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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aleta Best, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Aviation and International
Affairs, Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590, (202) 493–0797.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Disclosure of Change-of-Gauge
Services.
OMB Control Number: 2105–0538.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2008.
Type of Request: Extension of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: Change-of-gauge service is
scheduled passenger air transportation
for which the operating carrier uses one
single flight number even though
passengers do not travel in the same
aircraft from origin to destination but
must change planes at an intermediate
stop. In addition to one-flight-to-oneflight change-of-gauge services, changeof-gauge services can also involve
aircraft changes between multiple
flights on one side of the change point
and one single flight on the other side.
As with one-for-one change-of-gauge
services, the carrier assigns a single
flight number for the passenger’s entire
itinerary even though the passenger
changes planes, but in addition, the
single flight to or from the exchange
point itself has multiple numbers, one
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for each segment with which it connects
and one for the local market in which
it operates.
The Department recognizes various
public benefits that can flow from
change-of-gauge services, such as a
lowered likelihood of missed
connections. However, although changeof-gauge flights can offer valuable
consumer benefits, they can be
confusing and misleading unless
consumers are given reasonable and
timely notice that they will be required
to change planes during their journey.
Section 41712 of Title 49 of the U.S.
code authorizes the Department to
decide if a U.S. air carrier or foreign air
carrier or ticket agent (including travel
agents) has engaged in unfair or
deceptive practices. Under this
authority, the Department has adopted
various regulations and policies to
prevent unfair or deceptive practices or
unfair methods of competition. The
Department requires as a matter of
policy that customers be given notice of
aircraft changes for change-of-gauge
flights. (See Department Order 89–1–31,
page 5.) The Department proposed to
adopt the extant regulations, however,
because it was not convinced that these
rules and policies resulted in effective
disclosure all of the time.
Respondents: All U.S. air carriers,
foreign air carriers, computer
reservations systems (CRSs), and travel
agents doing business in the United
States, and the traveling public.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
Annual reporting burden for this data
collection is estimated at 113,644 hours
for all travel agents and airline ticket
agents and 113,644 hours for air
travelers, based on 15 seconds per
phone call and an average of 1.5 phone
calls per trip, for the approximately
33% of change-of-gauge itineraries that
involve personal contact. Most of this
data collection (third party notification)
is accomplished through highly
automated computerized systems.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16,000, excluding travelers.
Estimated Time per Response: At 15
seconds per call and an average of 1.5
calls per trip, a total of 22.5 seconds per
respondent or traveler, for the
approximately 33% of change-of-gauge
itineraries that involve personal contact.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
this collection of information (third
party notification) is necessary for the
proper performance of the agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
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(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including through the use
of automated techniques or other forms
of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Todd M. Homan,
Director, Office of Aviation Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Research, Engineering and
Development Advisory Committee
Pursuant to section 10(A)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public
Law 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is
hereby given of a meeting of the FAA
Research, Engineering and Development
(R, E&D) Advisory Committee.
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
Name: Research, Engineering &
Development Advisory Committee.
Time and Date: September 24, 2008—
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW.—Round Room (10th
Floor), Washington, DC 20591
Purpose: The meeting agenda will
include receiving from the Committee
guidance for FAA’s research and
development investments in the areas of
air traffic services, airports, aircraft
safety, human factors and environment
and energy. Attendance is open to the
interested public but seating is limited.
Persons wishing to attend the meeting
or obtain information should contact
Gloria Dunderman at (202) 267–8937 or
gloria.dundermanfaa.gov. Attendees
will have to present picture ID at the
security desk and be escorted to the
Round Room.
Members of the public may present a
written statement to the Committee at
any time.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 22,
2008.
Barry Scott,
Director, Research & Technology
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee
Pursuant to section 10(A)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Public Law 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the FAA Research, Engineering and Development (R, E&D)
Advisory Committee.
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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Name: Research, Engineering & Development Advisory Committee.
Time and Date: September 24, 2008--9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue,
SW.--Round Room (10th Floor), Washington, DC 20591
Purpose: The meeting agenda will include receiving from the
Committee guidance for FAA's research and development investments in
the areas of air traffic services, airports, aircraft safety, human
factors and environment and energy. Attendance is open to the
interested public but seating is limited. Persons wishing to attend the
meeting or obtain information should contact Gloria Dunderman at (202)
267-8937 or gloria.dundermanfaa.gov. Attendees will have to present
picture ID at the security desk and be escorted to the Round Room.
Members of the public may present a written statement to the
Committee at any time.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2008.
Barry Scott,
Director, Research & Technology Development.
[FR Doc. E8-20314 Filed 9-2-08; 8:45 am]
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