Document ID: FAA-2014-0496-0005
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received
Posted Date: 2014-11-13T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67535-67536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26848]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2014-73 ]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 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 the petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before December 3, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2014-
0496 using any of the following methods:
     Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility; 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 
202-493-2251.
     Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management 
Facility 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.
    Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you 
provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can 
find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including 
the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment 
for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
    Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management 
Facility 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: Mr. Doug Lundgren, Airman 
Certification and Training Branch, (AFS-810), General Aviation and 
Commercial Division, FAA; telephone number (202) 385-9600, fax number 
(202) 385-9577, email at Douglas.lundgren@faa.gov ; or Sandra K. Long, 
ARM-201, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, email 
Sandra.long@faa.gov, phone (202) 267-4714.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2014.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2014-0496.
    Petitioner: Empire Airlines.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.160(b)
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner is seeking relief from 
sections 61.160(b) and 61.169. The relief sought would allow the 
petitioner to issue documentation to pilots employed by Empire Airlines 
to apply for an airline transport pilot certificate with reduced 
aeronautical experience. Empire Airlines seeks to utilze these pilots' 
initial basic indoctrination training, general subjects training, type 
rating training, and training that conforms to Advisory Circular 
61.138, in lieu of an Associate's or Bachelor's degree program with 
corresponding aviation-related coursework at an institution of high 
education which has received an FAA Letter of Authorization.

[FR Doc. 2014-26848 Filed 11-12-14; 8:45 am]
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