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- E April 26, 2013

Exemption No. 10248 A Regulatory Docket No. FAA

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Ms. Stacey Bechdolt, Esq. Director, Safety and Technical Affairs Regional Airline Assoc iation 2025 M Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036

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Dear Ms. Bechdolt :

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

No. 102 4 8

. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the conditions

and limitations

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The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated March 8 , 201 3 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Regional Airline Association (RAA ) for an extension of Exemption No. 10248

. That exempti on from § 91.203 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows

RAA

- member airlines to temporarily operate certain U.S.

- registered aircraft in domestic airline operations without the airworthiness certificate or certificate of aircraft registrati on, or both, onboard the aircraft.

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 reques ted extension of the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be det rimental to RAA

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Our Decision

The FAA has d etermined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10248 remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefore, under the authority provide d by 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has

dele gat ed to me, I grant your petition, subject to the conditions and limitations listed below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Each RAA member wanting to use this exemption must apply for and receive from the FAA district office responsible for its air carrier ce rtificate an amendment to its operations specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption.

2. Each RAA member airline using the provisions of this exemption must:

a. D evelop a comprehensive program that provides for continued operat ion of the aircraft when the certificate of registration or airworthiness for such aircraft is lost, stolen, or mutilated;

b. E nsure that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate;

and

c. P rovide for the temporary operation of the air craft during the interim required to receive a replacement certificate from the FAA and install it on the affected aircraft. This program must be FAA

- approved and instructions for its use shall be included in the air carrier’s manual required by 14 CFR §§ 121.133 and

135.21.

3. The comprehensive program specified in paragraph 2 must contain:

a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate section of the aircraft logbook whenever this exemption is to be utilized:

“This aircraft is b eing operated without a certificate of registration (or airworthiness, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption

No. 10248 for a period of 3 working days, not including weekends or Federal Holidays, beginning:

Time:_____ Date:________ 20___”

The signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by paragraph (b) shall be affixed to this statement.

b. Identification of the designated person or persons including job titles and responsibilities with the air carrier’s maintenance o rganization authorized to enter the statement outlined in paragraph 3a above, and the method or methods, wherein the documents required under paragraph 5 will be transmitted to the

affected aircraft.3

c. An arrangement whereby those persons within the air carr ier’s organization responsible for certificates of registration and airworthiness will maintain a

current record of the data from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet which may be affected by this exemption. This data must be made readily

av ailable to that element within the air carrier’s maintenance organization identified in paragraph 3b and must be kept current at all times.

d. Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with responsibility for that air carrier is immedi ately notified of a missing or mutilated certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate (in the case of an airworthiness certificate) or a duplicate certificate (in the case of a registration certificate).

4. The pri vileges of this exemption may be exercised by an RAA member airline for temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated registration and/or airworthiness certificate which is current and in effect and only applies to U.S.

- registered aircraft

listed in the air carrier’s FAA

- approved operations specifications.

5. A copy of this exemption and a copy of the operations specifications authorizing its use must be carried on board the aircraft when exercising the privileges of this exemption.

6. The privileges of this exemption may only be exercised when the affected flight is an intrastate operation that does not involve flight through international airspace or operates totally within the 48 contiguous states of the United States including the

District of Columbia.

T he Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termina tion date of Exemption No. 10248 to April 30, 2015 unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sencerely,

John S. Duncan Deputy Director, Flight Standards

Service