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- E December 10, 2012

Exemption No. 10669 Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2012

- 1101

Mr. Timothy V. Eri c kson

2800 Cantrell Road Air Transport International, Inc. Little Rock, AR 72202

Dear Mr. Eri c kson:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decis ion

By letter dated October 1 2 , 2012, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Air Transport International, Inc. (ATI), for an exemption from § 91.203 of

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). That exemption, if grant ed, would permit ATI temporary operation of U.S.

- registered aircraft in domestic airline operations without the registration and/or airworthiness certificates on board, following incidental loss or mutilation of the certificate of airworthiness or registra tion or both.

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

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

The FAA has issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption No s

. 5515 , as amended, now Exemption No. 10248 (cop ies enclosed), the FAA affirmed that a system where by missing aircraft registration certificates can be reissued within a maximum of 4 hours was, and is presently, in place at Aircraft Registry (AFS

- 750) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is2

possible, however, that air carriers operating in revenue service ma y be required to delay or cancel scheduled flights while awaiting certificate processing. An exemption that allows an aircraft to be operated for a specific time period, using an alternate method of documenting registration or airworthiness, will prevent such interruptions of service, thereby serving the public interest.

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that

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• they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 5515 , as amended, and Exemption No. 10248 ;

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 5515 , as amended, and Exemption No. 10248 also apply to the situation you present; and

• a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Air Transport International, Inc. , an exemption from

14 CFR § 91.203 to the extent necessary to permit temporary operat ion of U.S.

- registered aircraft in domestic airline operations without the registration and/or airworthiness certificates on board, following incidental loss or mutilation of the certificate of airworthiness or registration or both, subject to the conditio ns and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. ATI must: (1) develop a comprehensive program that provides for continued operation of the aircraft when the certificate of registration or airworthiness for such aircraft is lost, stolen, o r mutilated; (2) ensure that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate; and (3) provide for the temporary operation of the aircraft during the interim required to receive a replacement certificate from the FAA

and install it on th e affected aircraft. This program must be FAA

- approved and instructions for its use shall be included in the air carrier’s manual required by 14 CFR §§ 121.133 and 135.21.

2. The comprehensive program specified in paragraph 1 must contain:

a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate section of the aircraft logbook whenever this exemption is to be utilized:

“This aircraft is being operated without a certificate of registration (or airworthiness, as applicable) under the provision s of Exemption No. (INSERT EXEMPTION NO.) for a period of 3 working days, not including weekends or Federal Holidays, beginning:

Time:_____ Date:________ 200__”

The signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by paragraph (b) shall b e affixed to this statement.3

b. Identification of the designated person or persons, including job titles and responsibilities with the air carrier’s maintenance organization authorized to enter the statement outlined in paragraph 2a above and the method or me thods wherein the documents required under paragraph 4 will be transmitted to the

affected aircraft.

c. An arrangement whereby those persons within the ATI organization responsible for certificates of registration and airworthiness will maintain a

current rec ord of the data from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet which may be affected by this exemption. These data must be made readily available to that element within the air carrier’s maintenance organization identified in paragraph 2b a nd mus t be kept current at all times.

d. Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with responsibility for that air carrier is immediately notified of a missing or mutilated certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA for a

re placement certificate (in the case of an airworthiness certificate) or a duplicate certificate (in the case of a registration certificate).

3. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by ATI’s temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated registrat ion and/or airworthiness certificate which is current and in effect and only applies to U.S.

- registered aircraft listed in the air carrier’s FAA

approved operations specifications.

4. A copy of this exemption and a copy of the operations specifications author izing its use must be carried on board the aircraft when exercising the privileges of this exemption.

5. The privileges of this exemption may only be exercised when the affected flight operates totally within the 48 contiguous states of the United States, inc luding the

District of Columbia.

This exemption terminates on November 30, 2014, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Michael Zenkovich Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service

Enclosure s