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- E February 28, 2013

Exemption No. 10 20 9A Regulatory Docket No. FAA

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Mr. William Gant Training Center Manager SimCom International , Inc. 7860 East McClain Drive , Suite 1 Scottsdale, A Z 85260

Dear Mr. Gant :

This letter is to inform you that we have g ranted your petition to extend Exemption No. 10 20 9

. It expl ains the basis for our decision, des cribes its effect, and lists revised conditions and limitations.

The Basis for Our Decision By letter s dated September 4, 2012 and November 5 , 201 2 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Adm inistration (FAA) on behalf of SimCom International, Inc. , air agency certificate number Q8PX038K ( SimCom International ) , fo r an extension of Exemption No. 10 20 9

. That exemption from §§ 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1 ) and (2) of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations ( 14 C FR ) permit s SimCom International to train and check pilots of certain Cessna Citation airplanes covered by the CE

- 500 type rating to operate those airplanes with a single pilot , rather than with two as required by their type certificate data sheets

. 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 beca use the requested extension of the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to SimCom Inte rnational

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Our Decision On August 31, 2011, the FAA published “ Pilot in Command Proficiency Check and Other Changes to the Pilot and Pilot School Certification Rules ” final rule in the Federal Register (76 FR 54095) (copy enclosed) , which amended 14 CFR § 61.58. Section 61.58 now requires a pilot

- in

- command (PIC) proficiency check for the type of aircraft identified in your petition for exemption . The training outlined in th e conditions and limit ation s section of this exemption requires an end

- of

- course ch eck as part of the FAA

- approved part 142 course. That check meets the requirements for the “proficiency check conducted by a person authorized by the Administrator, consisting of the aeronautical knowledge areas, areas of operations, and tasks required for a type rating, in an air craft that is “... turbojet

- powered... ” To that end, the FAA has added text that states, “ Successful completion of the pr oficiency check used in the FAA

- approved part 142 single

- pilot initial authorization and authorization renewal trai ning program identifi ed in Condition and Limitation No. 6 satisfies the requirements of PIC proficiency check required by § 61.58. ”

The FAA has also amended the following conditions and limit ation s to match other similar exemptions. While the relief grant ed does not change substantially, please review the new text because some of the conditions and limit ation s have been modified and new conditions have been added

. The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10 20 9 remai ns 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 delegat ed to me, I grant your petition, subject to the following revised conditions and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. This exemption applies to pilots operating Cessna Citation model 500, 550, S550, 552, and 560 airplanes who ha ve successfully completed SimCom International’s approved single

- pilot authorization course and comp lied with all of the terms of this exemption.

2. This exemption is effective for the conduct of the required training and checking only if SimCom International ’s single

- pilot training program receives and maintains approval under part 142 from the FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) that has jurisdictional authority over SimCom International ’s part 142 training center certificate.

3. This exemption is effective only if it is listed in SimCom International ’s training specifications, paragraph A005.

4. This ex emption applies to only operations conducted under part 91.3
5. Each pilot conducting single

- pilot operations under the terms of this exemption must

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a. Successfully c omplete SimCom International ’s FAA

- approved part 142 CE

500 single

- pilot curriculum before condu cting such operations;

b. Hold an airline transport pilot certificate with a CE

- 500 type rating or a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane instrument rating and CE

- 500 type rating before entering SimCom International ’s part 142 CE

- 500 single

- pilot
curriculum;

c. Have logged at least 1,000 hours of total pilot flight time, including at least 50 hours of night flight time; 75 hours of instrument flight time, 40 hours of which are in actual instrument meteorological conditions; and 500 hours as pilot in comm and (PIC), SIC, or both, in turbine

- powered airplanes;

d. Not perform any circling instrument approaches to minimums of less than 200 feet and 1 mile above the published minimums until after completing 100 hours of single

- pilot flight experience in CE

- 500 ser ies airplanes;

e. Not perform any straight

- in instrument approaches to minimums of less than 100 feet and one

- half statute mile visibility above the published minimums until after completing 100 hours of single

- pilot flight experience in CE

- 500 series airpla nes; f. Use a boom microphone; and
g. Use a fully functioning autopilot that is controllable about three axes and capable of approach coupling.

6. The CE

- 500 single

- pilot initial authorization and authorization renewal curriculum must include

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a. Ground instruction a ppropriate to the CE

- 500 airplane given by a SimCom International part 142 instructor (designated in accordance with SimCom International ’s approved procedures) that covers at least the following aeronautical knowledge areas:

i. Safe and efficient operation o f airplanes;

ii. Weight and balance computations;

iii. Use of performance charts;

iv. Significance and effects of exceeding airplane performance limitations;4

v. Principles and functions of airplane systems;

vi. Maneuvers, procedures, and emergency operations; and

vii. Night and hi gh

- altitude operations.

b. Flight instruction appropriate to the CE

- 500 airplane given by a SimCom International part 142 instructor (designated in accordance with SimCom International ’s approved procedures) that covers at least the following areas of operati on:
i. Preflight preparation;

ii. Preflight inspection and procedures;

iii. Taxiing;

iv. Normal and crosswind takeoffs and departures;

v. In

- flight maneuvers including configuration changes, approaches to stalls, and steep turns;

vi. Simulated powerplant failure (actual powerpla nt failure if accomplished in a flight simulator);

vii. Instrument procedures;

viii. Precision and nonprecision approaches;

ix. Missed approaches;

x. Landings and approaches to landings;

xi. Normal and crosswind landings;

xii. Landing with a simulated powerplant failure (actual powe rplant failure if accomplished in a flight simulator);

xiii. Normal and abnormal procedures;

xiv. Emergency procedures; and

xv. Post

- flight procedures.5

7. The instruction required in Condition No. 6b may be completed in an approved flight simulator, qualified as

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a. A Level A or B flight simulator, provided the applicant satisfactorily accomplishes as part of the training program the following in

- flight maneuvers and procedures as sole manipulator of the controls in a CE

- 500 series airplane:

i. Exterior preflight inspection;

ii. Ta xiing;

iii. Normal and crosswind takeoffs (minimum of three);

iv. Normal and crosswind approaches and landings (minimum of three);

v. Landing from a precision approach;

vi. Missed approach

vii. Approach and landing with a simulated powerplant failure;

viii. Landing from a circling a pproach; and

ix. Landing from a no flap or nonstandard flap approach.

b. A Level C or D flight simulator provided the applicant has performed at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop as the sole manipulator of the flight controls in the CE

- 500 series airplane within the preceding 90 days.

8. An applicant seeking to obtain or renew a single

- pilot authorization under this exemption must

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a. Satisfactorily complete SimCom International ’s FAA

- approved part 142 single

- pilot curriculum;

b. Satisfactorily com plete the curriculum’s required qualification module, consisting of a stand

- alone proficiency check in either a CE

- 500 series airplane, an appropriately qualified and approved flight simulator, or a combination thereof;

c. Satisfactorily complete this profici ency check:

i. Within 10 days of completing the training; and

ii. Under the supervision of an appropriately rated FAA inspector or SimCom International Training Center Evaluator (TCE) who is qualified6 and authorized to conduct either § 61.58 proficiency checks or type rating practical tests in CE

- 500 series flight simulators or airplanes, as appropriate.

d. Satisfactorily complete all tasks listed in the Airline Transport Pilot and Aircraft Type Rating Practical Test Standards that are required for an initial CE

- 500 type rating; and

e. Satisfactorily perform all maneuvers and procedures as a single pilot during the entire proficiency check. Training to proficiency during the check is not permitted, and failure of any maneuver shall result in failure of the proficiency ch eck.

9. The circling approach requirement must be accomplished in an airplane or in a simulator that is qualified and approved in SimCom International ’s training specifications for the circling approach task.

10. Until the circling approach task has been satisfac torily demonstrated to an FAA inspector or FAA

- designated examiner in an airplane or in a simulator that is qualified and approved for the circling approach task

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a. The applicant’s records will be annotated with the statement, “Demonstration of circling app roach was not accomplished;” and

b. The applicant must not perform circling approaches as the PIC when weather conditions are less than the weather minimums for visual flight rules.

11. A person who previously has received a single

- pilot authorization in a Cessna Citation model 500, 550, S550, 552, or 560 airplane must complete SimCom International ’s FAA

- approved part 142 single

- pilot differences training course to obtain a single

- pilot authorization for a different Cessna Citation model.

12. All flight training condu cted in accordance with this exemption must be given by a flight instructor employed by SimCom International who also meets the requirements of C ondition and L imitation No. 6 of this exemption.

13. A person seeking to obtain a single

- pilot authorization must s atisfactorily complete all ground and flight required by SimCom International ’s FAA

- approved part 142 single

pilot curriculum and must also receive training on the differences between the Cessna Citation model represented by the simulator used for training and checking and the Cessna Citation model for which single

- pilot authorization is requested.

14. A single

- pilot authorization will be valid for 12 calendar months. A person who renews a single

- pilot authorization in the calendar month before or after the cal endar7 month in which it is due is considered to have renewed the single

- pilot authorization when due. 15. Successful completion of the p roficiency check used in SimCom International’s FAA

approved part 142 single

- pilot initial authorization and authorization r enewal curriculum identified in Condition No. 6 satisfies the requirements of the PIC proficiency check required by 14 CFR § 61.58. 16. Each CE

- 500 series airplane operated under this exemption must have the following equipment installed and operational:

a. An au topilot with approach coupling capability ;
b. A flight director system;

c. A boom microphone; and

d. A transponder “ident” switch on the pilot’s control wheel.

17. SimCom International must provide a copy of this exemption to each person who is authorized to operate un der this exemption.

18. No operator may transfer this exemption when or if ownership or lease of the airplane is relinquished.

19. Each person must carry a copy of this exemption and a record from SimCom International documenting compliance with its training and c hecking conditions on board the airplane when he or she is operating under the terms of the exemption.

20. Upon request, SimCom International must provide any representative of the FAA Administrator with an analysis of training and checking operations conducte d under this exemption with respect to program failure rates, extra training time required, accident and incident data, and any known problem areas. 21. SimCom International must maintain records and make them available, when requested, to any representative o f the FAA Administrator. These records must include all information required by § 142.73 and

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a. The dates of training enrollment and completion for each trainee who enrolls in
a SimCom International Cessna single pilot curriculum ; b. The trainee name and numbe r of additional training hours needed by any trainee who require s more flight training than prescribed in the FAA

- approved curriculum in order to pass the initial authorization or authorization renewal;

c. The name of each trainee who failed to complete a Ces sna single pilot curriculum satisfactorily or who withdrew from a curriculum along with the
reason ( s ) for withdrawal; and8
d. The name, certificate number, and address of each person who is authorized to operate under this exemption.

22. No person may provide trai ning nor may any person receive training while passengers are aboard any aircraft operating for the purpose of meeting the training or checking requirements of this exemption.

The Effect of Our Decision Our decision extends the termination date of Exempti on No. 10 20 9 , as amended, to February 28, 2015 , unless s ooner superseded or rescinded.
Sincerely,

/s/ John S. Duncan Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service