AFS-13-002-E

December 4, 2012

 Exemption No. 10664

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2012-1054

Mr. William Thomas

Director of Operations

Mondoil Enterprises, LLC

112 Charles A. Lindbergh Drive

Teterboro, NJ 07608

Dear Mr. Thomas:

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 September 27, 2012, submitted on your behalf by Jet Aviation Flight Services, 

you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for an exemption from part 91, 

Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 77 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow Mondoil to conduct 14 CFR part 91 flight

operations between points outside of Iraq and the Erbil International Airport (ORER). You 

state that the aircraft will transport key executives and others in the furtherance of the business 

interests of Mondoil and that Jet Aviation Flight Services will provide certain services on your 

behalf, such as pilots and security services.

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 Mondoil.

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 Nos. 10437 and 10590 (copies

enclosed), the FAA found that the circumstances presented by the petitioner justified a grant 

of exemption, the petitioner sufficiently showed that a grant of exemption would be in the 
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public interest, and a level of safety equivalent to that provided by the SFAR would be 

maintained.

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 Nos. 10437 and 10590;

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption Nos. 10437

and 10590 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. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator 

has delegated to me, I hereby grant Mondoil Enterprises, LLC an exemption from 

14 CFR part 91, SFAR 77 to the extent necessary to allow Mondoil to conduct part 91 

operations with aircraft N877A between points outside of Iraq and the Erbil International 

Airport (ORER), subject to the conditions and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations 

1. The operator must comply with the conditions and limitations set forth in Letter of 

Authorization A3201

.

2. All flights under this exemption will be conducted by U.S. certificated pilots 

employed by the operator who are current and qualified under the applicable 

requirements of 14 CFR.

3. The operator and the operator’s pilots will be responsible for flight planning and 

obtaining all necessary overflight permissions from the appropriate authorities of 

countries on the planned route.

4. A copy of this grant of exemption must be carried on all flights operated under this 

exemption. 

5. The operator, prior to conducting its first flight to Iraq under this exemption, must 

complete and submit to its flight standards district office the attached document, 

captioned “Waiver of Claims and Agreement to Indemnify and Hold Harmless the 

United States of America,” containing the operator’s agreement to release the U.S. 

Government from any and all claims and liabilities, as well as its agreement to 

indemnify the U.S. Government with respect to any third party claims and 

 

1 See also the interpretation of 14 CFR part 91, SFAR 77 published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2004 at 

69 FR 21953-21954.
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liabilities relating to any and all events arising from or related to operations 

authorized under this grant of exemption

This exemption is also extended to the airmen who will be exercising the privileges of their 

FAA airmen certificates in conducting the operations authorized under this exemption, but 

only to the extent necessary to conduct such operations. 

This exemption terminates on December 31, 2014, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan

Deputy Director, Flight Standards

 Service

Enclosures