**Request to Use CARES Child Restraint System for Larger/Older Persons**

My granddaughter is 14 y ear’s old, weighs 83 pounds, and is 60 inches tall. My granddaughter ’s ph ysical condition is as follows : Cerebral Pals y with gross developmental delay s, cortical v isual blindness, hearing loss, scoliosis and non

ambulatory

as well as poor head and trunk control. As a result of her phy sical condition, she needs the support and securit y provided b y an FAA Approved Child Restraint, but because of her weight is incapabl e of compliance with the regulation. I am also submitting the following contact information: James and Alice S. Burris, 4309 West 111 th Terrace, Leawood, Kansas 66211. E

- mail: alijimburr@att.net

. I understand that the regulation is written to create a high level of safet y for each individual passenger b y ensuring that they are securely restrained in their seats during all phases of flight. The regulation also ensures that an individual does not cause harm to other passengers on the airplane b y being thrown into them during turbulent or emergency

conditions. I propose that Tay ea “ Shelbi ” Hanton be allowed to occupy an FAA Approved Child Restraint ( CARES, manufactured b y AmSafe, In c. ) even though she exceeds the manufacture’s weight limits. This ensures a high level of safety for Shelbi and a high level of safety

for the other passengers and crew on the airplane. In fact, in Shelbi’s case, safet y is greatly enhanced by the extra support and securit y that the FAA App roved Restraint Sy stem will provide during the entire flight. Enhancing safety

for Shelbi Hanton is in the public interest. In addition, the public interest is also served b y the fact that the use of this FAA Approved Child Restraint Sy stem allows her to u se commercial air transportation. Without the support and securit y of the FAA Approved Child Restraint Sy stem, she would be unable to fl y commercially.

I also believe that, with certain limitations established by the FAA in a grant to this petition, there can be an equivalent level of safet y to that provided by the affected regulation. The CARES restraint has been certified by the manufacturer for use by children 22

- 44 pounds. However, the components of the CARES restraint are the same as those used in res traints for adults on aircraft and would maintain their integrity if used by someone who weighed several hundred pounds. I believe that the limit of 44 pounds was established because, with the additional weight of the child attached to the seatback, the se atback would move forward more quickl y in an accident scenario and this might cause a higher HI C load for the person seated in the seat behind the passenger using the CARES restraint (because the seatback moving forward more quickl y would mean that it woul d not be there to attenuate the energy from the impact of the person seated behind the person using the CARES restraint). In order to achieve an equivalent level of safet y as that provided by the affected regulation, I propose that the FAA establish a limi tation in a grant to this petition that Shelbi Hanton only

sits in a passenger seat with no passenger seated behind her.Therefore, no unsafe condition would exist for a passenger seated behind Shelbi while

she is using the CARES restraint. I also propose that all operations under this exemption be conducted with at least one of Shelbi’s grand parents or a caregiver accompanying him or her. In addition, Ipropose that Shelbi’s grand parent or caregiver must carry a cop y of this exemption.

I also request that the processing of this petition not be delay ed for publication and comment in the Federal Register. We want to travel between July 10, 2014 to August 10, 2014 . If you take the time to put this in the Federal Register, it will delay the process and we may n ot be able to travel in this timeframe. If it is necessary

to put a summary

in the Federal Register, I submit the following: This is a request for an exemption from FAR 121.311 (b) to the extent required for a child to use an FAA Approved Child Restraint S ystem on an aircraft, even though the child exceeds the weight limits for the CRS. Due to phy sical challenges, without the support and securit y of this FAA Approved Child Restraint Sy stem, this child would be unable to fly . We request that this child be al lowed to occup y an FAA Approved Child Restraint (CARES, manufactured b y AmSafe, Inc.), even though exceeds the manufacturer’s weight limits of 44 pounds. In this case, the safet y of this child is greatl y enhanced b y the extra support and security that the FAA Approved Restraint Sy stem will provide for her during the flight. Thank you for y our consideration of this request. Alice S. Burris, Grandmother and Legal Guardian for T. Shelbi Hanton