Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 1999)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-40]


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, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (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 December 14, 1999.

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: 9__NPRM__cmts@faa.gov.
    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: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271 or Vanessa 
Wilkins (202) 267-8029 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 November 19, 1999.
Michael E. Chase,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29723.
    Petitioner: Westjet Air Center, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.3(a) and (c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Westjet pilots to carry 
written confirmation of FAA-issued pilot or medical certificates 
provided by Westjet based on information in Westjet's approved record 
system.

    Docket No.: 29738.
    Petitioner: Express One International, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.547(c)(4) and 
121.583(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow Express One to permit 
foreign crewmembers and authorized personnel employed by International 
Civil Aviation Organization member airlines, including European Air 
Transport and Air Contractors Ltd., to be admitted to the flight deck 
without a seat available for use in the passenger compartment or to be 
carried aboard Express One airplanes without meeting the passenger-
carrying requirements of part 121.

    Docket No.: 29746.
    Petitioner: American Airlines, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344 (a)(21) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit American to (1) operate its 
Fokker 100 (F-100) airplanes without recording the leading edge slats/
flaps position, (2) complete the required digital flight data recorder 
(DFDR) installations on its fleet of F-100, Boeing 727-200, and 
McDonnell Douglas MD-80 airplanes using an alternative compliance 
schedule rather than at the next heavy maintenance check after August 
18, 1999, and (3) extend by 14 months the August 20, 2001, final 
compliance deadline for the installation of the required DFDR on 23 
Boeing 757-200 airplanes and 2 Airbus 300-600 airplanes.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 29128.
    Petitioner: B/E Aerospace, Inc., Seating Products Group.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the issuance of 
export airworthiness approvals for Class II and Class III products 
manufactured and located at B/E Aerospace SPG facilities in Leighton-
Buzzard Bedfordshire, England, and Kilkeel County Down, Northern 
Ireland.
    Grant, 10/08/99, Exemption No. 7041.

    Docket No.: 29336.
    Petitioner: The Boeing Company.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Boeing to give 
copies of its Inspection Procedures Manual (IPM) to key individuals in 
specific and functional areas of its repair station and make the manual 
available electronically to all other employees, rather than give a 
paper copy of the IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection 
personnel.
    Grant, 11/03/99, Exemption No. 7065.

    Docket No.: 29397.
    Petitioner: Japan Airlines Company, Ltd.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow JAL to use the 
calibration standards of the National Research Laboratory of Metrology 
(NRLM) and the Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL) in lieu of the 
calibration standards of the NIST to test its inspection and test 
equipment.
    Grant, 10/22/99, Exemption No. 7050.

    Docket No.: 29398.
    Petitioner: All Nippon Airways Company, Ltd.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow ANA to use the 
calibration standards of the NRLM and the ETL in lieu of the 
calibration standards of the NIST to test its inspection and test 
equipment.
    Grant, 10/22/99, Exemption No. 7051.

    Docket No.: 29471.
    Petitioner: Mr. Terry L. Florie.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.213(a)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Florie to 
be eligible for a ground instructor certificate or rating without 
passing the knowledge test on the fundamentals of instructing required 
by Sec. 61.213(a)(3).
    Denial, 10/06/99, Exemption No. 7023.

    Docket No.: 29555.
    Petitioner: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow TWA to make 
available one copy of its IPM to its supervisory and inspection 
personnel, rather than giving a copy of the manual to each of these 
individuals.
    Grant, 10/06/99, Exemption No. 7040.
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