AFS-15-2050-E 

August 13, 2015 

 Exemption No. 12476 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-1818 

Mr. John Sell 

Director of Operations 

Flexjet, LLC 

26180 Curtiss-Wright Parkway 

Cleveland, OH 44143 

Dear Mr. Sell: 

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 Decision 

By letter posted to the Docket on May 28, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) on behalf of Flexjet, LLC (Flexjet), Certificate No. J7SA, and 

Certificate No. LXJK for an exemption from §§ 91.203(a) and (b) and 47.49 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow Flexjet to temporarily 

operate U.S.-registered aircraft in domestic operations without the registration or 

airworthiness certificates on board. 

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 Flexjet. 

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. 8662, as amended (copy 

enclosed), the FAA found that operating the aircraft temporarily without the registration or 
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airworthiness certificate on board would not affect safety, and there is an equivalent level of 

safety provided in this exemption. 

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

 they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed Grant 

of Exemption No. 8662, as amended; 

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 8662, as 

amended, 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. 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Flexjet, LLC an exemption from 

14 CFR §§ 91.203(a) and (b) and 47.49 to allow Flexjet to temporarily operate U.S. registered 

aircraft in domestic operations without the registration or airworthiness certificates on board,

subject to the conditions and limitations described below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. Flexjet must apply for and receive from the FAA Flight Standards District Office 

(FSDO) responsible for its air carrier certificate an amendment to its operations 

specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption. 

2. Flexjet must develop a comprehensive program that provides for continued operation 

of its aircraft through use of an appropriate entry in the aircraft logbook when the 

airworthiness certificate or registration certificate is lost, stolen, or mutilated; ensures 

that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate; and provides 

for the temporary operation of the aircraft during the interim required to receive a 

replacement certificate from the FAA and install it on the affected aircraft. This 

program must be FAA-approved, and instructions for its use shall be included in 

Flexjet’s air carrier manual as required by 14 CFR §§ 135.23 and 91.1025. 

3. The comprehensive program specified in Condition/Limitation No. 2 above will 

contain: 

(a) A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate 

section of the aircraft logbook whenever this exemption is to be used: 

“This aircraft is being operated without a certificate of registration (or 

airworthiness, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption No. 12476 for 

a period of 3 working days, not including weekends or Federal holidays, 

following the start of the next business day, beginning: 

TIME: _____ DATE:_____ 20__” 

The signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by 

paragraph shall be affixed to this statement; 
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(b) An identification of the designated person(s) within Flexjet’s maintenance 

organization authorized to enter the statement outlined in in 

Condition/Limitation No. 3(a) and the method or methods wherein the 

documents required under in Condition/Limitation No. 5 below will be 

transmitted to the affected aircraft; 

(c) An arrangement whereby those persons within Flexjet’s organization 

responsible for certificates of airworthiness and registration would maintain a 

current record of the data from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet 

that may be affected by the exemption. These data must be made readily 

available to that element within Flexjet’s maintenance organization identified 

in in Condition/Limitation No. 3(b) and must be kept current at all times; 

(d) Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with 

responsibility for Flexjet would be immediately notified of a missing or 

mutilated certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA for a 

replacement certificate (in the case of an airworthiness certificate) or a 

duplicate certificate (in the case of a registration certificate); and 

(e) Procedures that would describe specific duties and responsibilities by job title. 

4. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by Flexjet only for temporary 

replacement of a missing or mutilated certificate that is current and in effect and 

would only apply to U.S.-registered aircraft listed in Flexjet’s FAA-approved 

operations specifications. 

5. A copy of the grant of exemption and a copy of the operations specifications and 

management specifications authorizing its use would be carried on board the aircraft 

when exercising the privileges of the exemption. 
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6. The privileges of the exemption would only be exercised when the affected aircraft is 

operated totally within the contiguous 48 States of the United States. 

This exemption terminates on August 31, 2017, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

//s// 

John Barbagallo 

Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service 

Enclosure 

Exemption No. 8662