1 December 30, 2014

U.S. Department of Transportation Docket Operations, M-30 West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590

Dear Sir/Madam,

**RE: Docket No. FAA-2010-1128**

Endeavor Air Inc., (formerly Pinnacle Airlines) operating under the REXA257A certif icate petitions the Administrator for extension of Exemption 10184A (Doc ket FAA-2010-1128) in relief of 14 CFR 121.652.

Continued approval of this exemption will benefit the flyi ng public by improving reliability of air service for numerous communities served by Endeavor Air. In addition, safety will be enhanced by reducing the number of weather related diversions and their as sociated risk. The proposed conditions and limitations related to this request ar e attached for reference.

Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions concerning this proposal, you may contact me at 612-801-6331.

Sincerely,

David Wilson Director, Flight Operations Endeavor Air, Inc. 7500 Airline Drive | M.S. 01P Minneapolis, MN 55450-1101 www.EndeavorAir.com

## Endeavor Air Inc. ‐ Extension Request for Exemption 10184A (FAA

‐ 2010

‐ 1128)

1 

## Conditions and Limitations:

Endeavor Air Inc. proposes the following conditions and limitations in association with this proposal when operating under this exemption:

1. This exemption will apply to the CL-65 fleet.

2. Endeavor Air Inc. must maintain authority to operate under the provisions of OpSpec C059.

3. This exemption will only apply to Category I operations.

4. Endeavor Air Inc. will maintain a “Crew Pairing” pol icy which ensures either the PIC or SIC has at least 75 hours of line operating flight time as either the PIC or SIC in the appropriate seat, in the type aircraft being flown.

5. The PIC and SIC must be fully qualified for Category II operations.

6. The aircraft and associated airborne systems must be fully functional for Ca tegory II operations.

7. A coupled approach is used for the approach, to decision height or until initiation of a missed
approach.

8. The flight crew must use an appropriate Cat egory II instrument approach procedure.

9. Category I instrument approach procedures or landing s will not be initiated or completed when the weather conditions are below 4000 RVR (3/4 M ile Visibility) and if either the cross-wind component exceeds 15 knots or the braking action is reported as less than good.

10. Endeavor Air Inc. pilots who do not meet the 300 hour PIC requirement in turbojet airplanes to conduct Category II operations in accordance with approved operations specifications C59(d) may conduct Category II operations under the appr opriate provisions of this exemption provided

he or she has accumulated 300 hours as a pilot in a turbojet airplane.

## Endeavor Air Inc. ‐ Extension Request for Exemption 10184A (FAA

‐ 2010

‐ 1128)

2 

## Compliance Procedures:

**Condition 1:** This exemption will apply to the CL-65 fleet. This condition will be contained in the Flight Op erations Manual (FOM) under the Exemption 10184 heading.

**Condition 2:** Endeavor Air Inc. must maintain authority to operate under the provisions of OpSpec C059. This condition will be contained in the Flight Op erations Manual (FOM) under the Exemption 10184 heading

**Condition 3:** This exemption will only apply to Category I operations This condition will be contained in the Flight Op erations Manual (FOM) under the Exemption 10184 heading

**Condition 4:** Endeavor Air Inc. will maintain a crew pairi ng policy which ensures either the PIC or SIC has at least 75 hours of line operating flight time as either the PIC or SIC in the appropriate seat, in the type aircraft being flown Endeavor Air Inc. currently operates with a crew pai ring policy which meets the above requirement. This policy is located in section 5 of the FOM; a refere nce to this Exemption will be added to the FOM ensuring that if the crew pairing policy is not maintained, the Exemption will not be used

.

**Condition 5:** The PIC and SIC must be fully qualif ied for Category II operations This condition will be contained in the Flight Op erations Manual (FOM) under the Exemption 10184 heading.

**Condition 6:** The aircraft and associated airborne systems must be fully functional for Cat. II operations. This condition will be contained in the Flight Op erations Manual (FOM) under the Exemption 10184 heading and the Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL’s) in a ll affected aircraft will be updated to reflect this limitation.

**Condition 7:** A coupled approach is used for the approach, to decision height or until initiation of a missed approach. This condition will be contained in the Flight Op erations Manual (FOM) under the Exemption 10184 heading.

**Condition 8:** The flight crew must use an appropriate Ca tegory II instrument approach procedures. This condition will be contained in the Flight Op erations Manual (FOM) under the Exemption 10184 heading.

**Condition 9:** Category I instrument approac h procedures or landings will not be initiated or completed when the weather conditions are below 4000 RVR (3/4 Mile Visibility) and if either the cross-wind component exceeds 15 knots or the braki ng action is reported as less than good. This condition will be contained in the Flight Op erations Manual (FOM) under the Exemption 10184 heading.

**Condition 10:** Endeavor Air Inc. pilots who do not meet the 300 hour PIC requirement in turbojet airplanes to conduct Category II operations in ac cordance with approved operations specifications C059(d) may conduct Category II operations under the appropriate provisions of this exemption provided he or she has accumulated 300 hours as a pilot in a turbojet airplane. This condition will be contained in the Flight Op erations Manual (FOM) under the Exemption 10184 heading.