Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Federal Express Corporation

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Title 14 of the Code of Federal 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 5, 2016.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments identified by docket FAA-2016-1946 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:

For technical questions concerning this action, contact Nia Daniels, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, (202) 267-7626.

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA-2016-1946.

Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation.

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 121.438; 121.652.

Description of Relief Sought: Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) petitions for an exemption from § 121.438(b) to allow pilots who are dual qualified in the Boeing 757 (B757) and Boeing 767 (B767) aircraft to count the hours flown in both airplanes toward the 75 hours of flight time required by § 121.438(b). FedEx also petitions for an exemption from § 121.652(a) to combine pilot in command (PIC) flight times logged on either the B757 or B767 to meet the 100 hours PIC time required in order to avoid being subject to higher minimums in either aircraft type once the combined flight time exceeds 100 hours.