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1991 - February DOT Ord. & Dec. [1] (February, 1991)

handle is hein.usfed/dotod0420 and id is 1 raw text is: Order 91-2-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. Issued by the Department of Transportation on the 1st day of February, 1991 _________________SERERD FB 199 Application of SEA AIR SHUTTLE CORPORATION : Docket 47131 d/b/a VIRGIN ISLANDS SEAPLANE SHUTTLE for a fitness determination, a transfer of commuter air carrier authority, and an exemption : from the 45-day notice requirements of section 204.8 of the Department's regulations FINAL ORDER By Order 90-11-34, issued November 16, 1990, we directed all interested persons to show cause why we should not make final our tentative findings and conclusions that Sea Air Shuttle Corporation d/b/a Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle (VISS) is fit, willing, and able to provide service as a commuter air carrier and to receive in transfer the commuter air carrier authority issued to Virgin Islands Seaplane Shuttle, Inc. (Old VISS) by Order 82-5-20. Interested persons were given 15 days to file objections. On December 3, we received an objection to the order from Eastern Metro Express, a commuter air carrier based in St. Croix. Eastern Metro made two allegations: (1) that the aircraft to be operated by VISS (which had been acquired in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding of Old VISS and which had been severely damaged in Hurricane Hugo) had not been repaired in accordance with the manufacturer's engineering data and could not be considered airworthy; and (2) that on November 29 the Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) had rejected VISS's application to lease the seaplane facilities at Christiansted, St. Croix, and Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, which had been leased by Old VISS. Use of these facilities had been an integral part of the service plan on which VISS's fitness finding had been based. On December 4, we received an objection from Caribbean Airboats, Inc., to whom the VIPA awarded the right to negotiate a lease for the seaplane ramps. 1/ Caribbean Airboats pointed out that we conditioned VISS's effective authority upon our having received 1/ Caribbean Airboats holds no authority as an air carrier, nor has it filed an application with the Department for commuter air carrier authority.

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