AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ACADEMY, P.O. BOX 619617, DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT, TEXAS 75261-9617

September 23, 2011

U.S. Department of Transportation

Docket Operations

West Building Ground Floor

1200 New Jersey Ave. S.E.

Room W12-140

Washington, DC 20590

Sent to Web Site: http://www.regulations.gov/

SUBJECT: Petition for Extension Exemption No. 10,000; Docket No. FAA-2010-0055

Ladies/Gentlemen:

In accordance with the provisions of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)

Part 11, American Airlines, Inc. petitions for the renewal of Exemption No. 10,000, 

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2010-0055. Exemption No. 10,000 expires January 31, 

2012.

Exemption No. 10,000 was originally issued to American Airlines on January 28, 2010 

when previous Exemptions No. 8660 and 9570A were combined into one. Exemption 

10,000 provides relief from 14 CFR 121.619 by allowing American Airlines to dispatch 

aircraft to domestic airports without designating an alternate for the destination airport 

where for at least 1 hour before and 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival at the 

destination airport the appropriate weather reports or forecasts, or any combination of 

them, indicate the ceiling will be at least 1,000 feet above the airport elevation and 

visibility will be at least 3 statute miles for airports utilizing Category (CAT ) I 

authorizations or the visibility will be at least 2 statute miles for airports utilizing CAT II 

or CAT III authorizations. 

American Airlines seeks to renew Exemption No. 10,000, including the existing 

Conditions and Limitations, with no modifications. Justification for an extension of 

Exemption No. 10,000 is the same as for: the original Petition for Exemption No. 8660; 

dated October 20, 2005; original Petition for Exemption No. 9570 dated June 8, 2006, 

and amended Petition for Exemption No. 9570A dated February 7, 2008.

The conditions and circumstances with regard to public interest and safety which 

warranted the original exemptions continue to exist. Exemption 8660 had been in use at 

American Airlines since November 15, 2005; Exemption 9570 had been in use since 

September 11, 2008, and the combined Exemption 10,000 has been in use since 

January 28, 2010 with no known compromises of safety. During this period, American 

Airlines has operated 2092 flights under Exemption 8660; 2,046 flights under Exemption 
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No. 9570A and 3,364 flights under Exemption 10,000 with no weather diversions, no 

special ATC handling, and no declaration of minimum fuel or emergency fuel as a result 

of use of the exemption.

In accordance with the provisions of 14 CFR 11.27 (j)(3)(i), Exceptions of Publication of

Summary of Petition for Exemption, American Airlines requests that a finding of good

cause be made for waiving publication in the Federal Register. Since similar extensions

have been granted to other Part 121 Air Carriers, no precedents will be set by granting

the requested relief. Therefore, American requests that the publication and comment

period be waived.

A summary of this petition is attached as required by 14 CFR 11.25. Your consideration 

and approval of this request is appreciated. Please advise if you require additional

information in order to evaluate or act on this petition.

Sincerely,

OJ Treadway

Manager

Flight Operations Support

817-967-5157

oj.treadway@aa.com

One Attachment: Summary of Petition

cc: Captain Bob H. Johnson (American Airlines Managing Director Flight Operations)

Mr. Donald T. Braun (FAA Principal Operations Inspector American Airlines)
Docket FAA-2010-0055

Attachment

September 23, 2011

SUMMARY OF AMERICAN AIRLINES PETITION

Petitioner: American Airlines, Inc. (AAL)

Regulations Affected: 14 CFR 121.619

Description of Relief Sought: American Airlines requests an extension of Exemption 

No. 10,000 (Docket No. FAA-2010-0055),which is due 

to expire on January 31, 2012. This exemption provides 

relief from 14 CFR 121.619 by allowing American 

Airlines to dispatch aircraft to domestic airports without 

designating an alternate for the destination airport 

where for at least 1 hour before and 1 hour after the 

estimated time of arrival at the destination airport the 

appropriate weather reports or forecasts, or any 

combination of them, indicate the ceiling will be at least 

1,000 feet above the airport elevation and visibility will 

be at least 3 statute miles for airports utilizing Category 

(CAT I) authorizations or the visibility will be at least 2 

statute miles for airports utilizing CAT II or CAT III 

authorizations.