AN ACR LTT PLT IN ALASKA RPTS CONFUSION WITH THE NEW AIRSPACE DESIGNATIONS AND SVFR OPS IN THE BET AREA. THERE WAS ALSO FUEL CONTAMINATION FROM SOME UNKNOWN SOURCE. THE RPTR'S BOSS WAS FLYING THE ACFT WITHOUT A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

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IN SUM: AN ALASKAN PLT RPTS SEVERAL PROBS: HE LET HIS BOSS FLY HIS LTT. THE BOSS HAS NO CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. HIS ACR FUEL SUPPLY MAY BE CONTAMINATED. HE MAY HAVE FLOWN INTO A CLASS 'E' EXTENSION OF CLASS 'D' AIRSPACE WITHOUT CLRNC. AN IFR ACFT COMING OUT OF THE CLASS 'D' AIRSPACE HAD LTSS WITH THE RPTR'S ACFT. THE RPTR'S ACFT WAS VFR; THE CLASS 'D' AIRSPACE WAS IMC. AN SVFR CLRNC IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN AT BEST. THE CTLING AGENCY IS PERFECTLY HAPPY TO LET ANY NUMBER OF ACFT MILL AROUND AT THE SAME ALT WITHOUT A PROPER CLRNC OR SEPARATION. THE NEAREST TELEPHONE TO ACFT AT Z13 IS 2 MI AWAY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS COUNSELED IN THE CALLBACK ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE FAA SAFETY HOT LINE. THE RPTR BELIEVES THAT THE FUEL CONTAMINATION PROB HAS BEEN SOLVED. THE ACFT IS CERTIFIED FOR ONE PLT OP; SO THAT ANYONE CAN SIT IN THE FO'S SEAT. THE RPTR AND THE ANALYST AGREE THAT THERE WAS NO AIRSPACE INCURSION AND THAT PROBABLY THE RPTR'S INTERP OF THE NEW AIRSPACE IS CORRECT -- ONE CAN FLY IN CLASS 'E' AIRSPACE THAT IS AN EXTENSION OF CLASS 'D' AIRSPACE WITHOUT TALKING TO THE CLASS 'D' AIRSPACE CTLING AUTH. THE RPTR HAS DEVELOPED 'CONTACT' APCH AGREEMENT WITH BET TWR FOR SHORT FLTS.