Docket No.: FAA-2000-7985 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 119.65(a) Description of Relief Sought: To permit the company's Director of Maintenance and Chief Inspector to qualify as full-time employees, even though these individuals also serve in these capacities under Air Agency Certificate ROSR023B.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8580 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(b)(2) Description of Relief Sought: To exempt FD from the floor warpage testing requirements of Sec. 25.562(b)(2) for flight crew seats on the 728-100 model aircraft.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8472 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.643(a)(2) and (3) Description of Relief Sought: To allow ERA to operate its DHC-6 airplane under the visual flight rule fuel supply requirements of Sec. 135.209, rather than the fuel supply requirements of Sec. 121.643.
MIYANDA WILSON was appointed manager, account representatives for SimuFlite Training International. She previously was collection manager for ACS, Inc., a division of Wells Fargo Financial.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8508 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.783(h), 25.807(d)(1) and(e)(1), 25.810(a)(1), 25.812(e), 25,812(h)(1), 25.813(b), 25.857(e), 25.1445(a)(2), and 25.1447(c)(1). Description of Relief Sought: To permit certain work to be accomplished on Boeing Airplane Services' Boeing Model 757-200 series airplanes that have been converted from passenger-only to special freighter configurations.
MERCURY AIR GROUP, INC. plans to spin off to its shareholders 100 percent of the common stock of its fuel sales and services subsidiary, which buys and sells fuel as a commodity. The spin-off will result in the creation of a new publicly traded company, MercFuel, Inc. Under the plan, Mercury Air group shareholders ultimately will own shares in both companies. "The equity carve-out is intended to bring improved management focus and growth objectives to the respective core business activities" of Mercury and MercFuel, and is expected to be completed by August.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8435 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TEMSCO to make available one copy of its Inspection Procedures Manual (IPM) to all of its supervisory and inspection personnel, rather than providing a copy of the IPM to each of those individuals. Grant, Jan. 9, 2001, Exemption No. 6623B
MIKE LUCKEY was promoted to senior manager of instructor development for SimuFlite Training International. Luckey joined SimuFlite in 1999 after 20 years with GTE Directories, where he served in a variety of positions, including director of aviation/administration and chief pilot. He has more than 9,000 flight hours, including 5,000 in jets and 1,300 in turboprops.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey launched a probe into Chicago carrier Indigo's operations at Teterboro Airport after an area congressman and local residents raised concerns that it may be operating illegal scheduled flights. Indigo operates Falcon 20 aircraft from Chicago Midway to Teterboro as a Part 380 public charter - meaning it can announce its flights to the public and conduct "regular and frequent" operations.
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta reiterated his call for expedited environmental reviews of new runway and airport projects, but he told BA last week he does not believe new legislation will be required to accelerate the review process. Speaking at the opening day of FAA's 26th Annual Aviation Forecast Conference in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, Mineta said the current environmental review process "is too cumbersome. We must expedite that process."
Canadian manufacturer Bombardier, in the midst of a boom in orders for its regional jets and executive aircraft, reported an 18 percent increase in revenues and a 35.6 percent jump in net income for the year ended Jan. 31, 2001. Revenues for the year were $16.1 billion, compared with $13.6 billion for the year earlier. Monetary figures are expressed in Canadian dollars. Net income was $975.4 million, or 69 cents per share, compared with $718.8 million, or 50 cents per share, in the year ended Jan. 31, 2000.
PHILLIP POYNOR, general manager of Nassau Flyers in Farmingdale, N.Y., was recognized with the Flight Instructor of the Year Award, the highest honor presented to flight instructors by the Federal Aviation Administration and industry. Poynor has more than 30 years of aviation industry experience and was one of the first instructors in the nation to earn the National Association of Flight Instructors' Master Instructor status. He also is an aviation safety counselor in the Farmingdale, N.Y. Flight Standards District Office.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Norman Mineta plans to appoint Chet Lunner as assistant to the secretary and director of public affairs at DOT. Lunner, a former newspaper reporter and editor, is chief of staff to Rep. Amo Houghton (R-N.Y.). Lunner is a native of Elmira, N.Y. who worked on papers in New York and Maine, for Florida Today and for Gannett News Services.
DASSAULT FALCON JET promoted Judy Stark to manager of exhibits and promotions. Stark had been special promotions coordinator for DFJ since 1989, directing trade show activities, promotions and hospitality functions. "Judy has been instrumental in the company's many successful promotional programs," said Ralph Aceti, director of communications. "Her talent for organizing dynamic events has earned her and the company special recognition in the industry."
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8376 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.19(a) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit GE to amend Type Certificate No. E00049EN by adding its GE90 growth engines, aircraft engine models GE90-110B, GE90-113B, and GE90-115B, rather than making a new application for a type certificate for those engines.
BARRY BENEDICT was selected as chief academic officer and senior vice president for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Currently vice president of academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., Benedict will join Embry-Riddle in the fall.
Docket No.: 29889 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit SPP to use the calibration standards of the National Research Laboratory of Metrology (NRLM) and the Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL), Japan's national standards organizations, in lieu of the calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test equipment. Grant, Jan. 31, 2001, Exemption No. 7431
GARY HOURSELT was named president of Huck Fasteners, an Alcoa unit. Hourselt joined Huck in August 1996 as president of the Aerospace Fastener division and most recently was president of the Huck Industrial Fastener Division.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8177 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 45.25 and 45.29 Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit EAA and CAF members to operate their historic military aircraft with two-inch high nationality and registration marks located beneath the aircraft's horizontal stabilizer. Grant, Jan. 9, 2001, Exemption No. 5019F
BOB JACK was named Bombardier Aerospace's Northeast region manager for Learjet service sales. He has 20 years of aviation maintenance experience, most recently as project supervisor for Learjet aircraft at Bombardier's Business Aviation Services facility in Hartford, Conn.
LINDA FALKENSTINE was named process improvement team manager for SimuFlite Training International. She will be responsible for improving the company's internal processing through the Six Sigma methods and tools. Falkenstine transferred to SimuFlite from GE Capital IT Solutions.
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8514 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.857(e)(4). Description of Relief Sought: To certify Learjet Model 25 series airplanes, which will be modified for cargo configuration with Class E compartments (an STC project), without meeting the requirements to exclude hazardous quantities of smoke, flames or noxious gases from the flight crew compartment.
NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION will hold its 28th Annual International Operators Conference March 26-29 at The Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina in Vancouver, Canada. The three-day program will include discussions on a variety of issues affecting international travel such as polar operations, GPS/INOTAMS, Customs, datalink, the International Civil Aviation Organization and medical issues and fatigue. For more information, contact NBAA at (202) 783-9000.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, the investigative arm of Congress, will study the potential "bow wave" of retirements and resulting labor shortage of aviation maintenance technicians. Acting at the request of James Oberstar (D-Minn.), ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, GAO will look at whether technicians will be training to the latest technologies and have the skills they need to work on the future generation of aircraft.
