AFS-13-153-E 

February 14, 2013 

 Exemption No. 8252F 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2003-16809 

Mr. Bradley K. Clark 

Kalitta Charters, LLC 

843 Willow Run Airport 

Ypsilanti, MI 48198 

Dear Mr. Clark: 

This letter is to inform you that we have amended and extended Exemption No. 8252, as 

amended. 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 

On January 12, 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued Exemption No. 

8252E, as amended, to Kalitta Charters, LLC (Kalitta). That exemption from §§ 61.3(a)(1) 

and (c)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows Kalitta to issue 

company-provided facsimiles of pilot and medical certificates to its pilot crewmembers when 

those certificates are lost, destroyed, or misplaced. 

The FAA has issued several grants of exemption with relief similar to that in Exemption No. 

8252E. In those exemptions (beginning with Exemption No. 8700, issued on March 23, 2006) 

we decided that the public interest was served only when the relief was limited to scheduled 

air carrier operations. For that reason, in the conditions and limitations sections of those 

exemptions, we limited the relief to scheduled air carrier flights. 

The FAA has reconsidered the public interest position for this relief. We have concluded that 

the public interest is served, albeit to a lesser extent, for nonscheduled air carrier flights. We 

find it is no longer practical or appropriate to prohibit this relief for air carriers engaged in 

nonscheduled operations. We have therefore amended the conditions and limitations section 
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of this exemption to allow relief for scheduled and nonscheduled operations. The relief is still 

restricted for operations conducted under part 91 (including part 91, Subpart K). 

In this amendment, we are also extending the relief for an additional two years. 

Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 8252, 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. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator 

has delegated to me, I grant your petition, subject to the following conditions and limitations. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. A copy of this exemption must be carried onboard the aircraft whenever a Kalitta pilot 

flight crewmember operates a flight under this exemption. 

2. Before conducting operations under this exemption, Kalitta must develop, submit to, 

and have approved by its FAA principal operations inspector a plan outlining the 

procedures it expects to employ in issuing a temporary confirmation document to pilot 

flight crewmembers who do not have in their personal possession the pilot or medical 

certificate or photo identification required under the regulations for a particular flight. 

3. Kalitta’s procedures, as specified in condition No. 2, must include a method to ensure 

positive identification of the pilot flight crewmember when the pilot no longer has any 

identification. 

4. Each pilot flight crewmember who operates a flight under this exemption must comply 

with § 61.29(e) and ensure a request for a facsimile from the FAA confirming the 

applicable certificate is made within 72 hours of the initiation of any flight conducted 

under this exemption. Kalitta is authorized to make this application to the FAA on 

behalf of the pilot flight crewmember. The pilot flight crewmember must provide a 

copy of the facsimile to Kalitta within 24 hours of the receipt of that facsimile. 

5. The Kalitta confirmation document must include the written words, “Issued under the 

authority of Exemption No. 8252.” 

6. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised only when the affected pilot flight 

crewmember operates totally within the District of Columbia and the 48 contiguous 

States of the United States. The privileges of this exemption may not be exercised in 

Alaska or Hawaii. 
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7. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised for scheduled or nonscheduled air 

carrier flights operated under part 135. The privileges of this exemption may not be 

exercised for operations under part 91 (including part 91 Subpart K). 

The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 8252, as amended, to 

February 28, 2015, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John M. Allen 

Director, Flight Standards Service