Document ID: FAA-2018-0207-0002
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Exemptions; Summaries: Vieques Air Link, Inc.
Posted Date: 2018-04-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15447-15448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07300]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2018-21]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Vieques Air 
Link, Inc.

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The 
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and 
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of 
this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary 
is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final 
disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before April 20, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2018-0207 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room 
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions 
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140 
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nia Daniels, (202) 267-7626, Office of 
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue 
SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Lirio Liu,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2018-0207.
    Petitioner: Vieques Air Link, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 135.243(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: Vieques Air Link, Inc. (VAL) requests 
relief from 14 CFR 135.243(a)(1). This section requires a pilot serving 
as a pilot in command of a part 135 commuter operation to hold an 
airline transport pilot certificate. The petitioner proposes to permit 
a VAL pilot in command to hold a commercial pilot certificate with 
multiengine airplane and instrument

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ratings, minimally have 750 hours of flight time, and 100 hours of 
cross country time of which 25 hours must be at night. The petitioner 
proposes to limit the scheduled flights to visual flight rules, 
scheduled duration of 30 minutes or less and less than 50 nautical 
miles. VAL operates a small regional airline providing transportation 
between Puerto Rico's contiguous islands of Vieques and Culebra and the 
main island of Puerto Rico for critical services with limited other 
transportation options.

[FR Doc. 2018-07300 Filed 4-9-18; 8:45 am]
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