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68 FR 11887
11887-11893 (7 pages)
Summary Notice No. PE-2003-10
03-5924
Grant, August 26, 2002, Exemption No. 7870
Grant, August 28, 2002, Exemption No. 7427A
Grant, August 28, 2002, Exemption No. 7402A
Grant, August 28, 2002, Exemption No. 5533E
Grant, August 28, 2002, Exemption No. 5774F
Denial, August 28, 2002, Exemption No. 7873
Denial, August 28, 2002, Exemption No. 7872
Partial Grant, August 28, 2002, Exemption No. 6632D
Grant, August 28, 2002, Exemption No. 7874
Grant, August 28, 2002, Exemption No. 7875
Grant, August 30, 2002, Exemption No. 7347A
Grant, September 3, 2002, Exemption No. 7876
Grant, September 4, 2002, Exemption No. 6811B
Grant, September 9, 2002, Exemption No. 7406A
Grant, September 9, 2002, Exemption No. 4416I
Grant, September 11, 2002, Exemption No. 5815E
Grant, September 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7881
Grant, September 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7880
Grant, September 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7883
Grant, September 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7882
Grant, September 17, 2002, Exemption No. 6571C
Grant, September 19, 2002, Exemption No. 7434A
Grant, September 20, 2002, Exemption No. 7888
Grant, September 20, 2002, Exemption No. 7889
Grant, September 20, 2002, Exemption No. 7890
Grant, September 23, 2002, Exemption No. 7861A
Grant, September 25, 2002, Exemption No. 3946H
Grant, September 26, 2002, Exemption No. 7894
Grant, September 26, 2002, Exemption No. 7895
Grant, September 26, 2002, Exemption No. 7896
Grant, September 26, 2002, Exemption No. 6037D
Grant, September 27, 2002, Exemption No. 7892
Grant, September 30, 2002, Exemption No. 7898
Grant September 30, 2002, Exemption No. 7899
Grant, October 8, 2002, Exemption No. 5118E
Grant, October 10, 2002, Exemption No. 7903.
Grant, October 16, 2002, Exemption No. 7907
Grant, October 10, 2002, Exemption No. 7905
Grant, October 10, 2002, Exemption No. 7906
Grant, October 10, 2002, Exemption No. 7904
Grant, October 10, 2002, Exemption No. 6878B
Grant, October 15, 2002, Exemption No. 7386A
Grant, October 15, 2002, Exemption No. 7441A
Denial, October 21, 2002, Exemption No. 7910
Grant, October 23, 2002, Exemption No. 2466N
Grant, October 23, 2002, Exemption No. 7143B
Grant, October 24, 2002, Exemption No. 5891C
Grant, October 25, 2002, Exemption No. 4721H
Grant, October 28, 2002, Exemption No. 7913
Grant, October 28, 2002, Exemption No. 7912
Denial, October 25, 2002, Exemption No. 7911
Grant, October 30, 2002, Exemption No. 6853B
Grant, November 1, 2002, Exemption No. 7443A
Grant, November 1, 2002, Exemption No. 7914
Grant, November 7, 2002, Exemption No. 7916
Grant, November 7, 2002, Exemption No. 6034D
Grant, November 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7919
Grant, November 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7501A
Grant, November 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7494A
Grant, November 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7918
Grant, November 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7687A
Denial, November 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7917
Grant, November 19, 2002, Exemption No. 7904A
Grant, November 19, 2002, Exemption No. 6874B
Grant, November 15, 2002, Exemption No. 7390A
Grant, November 20, 2002, Exemption No. 6843B
Grant, November 20, 2002, Exemption No. 6043E
Grant, November 21, 2002, Exemption No. 7924
Grant, November 27, 2002, Exemption No. 7376C
Denial, November 25, 2002, Exemption No. 7928
Denial, November 25, 2002, Exemption No. 7927
Grant, December 2, 2002, Exemption No. 7397A
Grant, December 2, 2002, Exemption No. 7929
Grant, December 3, 2002, Exemption No. 6588C
Partial Grant, November 18, 2002, Exemption No. 7921
Grant, December 3, 2002, Exemption No. 4783H
Grant, December 3, 2002, Exemption No. 5367G
Grant, December 3, 2002, Exemption No. 5305E
Grant, December 3, 2002, Exemption No. 7931
Denial, December 3, 2002, Exemption No. 7932
Grant, December 3, 2002, Exemption No. 7930
Grant, December 13, 2002, Exemption No. 7934
Grant, December 18, 2002, Exemption No. 7467A
Grant, December 18, 2002, Exemption No. 5549F
Grant, December 23, 2002, Exemption No. 7370A
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Sandy Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267-7271, Vanessa Wilkins (202) 267-8029, or Denise Emrick (202) 267-5174, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-12696.
Petitioner: Classic Helicopter Corporation.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Classic to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Howell Enterprises, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit PenAir to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATA-member airlines and other similarly situated part 121 operators to permit qualified flight attendants not required by § 121.391(c) to perform duties related to the safety of the airplane and its occupants during aircraft movement on the surface.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8340.
Petitioner: Rocky Mountain Holdings, LLC.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Rocky Mountain Holdings to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8590.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.339(a)(3).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Delta to replace its approved pyrotechnic signaling devices aboard its aircraft with hand-held, high-intensity, stroboscopic light sources.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Business Jet Services to operate two British Aerospace BAC1-11 400 series airplanes under part 135 without recording the parameters listed in § 135.152(b)(1) within the ranges, accuracies, resolutions, and sampling intervals specified in appendix D to part 135.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Evergreen to operate various aircraft, which hold limited, experimental, and standard airworthiness certificates for the purpose of carrying passengers on local flights in return for donations.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Frontier Flying Service to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Columbiana to conduct local sightseeing flights during October 2002, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Petitioner: Elliott Aviation.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Elliott to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13134.
Petitioner: Ram Air Freight, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ram Air to operate certain aircraft under part 135 Start Printed Page 11888without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in each aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-12993.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Stallion 51 to provide initial and recurrent training, and training under contract with the U.S. military in its two North American TF-51 airplanes certificated as limited category civil aircraft, subject to certain conditions and limitations.
Petitioner: Israel Aircraft Industries.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Israel Aircraft Industries to obtain special purpose pilot authorizations for its pilot employees for the purpose of performing ferry/delivery flights for its U.S. customers.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-12831.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.157(a); item I (b) of appendix A to part 61; 121.424(a), (b), and (d)(1); item I(a) of appendix E to part 121; and item I(b) of appendix F to part 121.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Transport Association member airlines and other qualifying part 121 certificate holders to conduct training and checking of pilots on airplanes that require two flight crewmembers for the required preflight inspection, both interior and exterior, using approved advanced pictorial means.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.401(c), 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.440(a), and 121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1); appendix F to part 121.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Northwest Airlines (NWA) to combine recurrent flight and ground proficiency checks for NWA's flight crewmembers in a single annual training and proficiency evaluation program and meet the line check requirements of § 121.440(a) and SFAR No. 58 through an FAA-approved alternative line check program.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13346.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Westjet to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13178.
Petitioner: Cedar Valley Air Charter, LLC.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Cedar Valley Air Charter to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13232.
Petitioner: California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Petitioner: TransNorthern LLC.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TransNorthern to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ryan to operate temporarily its U.S.-registered aircraft following the incidental loss or mutilation of that aircraft's airworthiness certificate or registration certificate, or both.
Petitioner: Comair, Inc. d.b.a. Delta Connection.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Delta Connection carriers to conduct domestic operations using its eight international slots at LaGuardia Airport.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13275.
Petitioner: Frankfort Flight Service, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Frankfort to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13210.
Petitioner: American Trans Air Execujet, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Execujet to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13222.
Petitioner: WingsAir, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit WingsAir to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-12253.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.440(a) and (b)(3), and Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 58, paragraph 6(b)(3)(ii)(A).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Continental to meet line check requirements using an alternative line check program.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Army to Start Printed Page 11889conduct certain military training operations at night without lighted aircraft position lights.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13273.
Petitioner: Stuart Air Show.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Visiting Nurse Association to conduct local sightseeing flights during November 2002, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Pomona Valley Pilots Association to conduct local sightseeing flights during January 2003, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Petitioner: North Jersey Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ninety-Nines to conduct local sightseeing flights during October 2002, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Petitioner: Epps Air Service, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Epps to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSC-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13352.
Petitioner: Vermont Pilots Association.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Vermont Pilots Association to conduct local sightseeing flights during September 2002, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13316.
Petitioner: Monterey Bay Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, Inc.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13009.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353, and from appendices I and J to part 121.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit National Air Transportation Association members to conduct up to 4 local sightseeing flights per year for compensation or hire, at charity or community events, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9128.
Petitioner: The Federal Aviation Administration Aviation System Standards (AVN) and the U.S. Air Force Flight Inspection Center (FIC).
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.119(b) and (c), 91.159, 91.175(a) and (b), and 91.179.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the FAA AVN and the USAF FIC to deviate from certain flight rules required by subpart B of part 91 while conducting flight inspections of air navigation facilities and instrument approach procedures.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13326.
Petitioner: Western North Carolina Pilots Association.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Western North Carolina Pilots Association to conduct local sightseeing flights during October 2002, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13443.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Moody to conduct local sightseeing flights during October 2002, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13153.
Petitioner: Ottumwa Flying Service, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ottumwa to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ozark to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in each aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13437.
Petitioner: Jet Share US, LLC.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Jet Share to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8429.
Petitioner: North Star Air Cargo, Inc.Start Printed Page 11890
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit North Star to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit RGT to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on each aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Advantage Air Charter to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on each aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13317.
Petitioner: James R. Weiss.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit James R. Weiss to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching his 60th birthday.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United Airlines to continue to use computerized load manifests that bear the printed name and position of the person responsible for loading the aircraft, instead of the person's signature.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.3(a) and (c), 91.203 (a) and (b), 121.153(a)(1) and 121.383(a)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ameriflight to temporarily operate its aircraft in accordance with parts 121 and 135 without those aircraft's airworthiness and registration certificates onboard; and without the pilots having their pilot and medical certificates in their personal possession, while obtaining replacements, subject to certain conditions and limitations.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United States Air Force to conduct helicopter night-vision flight training operations using two or more aircraft without lighted aircraft position lights at or below 500 feet above ground level.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United States Hang Gliding Association to operate unpowered ultralight vehicles weighing less than 155 pounds, with another occupant, for the purpose of sport, training, or recreation.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13614.
Petitioner: American Aerospace Corporation.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American Aerospace Corporation to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13621.
Petitioner: Alpine Aviation.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Alpine to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: 27606.
Petitioner: Robert Essell.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.3(d)(2) and 91.319.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Robert Essell to use experimental aircraft for introductory flights, instructional flights, and flight demonstrations.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American to operate its Boeing 737 and 777 aircraft with “No Smoking” signs that are always illuminated.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8526.
Petitioner: Aviation Specialists, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aviation Specialists Inc to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in each aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Spokane Airways to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in each aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13132.
Petitioner: Executive Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: Section V, paragraph A.1, and section IX, paragraph A.2, of appendix I to part 121.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit employees performing safety-sensitive functions for American Eagle to perform identical functions for Executive without being subject to additional preemployment drug testing.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8428.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.791(a) and 121.317(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Delta to operate its McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft with “No Smoking” signs that are Start Printed Page 11891always illuminated provided Delta operates those aircraft in a manner that continues to prohibit smoking on board the affected aircraft at all times.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Eagle Aviation to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9031.
Petitioner: Houston Helicopters, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Houston Helicopters, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ed's Flying Service, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13599.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Dynamic Aviation to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the United States Air Force to conduct night-vision goggle flight training operations at and above 18,000 feet mean sea level in various aircraft without lighted position lights.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13423.
Petitioner: Shahbahram Hakimian.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Shahbahram Hakimian to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching his 60th birthday.
Petitioner: JetShare US, L.L.C.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit JetShare to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8147.
Petitioner: Flight Line Aviation, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit FLA to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ASC members who own an aircraft with certain experimental airworthiness certificates to be compensated for the use of the aircraft in aircraft-specific flight and ground transition training and flight reviews under 61.56 conducted by authorized flight instructors.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing production and engineering flight test pilots to use any type of Boeing airplane or Level B, C, or D simulator that represents any type of Boeing airplane to meet the takeoff and landing recency of experience requirements without Boeing holding a part 142 certificate.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.440(a), and 121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F to part 121.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Alaska to combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for Alaska's flight crewmembers in a single, annual training and proficiency evaluation program.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13824.
Petitioner: Charter Direct, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Charter Direct, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta) to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place of an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command (PIC) while that PIC is performing prescribed duties during at least one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing when completing initial or upgrade training as specified in § 121.424.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13601.
Petitioner: John W. Myer.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Myer to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching his 60th birthday.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13647.
Petitioner: Vincent J. Catalano.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Catalano to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching his 60th birthday.Start Printed Page 11892
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8010.
Petitioner: Fostaire Helicopters.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Fostaire to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9100.
Petitioner: Tex-Air Helicopters, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Tex-Air to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
Grant, December 2, 2002, Exemption No. 7502A
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8432.
Petitioner: Air Vegas, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Vegas to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft.
Petitioner: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute of Aviation (UIUC).
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 141.55(d) and (e) and 141.63(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UIUC to hold examining authority for its FAA-approved training courses that do not meet the minimum ground and flight training time requirements of part 141.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing to conduct noise measurement tests, Ground Proximity Warning System research and development, and aircraft certification tests at altitudes less than 1,000 feet above the surface or 1,000 feet from any mountain, hill, or other obstruction to flight.
Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft, Inc.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Fairchild to conduct production and experimental test flights in SA227-CC and SA227-DC Metro 23 airplanes without a pilot designated as second in command (SIC).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit USAF to conduct counternarcotics aircrew flight training operations in support of drug law enforcement and drug traffic interdiction, without lighted aircraft position or anticollision lights.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13713.
Petitioner: Edward Solomon.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights to meet the recent experience requirements in Beechcraft Bonanza, Baron, and Travel Air airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel in place of functioning dual controls.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13618.
Petitioner: Mercy Air Service, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.265(d).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mercy Air to relieve its flight crewmembers from all further duty for at least 24 consecutive hours during any 168 consecutive hours, rather than during 7 consecutive days.
Petitioner: Kerrick R. Philleo.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Philleo to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights to meet the recent experience requirements in Beechcraft Bonanza and Beechcraft Debonair airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel in place of functioning dual controls.
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13592.
Petitioner: Philip T. Heth.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Heth to conduct a local sightseeing flight, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATA member airlines and other similarly situated Part 121 operators to permit a pilot in command (PIC) conducting operations under Part 121 to perform an instrument approach procedure to the weather minima prescribed by this exemption during the first 100 hours of service as PIC, using an alternative approved means.
Petitioner: Midwest Express Airlines, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 93.123.Start Printed Page 11893
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Midwest the use of slot number 1497 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to augment its service from DCA to Kansas City.
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