Document ID: FAA-2009-1217-0002
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received
Posted Date: 2010-03-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2010-02]

 
Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petitions 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 two petitions 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 petitions or their final disposition.

DATES: Comments on these petitions must identify the petition docket 
number involved and must be received on or before March 24, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2009-
1217 and FAA-2009-0966 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

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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: Tyneka L. Thomas, 202-267-7626, or 
Ralen Gao, 202-267-3168, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 22, 2010.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petitions for Exemption

    To assist the FAA in analysis of the safety impact of these 
petitions, commenters should provide information and data that relate 
to the equipment, procedural practices, alternatives, and aeromedical 
factors involved in granting such an exemption. In particular, the FAA 
is interested in receiving data and information relating to the 
following issues:
     The risk of oxygen deficiency when operating at flight 
altitudes above flight level 250.
     Aircraft vessel reliability.
     Human physiology.
     Life support equipment capabilities vs. aircraft operating 
altitude performance capability.
     Crew emergency training and passenger protection.
     Potential failure modes that would require the use of 
emergency breathing equipment.
     Human response times in the event of decompression.
    The FAA is also interested in receiving input on what alternative 
actions could be taken that would provide an equivalent level of 
safety.
    Docket No.: FAA-2009-1217.
    Petitioner: FedEx Express.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  121.333(c)(3).

Description of Relief Sought

    FedEx Express seeks an exemption from 14 CFR 121.333(c)(3) which 
requires that if for any reason at any time it is necessary for one 
pilot to leave his station at the controls of the airplane when 
operating at flight altitudes above flight level 250, the remaining 
pilot at the controls shall put on and use his oxygen mask until the 
other pilot has returned to his duty station. An exemption would allow 
one pilot to leave his or her station at the controls of the airplane 
when operating at flight altitudes above flight level 250, while the 
remaining pilot at the controls shall remove his or her oxygen mask 
from the stowage unit and have it in his or her lap until the other 
pilot has returned to his or her duty station. The petitioner believes 
that granting this exemption will mitigate the potential exposure for 
flight crewmembers to contract H1N1.
    Docket No.: FAA-2009-0966.
    Petitioner: FedEx Express and Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  121.333(c)(3).

Description of Relief Sought

    FedEx Express and ALPA seeks temporary suspension of Section 
121.333(c)(3) which would allow one pilot to leave his (her) station at 
the controls of the airplane when operating at flight altitudes above 
flight level 250.

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