[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27613-27615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13267]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-9]


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,

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processing, and disposition of petitions for exemptions (14 CFR Part 
11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief 
from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
Chapter 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 June 8, 1998.

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.
    Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f3622415f5d42224c425b5c4f696e6e216b607b21686079">[email protected]</a>.
    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:
Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 or Terry Stubblefield (202) 267-7624, 
Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation 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 May 13, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29168.
    Petitioner: Continental Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.417(c)(2)(i)(A).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Continental and Continental 
Micronesia to use video-based differences training in lieu of physical 
hands-on training to accomplish the training and qualification of 
crewmembers on the automatic Type III emergency overwing exits 
installed on Boeing 737-600, -700, and -800 airplanes, when the 
crewmembers previously have been trained and qualified on Type III 
emergency overwing exits installed on other versions of Boeing 737 
aircraft.

    Docket No.: 29166.
    Petitioner: Roger Aviation Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 142.15(d).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Roger Aviation Company to 
conduct simulator training under part 142 with a Frasca 242 flight 
training device (FTD) without that FTD meeting the requirements of an 
advanced FTD as defined in Sec. 142.3.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 27307.
    Petitioner: Comair Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1) and appendix F to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Comair to 
combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for 
its pilots in a single annual training and proficiency evaluation 
program.
    Grant, April 30, 1998, Exemption No. 5734C.

    Docket No.: 29173.
    Petitioner: Captain Joe R. McCabe.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday.
    Denial, April 20, 1998, Exemption No. 6757.

    Docket No.: 28174.
    Petitioner: Air Carriage.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate certain aircraft under the provisions of part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
    Grant, April 20, 1998, Exemption No. 6108A.

    Docket No.: 28597.
    Petitioner: U.S. Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit U.S. 
Helicopters to operate certain aircraft under the provisions of part 
135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those 
aircraft. In addition, in your letter, you include a revised list of 
aircraft to be covered by the extension.
    Grant, April 20, 1998, Exemption No. 6452A.

    Docket No.: 29167.
    Petitioner: Captain David F. Specht.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday.
    Denial, April 20, 1998, Exemption No. 6755.

    Docket No.: 29171.
    Petitioner: Mr. Thomas Bentley.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
your 60th birthday.
    Denial, April 20, 1998, Exemption No. 6756.

    Docket No.: 25550.
    Petitioner: Department of the Army.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.169(a)(2) and (c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the U.S. Army 
to file instrument flight rules flight plans in accordance with the 
regulations prescribed by the U.S. Army.
    Grant, April 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6528A.

    Docket No.: 27785.
    Petitioner: Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Chevron to 
operate without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on its 
aircraft operating under the provisions of part 135.
    Grant, April 30, 1998, Exemption No. 5948B.

    Docket No.: 28206.
    Petitioner: Silver Moon Aviation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate certain aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed.
    Grant, April 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6122A.

    Docket No.: 28307.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Business Aircraft.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.337(a)(2), and (3), and 
(b)(2); and 135.339(b) and (c) and appendix H to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain 
instructors employed by Bombardier and listed in a part 135 certificate 
holder's approved training program to act as simulator instructors for 
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certificate holder under part 135 without having received ground and 
flight training in accordance with that certificate holder's training 
program approved under subpart H of part 135. That exemption also 
permits simulator instructors employed by Bombardier and listed in a 
certificate holder's approved training program to serve in advanced 
simulators without being employed by the certificate holder for 1 year, 
provided the instructors receive applicable training in accordance with 
the provisions of this exemption.
    Grant, April 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6446A.

    Docket No.: 29176.
    Petitioner: Col. Marcus F. Cooper, Jr.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday.
    Denial, April 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6759.

    Docket No.: 28499.
    Petitioner: Sky Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Sky Helicopters 
to operate certain aircraft under the provisions of part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft
    Grant, April 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6430A.

    Docket No.: 26017.
    Petitioner: ERA Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a) and 135.443(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ERA to allow 
appropriately trained and certificated pilots employer by ERA to 
install and remove an approved emergency rescue hoist on its 
Aerospatiale AS332 Super Puma helicopters.
    Disposition, Date, Exemption No. 6760.

    Docket No.: 
    Petitioner: 
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit.
    Disposition, Date, Exemption No.

[FR Doc. 98-13267 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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