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August 30, 2016

Exemption No. 9918 C Regulatory Docket No. FAA

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Mr. Randy Bratcher Director of Flight Operations GoJet Airlines, LLC

11495 Navaid Road

, Suite 377 Bridgeton, MO 63044

Dear Mr. Bratcher :

This letter is to inform you th at we have granted yo ur petition to extend Exemption

No. 9918 , as amended

. It is also to inform you that we have revised the conditions and limitations of your exemption. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and

lists the conditions and limitations

.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated June 27, 2016

, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on

behalf of GoJet Airlines, LLC (Go Jet), for an extension of Exemption No. 9918 , as amended

. That exemption from § 121.434(c)(1)(ii) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)

allows GoJet to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman or aircrew program designee for an FAA i nspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command (PIC) who is completing initial or upgrade training specified in § 121.424 during at least one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing.

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no chang e in the conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption. In response to a request for clarification from the FAA dated August 12, 2016, GoJet confirmed

that it does not wish to use the exemption outside of the United States. The FAA has added a limitation to clarify that the privileges of this exemption may only be exercised when the affected flight is an in ter state operation that does not involve flight through international airspace or operates totally within the 48 contiguous states of the United States including the

District of Columbia.2

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition

in the Federal Register because the requested exemption w ould not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to GoJet.

Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 9918 , as amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption an d is in the public interest. Therefore, under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, GoJet Airl ines is granted an extension to its exemption

from § 121.434(c)(1)(ii) to substitute a qu alified and authorized check airman or aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command (PIC) who is completing initial or upgrade training specified in § 121.424 during at least one flight leg

that includes a takeoff and a landing , subject to the conditions and limitations listed below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. A GoJet check airman or aircrew program designee may conduct a PIC observation in place of an FAA inspector when

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a. The Administrator preapproves that substit ution for each observation of a qualifying PIC candidate, thus reserving first right of refusal to the FAA in each case. GoJet, therefore, must contact an appropriate FAA office, in each instance, before substituting that check airman or aircrew program d esignee;

b. The qualifying PIC candidate has completed no less than 10 hours of supervised operating experience (OE) and accomplished no fewer than two takeoffs and landings; and

c. The qualifying PIC candidate is performing PIC duties during a complete flight

l eg, including flightdeck preparation, before starting engines checklist, taxi, takeoff, all other flight phases, landing, taxi, and securing checklist.

2. Each GoJet check airman or aircrew program designee conducting a PIC observation in place of an FAA ins pector must

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a. Be approved by the Administrator to conduct the observation;

b. Have served as a check airman or aircrew program designee for GoJet for no less than 6 months;

c. Not supervise the OE or conduct the initial line check for the qualifying PIC

candidat e being observed ; and

d. Conduct the observation from the observer seat only (i.e. not a required flightcrew member seat).3

3. GoJet must maintain student, check airman, and aircrew program designee records that demonstrate compliance with the conditions and l imitations of this exemption.

4. The privileges of this exemption may only be exercised when the affected flight is an

int er state operation that does not involve flight through international airspace or operates totally within the 48 contiguous states of the United States including the

District of Columbia.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 9918 to August 31, 201 9 unless sooner superseded or rescinded

.

Sincerely

/s/

John S. Duncan Director, Flight Standards Service4