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- 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 Wacke r 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 ex empt ion from § 121.135(a)(3) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations to th e 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 . The refore, 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 de lay 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.2

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

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• they are similar in all m aterial 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 pu blic 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 exemp tion 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 da ta 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 ma n ual 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 re scinded

.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Deputy Director, Flight Standards

Service