AFS-15-034-E

Corrected Copy

This letter corrects the January 22, 2015, letter we sent granting your petition for 

Exemption No. 11152. Corrections were made to reflect changes to reflect the exemption is 

for Regional Airline Association member airlines and allow written confirmation of 

crewmember certificates on a temporary basis. Below is the amended Exemption No. 11152 

that includes the aforementioned changes. We have made the correction in our records as of 

April 3, 2015.

January 22, 2015

 Exemption No. 11152

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0818

Ms. Stacey Bechdolt

Senior Director, Safety and Technical Affairs

Regional Airline Association

2025 M Street, NW., Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036

Dear Ms. Bechdolt:

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 October 6, 2014, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Regional Airline Association (RAA) member airlines for an exemption from 

§§ 61.3(a), 61.3(c), and 121.383 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the 

extent necessary to allow air carriers to issue written confirmation of an FAA-issued 

crewmember certificate, on a temporary basis, to a flight crewmember employed by that air 

carrier based on information in the air carrier’s approved record system.
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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 RAA.

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. 5487 (copy enclosed), the FAA 

found that the proposed exemption was in the public interest and provided a level of safety 

equivalent to that provided by the affected regulation, subject to certain conditions and 

limitations.

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. 5487;

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 5487 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. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Regional Airlines Association member 

airlines an exemption from 14 CFR §§ 61.3(a), 61.3(c), and 121.383 to the extent necessary to 

allow air carriers to issue written confirmation of an FAA-issued crewmember certificate, on a 

temporary basis, to a flight crewmember employed by that air carrier based on information in 

the air carrier’s approved record system, subject to the conditions and limitations described 

below.

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 airmen or medical certificate required under §§ 61.3 and/or 63.3 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 assure 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 assure that a request for an official communication 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 
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a copy of the official communication to the air carrier within 24 hours of the receipt of 

that official communication.

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

of Exemption No. ‘XXXX’, 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.

This exemption terminates on January 31, 2017, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John Barbagallo

Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service

Enclosure