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- E April 29, 2015

Exemption No. 7487M Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2000

- 8527

Mr. Clayton Guess Training Center Manager SimCom Training Centers

6989 Lee Vista Boulevar d Orlando, Florida 32822

Dear Mr. Guess :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 7487, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the conditions

and limitations.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated January 29, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of SimCom Training Centers (SimComTC) to extend Exemption No. 7487, as amended. That exemption, from §§ 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)( 1) and (2) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), allows SimComTC to train and check pilots (under its 14 CFR 142 training center certificate, V6IX042K) of certain Cessna Citation aircraft covered by the

CE

- 500 type rating to operate those airp lanes with a single pilot, rather than with two as required by their type certificate data sheets.

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for gr anting the original exemption.

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

in the Federal Register because the requested extension of the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this p etition would be detrimental to SimCo m TC.2

Our Decision

The FAA has amended the conditions and limitations of Exemption No. 7487, as amended, in order to clarify our original intent and standardize the relief with similarly granted exemptions. While the r elief does not change substantially, all users of the exemption should thoroughly review the revised conditions and limitations.

Condition/Limitation No. 8 has been amended to require an applicant seeking to obtain or renew a single

- pilot authorization un der this exemption to satisfactorily complete a proficiency check within 30 days rather than the initially required 10 days.

The FAA has deleted previous Condition / Limitation Nos. 17 and 18 as the y are redundant and not pertinent to SimComTC. This deletio n has resulted in previous Condition / Limitation Nos. 19, 20, 21, and 22 to become Condition / Limitation Nos. 17, 18, 19, and 20, respectively.

Condition / Limitation No. 2 1 was added to match similar granted exemptions and to ensure that pilots operating und er this exemption do so only in aircraft configured for operation by a single pilot seated in the left pilot seat.

Condition / Limitation No. 2 2 was also added to match similar granted exemptions and to ensure the approved training course authorized by thi s exemption may not be conducted under any business name other than SimCom Training Centers.

Lastly, we have added Condition / Limitation No. 2 3 which limits this exemption to operations within the United States. If SimComTC (or any pilot authorized for sin gle

- pilot operation by SimComTC) wishes to be able to operate under this exemption outside the United States, it must make a request to the FAA in accordance with requirements of 14 CFR § 11.83.

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuan ce and extension of Exemption No. 7487, as amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption and 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, I hereby grant SimCom Training Centers an exemption from 14 CFR §§ 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and (2) to allow it to train, test, and approve pilots (under its 14 CFR 142 training center certificate, V6IX042K) to operate certain

Cessna CE

- 500 series aircraf t without a pilot who is designated as SIC, subject to the following conditions and limitations.3

Conditions and Limitations

1. This exemption applies to pilots operating Cessna Citation model 500, 550, S550, 552, and 560 airplanes who have successfully co mpleted SimComTC’s approved single

pilot authorization course and complied with all of the terms of this exemption.

2. This exemption is effective for the conduct of the required training and checking only

if SimComTC’s CE

- 500 single

- pilot training program r eceives and maintains approval under part 142 from the FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) that has jurisdictional authority over the SimComTC’s part 142 training center certificate.

3. This exemption is effective only if it is listed in SimComTC’s t raining specifications, paragraph A005.

4. Any flight operated using the privileges of this exemption may be conducted under
part 91 only.

5. Each pilot conducting single

- pilot operations under the terms of this exemption

must

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a. Complete SimComTC’s FAA

- approve d part 142 CE

- 500 single

- pilot curriculum before conducting such operations;

b. Hold an airline transport pilot certificate with a CE

- 500 type rating or a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane instrument rating and CE

- 500 type rating before entering SimComTC’s part 142 CE

- 500 single

- pilot curriculum;

c. Have logged at least 1,000 hours of total pilot flight time, including at least 50 hours of night flight time; 75 hours of instrument flight time, 40 hours of which are in actual instrument meteorologica l conditions; and 500 hours as pilot in command (PIC), SIC, or both, in turbine

- powered airplanes;

d. Not perform any circling instrument approaches to minimums of less than 200 feet and 1 mile above the published minimums until after completing 100

hours of single

- pilot flight experience in CE

- 500 series airplanes;

e. Not perform any straight

- in instrument approaches to minimums of less than

100 feet and one

- half statute mile visibility above the published minimums until after completing 100 hours of single

- p ilot flight experience in CE

- 500 series airplanes;

f. Use a boom microphone; and4

g. Use a fully functioning autopilot that is controllable about three axes and capable of approach coupling.

6. The CE

- 500 single

- pilot initial authorization and authorization renew al curriculum

must include

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a. Ground instruction appropriate to the CE

- 500 airplane given by a SimComTC’s part 142 instructor (designated in accordance with SimComTC’s approved procedures) that covers at least the following aeronautical knowledge

areas:

i. S afe and efficient operation of airplanes;

ii. Weight and balance computations;

iii. Use of performance charts;

iv. Significance and effects of exceeding airplane performance limitations;

v. Principles and functions of airplane systems;

vi. Maneuvers, procedures, and emergency operations; and

vii. Night and high

- altitude operations.

b. Flight instruction appropriate to the CE

- 500 airplane given by a SimComTC’s part 142 instructor (designated in accordance with SimComTC’s approved procedures) that covers at least the following areas of operation:

i. Preflight preparation;

ii. Preflight inspection and procedures;

iii. Taxiing;

iv. Normal and crosswind takeoffs and departures;

v. In

- flight maneuvers including configuration changes, approaches to stalls, and steep turns;

vi. Simulated powerplant failure (actual powerplant failure if accomplished in a flight simulator);

vii. Instrument procedures;

viii. Precision and nonprecision approaches;

ix. Missed approaches;

x. Landings and approaches to landings;

xi. Normal and crosswind landings;

xii. Landing with a simulated powerplant failure (ac tual powerplant failure if accomplished in a flight simulator);

xiii. Normal and abnormal procedures;

xiv. Emergency procedures; and

xv. Post

- flight procedures.5

7. The instruction required in Condition No. 6b may be completed in an approved flight simulator, qualified as

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a. A Level A or B flight simulator, provided the applicant satisfactorily accomplishes as part of the training program the following in

- flight maneuvers and procedures as sole manipulator of the controls in a CE

- 500 series airplane:

i. Exterior preflight insp ection;

ii. Taxiing;

iii. Normal and crosswind takeoffs (minimum of three);

iv. Normal and crosswind approaches and landings (minimum of three);

v. Landing from a precision approach;

vi. Missed approach;

vii. Approach and landing with a simulated powerplant failure;

viii. Normal approa ch and landing;

ix. Landing from a circling approach; and

x. Landing from a no flap or nonstandard flap approach.

b. A Level C or D flight simulator provided the applicant has performed at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop as the sole manipulat or of the flight controls in the CE

- 500 series airplane within the preceding 90 days.

8. An applicant seeking to obtain or renew a single

- pilot authorization under this exemption must

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a. Satisfactorily complete SimComTC’s FAA

- approved part 142 single

- pilot

c urriculum;

b. Satisfactorily complete the curriculum’s required qualification module, consisting of a stand

- alone proficiency check in either a CE

- 500 series airplane, an appropriately qualified and approved flight simulator, or a combination thereof;

c. Satis factorily complete this proficiency check

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i. Within 30 days of completing the training; and

ii. Under the supervision of an appropriately rated FAA inspector training center evaluator (TCE) who is qualified and authorized to conduct either § 61.58 proficiency c hecks or type rating practical tests in CE

500 series flight simulators or airplanes, as appropriate.6

d. Satisfactorily complete all tasks listed in the Airline Transport Pilot and Aircraft Type Rating Practical Test Standards that are required for an initia l

CE

- 500 type rating; and

e. Satisfactorily perform all maneuvers and procedures as a single pilot during the entire proficiency check. Training to proficiency during the check is not permitted, and failure of any maneuver will result in failure of the profi ciency

check.

9. Until the circling approach task has been satisfactorily demonstrated in an airplane

or in a simulator qualified for the circling approach task to an FAA inspector or FAA

designated examiner

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a. The applicant’s records will be annotated with the statement, “Demonstration of circling approach was not accomplished”; and

b. The applicant must not perform circling approaches as the PIC when weather conditions are less than the weather minimums for basic visual flight rules.

10. The circling approach r equirement must be accomplished in an airplane or in a simulator that is qualified and approved in SimComTC’s training specifications for the circling approach task

11. A person who previously has received a single

- pilot authorization in a Cessna Citation

mod el 500, 550, S550, 552, or 560 airplane must complete SimComTC’s FAA

approved part 142 single

- pilot differences training course to obtain a single

- pilot

authorization for a different Cessna Citation model.

12. All flight training conducted in accordance with this exemption must be given by a flight instructor employed by SimComTC who also meets the requirements of

Condition / Limitation No s . 5(a), (b), and (c) of this exemption.

13. A person seeking to obtain a single

- pilot authorization must satisfactorily complet e ground and flight training through SimComTC’s FAA

- approved part 142 single

- pilot curriculum and must also receive training on the differences between the Cessna Citation model represented by the simulator used for training and checking and the

Cessna Cit ation model for which single

- pilot authorization is requested.

14. A single

- pilot authorization will be valid for 12 calendar months. A person who renews a single

- pilot authorization in the calendar month before or after the calendar

month in which it is due is considered to have renewed the single

- pilot authorization

when due.7

15. Successful completion of the proficiency check used in SimComTC’s FAA

- approved part 142 single

- pilot initial authorization and authorization renewal training program

identified in Cond ition /Limitation No. 8 satisfies the requirements of the PIC proficiency check required by 14 CFR § 61.58.

16. Each CE

- 500 series airplane operated under this exemption must have the following equipment installed and operational:

a. An autopilot with approach c oupling capability;

b. A flight director system;

c. A boom microphone; and

d. A transponder “ident” switch on the pilot’s control wheel.

17. Each person must carry a copy of this exemption and a record from SimComTC documenting compliance with its training and checkin g conditions aboard the airplane when he or she is operating under the terms of this exemption.

18. Upon request, SimComTC must provide any representative of the FAA Administrator with an analysis of training and checking operations conducted under this exemp tion with respect to program failure rates, extra training time required, accident and incident data, and any known problem areas.

19. SimComTC must maintain records and make them available, when requested, to any representative of the FAA Administrator. Thes e records must include all information required by § 142.73 and

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a. The dates of training enrollment and completion for each trainee who enrolls in a SimComTC single pilot curriculum;

b. The name and number of additional training hours needed by any person who requires more flight training than prescribed in the FAA

- approved curriculum in order to pass the initial authorization or authorization renewal;

c. The name of each pilot who failed to complete a Cessna CE

- 500 single pilot curriculum satisfactorily or with drew from the course and the reason(s) for withdrawal; and

d. The name, certificate number, and address of each person who is authorized to operate under this exemption.

20. No person may provide training nor may any person receive training while passengers

are aboard any aircraft operating for the purpose of meeting the training or checking requirements of this exemption.8

21. This exemption is valid only for aircraft configured for operation by a single pilot seated in the left pilot seat. The privileges of this e xemption are prohibited for any aircraft with the landing gear lever positioned anywhere to the right of the center of the

aircraft.

22. The approved training curriculum authorized by this exemption may not be conducted under any business name other than SimC om Training Centers.

23. This exemption is not valid for operations outside the United States.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 7487, as amended, to April 30,

2016 , unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

//s// John Barbagallo Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service

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