Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Wing Aviation, LLC

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation 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 May 17, 2021.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2018-0835 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, 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 20590-0001, 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 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nia Daniels, (202) 267-7626, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA-2018-0835.

Petitioner: Wing Aviation, LLC.

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: §§ 43.10(c)(5) and (d); 61.3(a); 91.9(b); 91.119(b) and (c); 91.151(a); 91.203(a)(1); 91.213(a), (b), and (c); 91.225(f); 135.21(f); 135.25(a)(1); 135.63(c) and (d); 135.79(a)(1), (2), and (3); 135.149(a); 135.161(a)(1), (2), and (3); 135.203(a); 135.205(a); 135.209(a); 135.215(b); 135.243(b)(1) and (2); 135.267; 135.337(b)(1) and (5); 135.338(b)(1) and (5); 135.339(e)(3) and (4); 135.340(e)(3) and (4); 135.341(b)(2), (3), and (4); 135.415(b); 135.423(b)(1) through (3) and (c): 135.439(a)(2); 135.501(a) and (2); 135.503(a)(1) and (2); 135.503(b).

Description of Relief Sought: Wing Aviation LLC (Wing) seeks to amend Exemption No. 18163 in order to expand its unmanned aircraft system (UAS) delivery services under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 135. Wing intends to locate regional pilot in commands (PICs) in a central hub, where the PIC may be located away from the given operating area. Wing also intends to stage unmanned aircraft (UA) at multiple sites throughout the operating area rather than centralizing all UA in a single ground operating site. Lastly, Wing asserts that it has demonstrated successful line checks at 6-month intervals and therefore seeks to fully align the prescribed intervals with the governing part 135 regulation that necessitates line checks of their operations staff every 12 months.