AFS-13-190-E

June 25, 2013

 Exemption No. 10806

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2012-0980

Mr. Norman D. Gage

Assistant Director of Operations

Kalitta Air, LLC

818 Willow Run Airport

Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Dear Mr. Gage:

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 January 29, 2013, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Kalitta Air, LLC for an exemption from § 61.39(b)(1)(i) of Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow Kalitta Air, LLC to permit a first officer 

with an expired Airline Transport Pilot Knowledge Test Report to take the Airline Pilot Practical 

Test provided the first officer is employed by Kalitta Air, LLC at the time the practical test is 

taken and has completed the FAA Training Program.

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 Kalitta Air, LLC.

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. 10556

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption 

 No. 10556 also apply to the situation you present; and 
2

• for the reasons stated in Grant of Exemption No. 10556 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 Kalitta Air, LLC an exemption from 

14 CFR § 61.39(b)(1)(i) to the extent necessary to allow Kalitta Air, LLC to permit a first officer 

with an expired Airline Transport Pilot Knowledge Test to take the Airline Pilot Practical Test 

provided the first officer is employed by Kalitta Air, LLC at the time the practical test is taken 

and has completed the FAA Training Program, subject to the conditions and limitations 

described below.

Conditions and Limitations 

1. SICs must meet the eligibility requirements for ATP certification in § 61.153, the 

applicable flight proficiency requirements in § 61.157, and the aeronautical experience 

requirements in § 61.159. 

2. SICs must successfully pass a proficiency check conducted by an Aircrew Program 

Designee for the air carrier, a Training Center Evaluator authorized to conduct ATP 

certification for the air carrier through a check pilot authorization, or an FAA inspector in 

accordance with the provisions of § 61.157(f) and § 61.71(b). Under an Advanced 

Qualification Program (AQP), SICs must meet the certification requirements identified in 

§ 121.919 as approved within the specific air carrier's AQP. 

3.The approved SIC training program must include training on any tasks and maneuvers 

required for ATP certification for which the SIC has not previously received flight 

training in new hire, initial, transition, or recurrent training, or, under AQP, 

Indoctrination, Qualification, or Continuing Qualification. 

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

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan

Deputy Director, Flight Standards 

Service

Enclosure