AFS-13-334-E

May 23, 2013

 Exemption No. 10776 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2000-8525

Mr. Armando Cardenas

Flight Operations FAA Certification Manager

United Air Lines, Inc.

233 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

Dear Mr. Cardenas:

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 dated April 15, 2013, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of United Air Lines, Inc. (United), for an exemption from § 121.135(a)(3) of Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations to the extent necessary to allow United to use electronic digital 

technology to document the revision level in lieu of printing the last revision date on each 

page of each manual required under § 121.133. However, that exemption expired on April 30, 

2013. Therefore, we will treat your request as a new petition.

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 petition would be detrimental to United.

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. 6612, the FAA found that the 

grant of exemption was in the public interest and that the petitioner provided a level of safety 

equal to that provided by the rule from which an exemption was sought.
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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. 6612;

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 6612 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 United Airlines, Inc. an exemption from 14 CFR 

§ 121.135(a)(3) to the extent necessary to allow United to use electronic digital technology to 

document the revision level in lieu of printing the last revision date on each page of each 

manual required under § 121.133, subject to the conditions and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. The page numbers may be omitted from any data output; however, the organizational

format of the technical data must be retained.

2. The data output must employ appropriate references to the organizational format used

(e.g., chapters, sections, paragraphs).

3. The data output system must include a means to allow a user to determine the revision

status of the data output.

4. All printed data output must contain at least the following information:

a. The date the data output was printed;

b. The revision date of the data output; and

c. The title of the manual and the aircraft, component, or item to which the 

manual applies (e.g., Boeing 767, GE CF6-6, Sunstrand Constant Speed 

Drive).

The Effect of Our Decision

This exemption terminates on May 31, 2015, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan

Deputy Director, Flight Standards

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