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Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Hall by email at:
Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940–
594–5913.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0009.
Title: Pilot Schools—FAR 141.
Form Numbers: 8420–8.
Type of Review: This is a renewal of
an existing information collection.
Background: The FAA is publishing
the final rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation
Training devices; Pilot Certification,
Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other
Provisions (RIN 2120–AK28; Docket No.
FAA–2016–6142). In that rule, the FAA
is amending § 141.5(d) to allow part 141
pilot schools that hold training course
approvals for special curricula courses
to renew their certificates based on their
students’ successful completion of an
end-of-course test for these FAA
approved courses. In that rule, the FAA
further adjusts the number of pilot
schools based on population changes,
and to account for the change in burden
associated with these new courses.
We estimate that of the 31 new
applications for pilot school certificates,
25% will have special curricula courses
that will need to be accounted for in the
passage rate required for issuance of a
certificate in § 141.5(d). Of the 291
applications for renewal of pilot school
certificates, approximately 25% would
include special curricula courses that
must now be accounted for in the
passage rate for renewal of a certificate
under § 141.5(d). We estimate that it
would take .1 hours to add this special
curricula course information to both
initial and renewal applications.
8 new applications at .1 hours each = .8
hours.
73 applications at .1 hours each (adding
special curr.) = 7.3 hours.
171.0 hours + 8.1 hours = 181.6 total
burden hours.
The FAA is also making a burden
adjustment to the number of pilot
schools, increasing the population from
546 pilot schools to 581 pilot schools.
Respondents: 581 Pilot schools.
Frequency: As needed for new
applications; Every 24 months for
renewals of existing pilot schools.
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Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 0.5 hours, + 0.1 hours for
special curriculum course information
(when applicable).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
31,639.6 total burden hours. 2,589.6
total annual reporting burden hours,
and 29,050 total annual recordkeeping
burden hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30,
2018.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records
Management Branch, ASP–110.
[FR Doc. 2018–12797 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Certification:
Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground
Instructors
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The revision of this
collection involves the logging of
training time in aviation training
devices under the provisions of current
regulations, and the logging of flight
time as a second in command (SIC)
under the provisions of current
regulations.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by August 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
at the following address: Barbara Hall,
Federal Aviation Administration, ASP–
110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
Worth, TX 76177.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
SUMMARY:
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comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Hall by email at:
Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940–
594–5913.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0021.
Title: Certification: Pilots and Flight
Instructors.
Form Numbers: 8710–1, 8710–13.
Type of Review: This is a revision of
an existing information collection.
Background: The FAA is publishing
the final rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation
Training devices; Pilot Certification,
Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other
Provisions (RIN 2120–AK28; Docket No.
FAA–2016–6142). In that rule, the FAA
is reducing the burden for instrument
currency requirements under § 61.57 for
those pilots that use aviation training
devices. Prior to that final rule,
§ 61.57(c)(3) required persons using an
aviation training device to establish
instrument experience to complete the
required tasks within the preceding 2
calendar months. Persons using an
aircraft, full flight simulator, flighttraining device, or a combination,
however, were required to establish
instrument experience within the
preceding 6 calendar months. 14 CFR
61.57(c)(1)–(2). The final rule amends
§ 61.57(c) to allow pilots to accomplish
instrument experience in aviation
training devices by performing the same
tasks required for flight simulation
training devices and aircraft, and at the
same 6-month interval allowed for flight
simulation training devices and aircraft.
The FAA estimates that, of the
102,811 active pilots with an instrument
rating, that approximately 50% are
maintaining currency. It is likely that
only 15% of those pilots (approximately
15,422 pilots) are using an aviation
training device exclusively to maintain
their instrument currency. For those
pilots, this change will reduce the
recordkeeping requirements of logging
time from 6 times a year to two times
a year, when logging instrument
currency exclusively in an aviation
training device. The FAA estimates this
burden reduction to be 6168.8 hours
annually.
Additionally, the final rule amends
§ 135.99 by adding paragraph (c) to
allow a certificate holder to receive
approval of a second in command (SIC)
professional development program (SIC
PDP) via operations specifications (Ops
Specs) to allow the certificate holder’s
pilots to log SIC time in operations
conducted under part 135 in an airplane
or operation that does not otherwise
require a SIC. Specifically, with this
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final rule, § 61.159(c) allows pilots to
log SIC time in part 135 operations in
a single engine turbine-powered
airplane or a multi-engine airplane that
otherwise does not require an SIC. This
will require the pilot to obtain a logbook
endorsement from the pilot in command
for each individual flight to log this time
as SIC. The FAA estimates that of the
76,957 Commercial Pilots with airplane
and instrument privileges that
approximately 10% (7,696) may actively
pursue a SIC position with a Part 135
operator that is approved for logging SIC
time as described for this provision. But,
because of the limited number of
operators (approximately 457 operators
as of September 28, 2017) that would
qualify or actually pursue this
authorization, the FAA estimates that
only 15% (1,154 pilots) might actually
become qualified annually to log SIC
time under this provision. This
additional record keeping requirement
will be reflected in Section 61.159,
Aeronautical experience. The FAA
estimates this SIC training program
burden increase is 1,154 hours annually.
Respondents: The total number of
respondents in the airman certification
program is estimated to be
approximately 25 percent of the
population of active certificated pilots
and instructors. Given a population of
825,000, the result is approximately
206,250 respondents providing data on
an annual basis. The total number of
applicants for a remote pilot certificate
with a small UAS rating is estimated to
be 39,229 annually.
Frequency: As needed.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: For the hour burdens
resulting from the application
requirements of the collection of
information other than remote pilots
with small UAS ratings, the FAA
estimates that forms are submitted for
these certificates and ratings at an
average preparation time of 15 minutes
(0.25 hrs) each. The average time
estimate of 0.25 hours assumes that
many individual applicants will submit
an 8710–1 form more than once for
various reasons, and that most of the
information provided on the form likely
will not have changed. For Part 107 we
estimate that an average of 39,229 forms
are submitted annually that require an
average preparation time of 0.25 hours
to complete.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
total number of annual responses for the
airman certification program is
estimated to be 1,196,653. The FAA
estimates the total reporting burden
hours to be 43,157 hours. The FAA
estimates the total recordkeeping
burden hours to be 282,329 hours. The
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FAA estimates the burden for the
collection of information to be 325,486
hours annually. This is a burden
reduction of 5,015 annual burden hours
from the currently approved
information collection.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30,
2018.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records
Management Branch, ASP–110.
[FR Doc. 2018–12796 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Revision to an Approval
of an Existing Information Collection:
Operating Requirements: Commuter
and On-Demand Operation
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The revision of this
collection involves the amendment of
current regulations, which allows a
certificate holder’s pilots to log secondin-command (SIC) time in operations
conducted under part 135 in an airplane
or operation that does not otherwise
require a SIC. This revision also
removes the burden for initial
certification under current regulations,
as that is already counted under ICR
2120–0593 (Part 119).
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by August 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
at the following address: Barbara Hall,
Federal Aviation Administration, ASP–
110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
Worth, TX 76177.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
SUMMARY:
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will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Hall by email at:
Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940–
594–5913.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0039.
Title: Operating Requirements:
Commuter and On-Demand Operation.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Type of Review: This is a revision of
an existing information collection.
Background: The FAA is publishing
the final rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation
Training devices; Pilot Certification,
Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other
Provisions (RIN 2120–AK28; Docket No.
FAA–2016–6142). In that rule, the FAA
is amending § 135.99 by adding
paragraph (c) to allow a certificate
holder to receive approval of a secondin-command (SIC) professional
development program (SIC PDP) via
operations specifications (Ops Specs) to
allow the certificate holder’s pilots to
log SIC time in operations conducted
under part 135 in an airplane or
operation that does not otherwise
require a SIC. As explained in the rule,
the FAA believes that a comprehensive
SIC PDP will provide opportunities for
beneficial flight experience that may not
otherwise exist and also provide
increased safety in operations for those
flights conducted in a multicrew
environment. The FAA is establishing
requirements in § 135.99(c) for
certificate holders, airplanes, and
flightcrew members during operations
conducted under an approved SIC PDP.
Those changes are reflected in this
information collection.
The FAA is also changing certain
logging requirements to enable the
logging of SIC time obtained under a SIC
PDP. Those changes are reflected in a
revision to information collection 2120–
0021.
Respondents: Operators who
currently possess an FAA approved PIC
or SIC training program could revise
and utilize those existing programs to
qualify their pilots seeking approval to
log SIC time. Those operators that do
not already possess an approved PIC/
SIC training program (that must include
crew resource management training)
would be required to submit a proposed
new SIC training program for FAA
approval. This would be amending an
existing part 119 certificate. As of
September 28, 2017 the FAA estimates
that there were approximately 457 part
135 operators with single engine
turbine-powered airplanes or
multiengine airplanes that would
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Certification:
Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information
collection. The revision of this collection involves the logging of
training time in aviation training devices under the provisions of
current regulations, and the logging of flight time as a second in
command (SIC) under the provisions of current regulations.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Barbara
Hall, Federal Aviation Administration, ASP-110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway,
Fort Worth, TX 76177.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for FAA's performance; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of
the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include
your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information
collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Hall by email at:
[email protected]; phone: 940-594-5913.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-0021.
Title: Certification: Pilots and Flight Instructors.
Form Numbers: 8710-1, 8710-13.
Type of Review: This is a revision of an existing information
collection.
Background: The FAA is publishing the final rule Regulatory Relief,
Aviation Training devices; Pilot Certification, Training, and Pilot
Schools; and Other Provisions (RIN 2120-AK28; Docket No. FAA-2016-
6142). In that rule, the FAA is reducing the burden for instrument
currency requirements under Sec. 61.57 for those pilots that use
aviation training devices. Prior to that final rule, Sec. 61.57(c)(3)
required persons using an aviation training device to establish
instrument experience to complete the required tasks within the
preceding 2 calendar months. Persons using an aircraft, full flight
simulator, flight-training device, or a combination, however, were
required to establish instrument experience within the preceding 6
calendar months. 14 CFR 61.57(c)(1)-(2). The final rule amends Sec.
61.57(c) to allow pilots to accomplish instrument experience in
aviation training devices by performing the same tasks required for
flight simulation training devices and aircraft, and at the same 6-
month interval allowed for flight simulation training devices and
aircraft.
The FAA estimates that, of the 102,811 active pilots with an
instrument rating, that approximately 50% are maintaining currency. It
is likely that only 15% of those pilots (approximately 15,422 pilots)
are using an aviation training device exclusively to maintain their
instrument currency. For those pilots, this change will reduce the
recordkeeping requirements of logging time from 6 times a year to two
times a year, when logging instrument currency exclusively in an
aviation training device. The FAA estimates this burden reduction to be
6168.8 hours annually.
Additionally, the final rule amends Sec. 135.99 by adding
paragraph (c) to allow a certificate holder to receive approval of a
second in command (SIC) professional development program (SIC PDP) via
operations specifications (Ops Specs) to allow the certificate holder's
pilots to log SIC time in operations conducted under part 135 in an
airplane or operation that does not otherwise require a SIC.
Specifically, with this
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final rule, Sec. 61.159(c) allows pilots to log SIC time in part 135
operations in a single engine turbine-powered airplane or a multi-
engine airplane that otherwise does not require an SIC. This will
require the pilot to obtain a logbook endorsement from the pilot in
command for each individual flight to log this time as SIC. The FAA
estimates that of the 76,957 Commercial Pilots with airplane and
instrument privileges that approximately 10% (7,696) may actively
pursue a SIC position with a Part 135 operator that is approved for
logging SIC time as described for this provision. But, because of the
limited number of operators (approximately 457 operators as of
September 28, 2017) that would qualify or actually pursue this
authorization, the FAA estimates that only 15% (1,154 pilots) might
actually become qualified annually to log SIC time under this
provision. This additional record keeping requirement will be reflected
in Section 61.159, Aeronautical experience. The FAA estimates this SIC
training program burden increase is 1,154 hours annually.
Respondents: The total number of respondents in the airman
certification program is estimated to be approximately 25 percent of
the population of active certificated pilots and instructors. Given a
population of 825,000, the result is approximately 206,250 respondents
providing data on an annual basis. The total number of applicants for a
remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating is estimated to be
39,229 annually.
Frequency: As needed.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: For the hour burdens
resulting from the application requirements of the collection of
information other than remote pilots with small UAS ratings, the FAA
estimates that forms are submitted for these certificates and ratings
at an average preparation time of 15 minutes (0.25 hrs) each. The
average time estimate of 0.25 hours assumes that many individual
applicants will submit an 8710-1 form more than once for various
reasons, and that most of the information provided on the form likely
will not have changed. For Part 107 we estimate that an average of
39,229 forms are submitted annually that require an average preparation
time of 0.25 hours to complete.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The total number of annual responses
for the airman certification program is estimated to be 1,196,653. The
FAA estimates the total reporting burden hours to be 43,157 hours. The
FAA estimates the total recordkeeping burden hours to be 282,329 hours.
The FAA estimates the burden for the collection of information to be
325,486 hours annually. This is a burden reduction of 5,015 annual
burden hours from the currently approved information collection.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2018.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy, and
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2018-12796 Filed 6-13-18; 8:45 am]
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