (Approx $220 -250 ) - accommodates users up to 85 lbs . and 4 feet nine inches tall- http :// www . britaxusa . com/car-seats/front ie r- 85 - sict)- -AII models are FAA approved for use on a i rcraft (4) Dion o- (http: //us . dion o.com/en/car-seats/radian -r xt) 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.adaptiv emall.com--1-800-371 -2778 -- S mall MPS accommodates us ers up to 80 l bs. and 50 inches tall , Large 

## A MPS accommodates us ers up to 150 l bs. and 60 i nches tall--Both mode l s are FAA approve d for use in aircraft
I have a l so attached an FAA Adv isory Circular that contains more i nformation regard i ng the use of child restraint on a i rcraft (AC 120-87B)
. I have also included an i mage of the labeling on a CRS that indicates that it is FAA approved for use in aircraft. 1

### Respectfully, Valen ti n

e Castaneda, ARM -1 04 redcral Av i ation Admini st ration Office ofRulemaking, Airmen & Airspace Rules D ivi sion 800 Independence Avenue. SW Washington. DC 2059 1

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