59382 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 212 / Monday, November 3, 1997 / Notices

Intended effective date: November 10,

1997.

Paulette V. Twine,

Documentary Services.

[FR Doc. 97–29008 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Notice of Application for Certificates of

Public Convenience and Necessity and

Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under

Subpart Q During the Week Ending

October 24, 1997

The following Applications for

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier

Permits were filed under Subpart Q of

the Department of Transportation’s

Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR

302.1701 et. seq.). The due date for

Answers, Conforming Applications, or

Motions to Modify Scope are set forth

below for each application. Following

the Answer period DOT may process the

application by expedited procedures.

Such procedures may consist of the

adoption of a show-cause order, a

tentative order, or in appropriate cases

a final order without further

proceedings.

Docket Number: OST–97–3036.

Date Filed: October 22, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 19, 1997.

Description: Application of Singapore

Airlines Limited pursuant to 49 U.S.C.,

Section 41301, and Subpart Q of the

Regulations, applies for an amendment

to its foreign air carrier permit

authorizing SIA to operate scheduled

combination and all-cargo services on

the following routing: From points

behind Singapore via Singapore and

intermediate points to a point or points

in the United States and beyond.

Docket Number: OST–97–3040.

Date Filed: October 23, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 20, 1997.

Description: Application of Valujet

Airlines, Inc. d/b/a Air Tran Airlines,

pursuant to U.S. CFR Part 215, and

Subpart Q of the Regulations, requests

the Department to register its new

corporate name AIRTRAN AIRLINES,

INC., reissue its Certificate in the name

of AIRTRAN AIRLINES, INC., and grant

such other relief that it may find to be

in the public interest. It is further

requested that the effective date for all

such changes be November 18, 1997.

Docket Number: OST–97–3049.

Date Filed: October 24, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 21, 1997.

Description: Application of

AIRPortland, Inc., pursuant to U.S.C.

Section 41102 and Subpart Q of the

Regulations, applies for a certificate of

public convenience and necessity

authorizing interstate scheduled air

transportation of persons, property and

mail: Between any point in any state in

the United States or the District of

Columbia, or any territory or possession

of the United States, and any other point

in any state of the United States or the

District of Columbia, or any territory or

possession of the United States.

Paulette V. Twine,

Documentary Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee; Training and Qualifications

Issues—New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignments

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC).

SUMMARY: Notice is given of new tasks

assigned to and accepted by the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC). This notice informs

the public of the activities of ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tom Toula, Federal Aviation

Administration, Flight Standards

Service, AFS–210, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;

phone (202) 267–3729; fax (202) 267–

5229.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The FAA has established an Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee to

provide advice and recommendations to

the FAA Administrator, through the

Associate Administrator for Regulation

and Certification, on the full range of

the FAA’s rulemaking activities with

respect to aviation-related issues. This

includes obtaining advice and

recommendations on the FAA’s

commitment to harmonize its Federal

Aviation Regulations (FAR) and

practices with its trading partners in

Europe and Canada.

One area ARAC deals with is training

and qualifications issues. These issues

involve training and qualification of air

carrier crewmembers and other air

transport employees.

The Tasks

This notice is to inform the public

that the FAA has asked ARAC to

provide advice and recommendation on

the following harmonization tasks:

Task 1. Determine the benefits of

licensing harmonization.

Task 2. Define criteria for Federal

Aviation Administration (FAA)

conversion of Joint Aviation Authorities

(JAA) issued licenses, and for JAA

conversion of FAA issued licenses.

Consider only the Airline Transport

Pilot license, except where that license

might convert to only a Commercial

pilot license. Include a review of type

and class ratings and instructor ratings

and qualifications, as and if necessary.

Task 3. Develop a recommendation,

with justification, on whether the

product (i.e., a specific level of license

or certificate) should be harmonized, or

the process (i.e., the curriculum,

prerequisite experience, length of

training, etc.) should be harmonized.

(a) If recommending that the product

should be harmonized, develop a matrix

of essential requirements for the FAA

and JAA to impose on license holders of

the other in order to convert licenses.

(b) If recommending that the process

should be harmonized, develop a matrix

of specific differences and how those

differences should be equalized.

(c) Make specific recommendations

about which FAA regulations or Joint

Aviation Requirements should be

changed to achieve the recommended

actions. Any recommendations

requiring changes to Title 14 of the Code

of Federal Regulations must be

forwarded to the FAA for consideration

of rulemaking priority, resource

allocation, and additional tasking to

ARAC to develop rulemaking, as

appropriate.

Task 4. Review the current standards

of 14 CFR sections 61.75 and 61.77 as

part of the overall task. In light of this

review, recommend appropriate

guidance material that could later be

incorporated into advisory material or

an appendix to 14 CFR part 61 that

contains the criteria developed in task 3

(a) or (b) above.

The FAA expects ARAC to complete

these tasks within 12 months and

submit a report through ARAC to the

FAA and to the JAA.

ARAC Acceptance of Tasks

ARAC has accepted the tasks and has

chosen to establish a new Licensing

Harmonization Working Group. The

working group will serve as staff to