AFS-10-346-E 

Aug 16 2010 

 Exemption No. 5560H 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2000-8180 

Mr. David Lotterer 

Vice President-Technical Services 

Regional Airline Association 

2025 M Street, NW. 

Washington, DC 20036 

Dear Mr. Lotterer: 

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption 

No. 5560, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the 

conditions and limitations. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter dated July 28, 2010, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Regional Airline Association (RAA) for an extension of Exemption No. 5560, as 

amended. That exemption from § 61.3(a) and (c) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

permits RAA member carriers to establish special procedures that enable an operator to issue 

to its flight crewmembers, on a temporary basis, confirmation of any required crewmember 

certificate based on information contained in the operator’s approved record system. 

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons 

relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption. 

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 RAA. 
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Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 5560, 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. Prior to utilizing any provision of this plan each air carrier must develop, submit to, 

and have approved by the FAA principal operations inspector assigned to that carrier a 

plan outlining the procedures it expects to employ in issuing a temporary confirmation 

document to crewmembers who do not have in their personal possession the airman or 

medical certificate required under the Federal Aviation Regulations for a particular 

flight. 

2. If the individual no longer has any identification, the carrier’s procedures, specified in 

Condition No. 1, must include a method to ensure positive identification of the 

individual. 

3. Each airman who operates a flight under this exemption must comply with §§ 61.29(c) 

and/or 63.16(d) and ensure that 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. The air carrier is authorized to make this application to the 

FAA on behalf of each applicable airman. The airman must provide a copy of the 

facsimile to the air carrier within 24 hours of the receipt of that facsimile. 

4. The carrier’s confirmation must include the written words “Issued under the authority 

of Exemption No. 5560, as amended.” 

5. The privileges of this exemption may only be exercised when the affected airman 

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

United States. 
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The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 5560, as amended, to 

November 30, 2012, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

All conditions and limitations of Exemption No. 5560, as amended, remain the same. This 

letter must be attached to, and is a part of, Exemption No. 5560. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John W. McGraw