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- 2 748 Mr. E mm a nouil Krit s otaki s and Mrs. Cath e rin e Humphr ey Parent s of Maria Humphre y 3609 W es t Maripo sa Gra nd e G le nd a le. AZ 8531 0 De a r M r. Krit so taki s and M r s. Humphr ey : Th i s le tt e r i s to in fo rm yo u th a t we hav e g r a nte d your r e qu est for exemption. It transmit s o u r d e ci s io n. ex plains it s b as i s , a nd li s t s th e co nditi o n s and limit a ti o n s o f th e exe mptio n , includin g th e d a te it e n d s . 

### Th e B as is for Our D ec is ion By le tte r po s te d to th e d oc ket on July 7 , 2 0 1 5 , y ou petition e d the Fede r al Avia ti on Admini s tra tion ( FA A) o n b e h a lf o f y our d a u g ht e r Maria Humphre y for an e xe mption fro m § 1 2 1 .3 1 I (b) of Titl e 14, Co d e o f F e d e r a l Reg ul a tion s ( 14 C FR)
. That exe mpti o n , if grante d , wo uld a ll ow Mari a to exceed th e s p ec ifi e d we i g ht an d/o r h e ig ht limit f o r a n FAA

- a pproved child res tra int sys t e m (CA R eS , manu fac ture d by AmS afe Co rp o ra tion ), durin g u se of that child res traint sy s te m (C R S) aboard a U nite d S tates ( U. S
. ) -r eg i s tered airc raft. Th e FAA h as d e termin e d th a t g ood cau se ex i s t s for not pub I i s hin g a summ a r y o f the petiti on in th e F ede ra l R e gi s te r b ecau se the re qu es t e d exe mpti o n wo uld n o t s et a p rece d e nt , and any d e lay in ac tin g o n thi s pe titi o n wo uld be de trim e nt a l to Mari a. The FA A h as is s ued g r a nt s o f exemption in c ircumstan ces s imil ar in a ll mat e rial re s pects to th o s e prese nte d in your p e t iti o n. In Grant o f E x e mption No. 9 8 3 4 (copy en c lo se d ), the FAA found th a t numerou s p erso n s with phys ica l c h a ll e n g e s h a d pr ev iou s ly compl e t e d fli g ht s u s in g res tr a int sys t e m s that a ddresse d u niqu e p hys ica l nee d s rega rdin g saf et

y , s upp o rt , a nd s ecuri ty in t he sam e manne r of o p e r at io n s a s d esc ri bed in thi s p e titi o n. T h e F AA furth e r found th a t th e p e titi o n wo uld not se t a n y n e w preced e nt r egardin g the u se o f r estr a int syste m s by p e rson s wi th di sa biliti e s.

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H av ing re v ie wed yo ur r easo n s for re que s t in g a n exe mption , 

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- • they are s imilar in a ll material respect s to r e li ef pre v i ous ly req u es te d in th e e nclosed Grant ofExe mpti on No. 9834 ; • the rea so n s s tated by th e FAA for g ra nting th e e nclo sed Gran t of Exe mpti on No. 9834 a lso apply to th e situati on yo u present ; and • a grant of exe mpti o n i s in the publi c interes t. 

### Our Deci s ion U nd e r th e authority con tai n ed in 49 U. S
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### §§ 10 6(t), 401 1 3 and 4470 1 , w hi c h the FAA Adm ini s trator ha s d e lega te d to m e, 

### I h ereby g r a nt Maria Humphrey a n exe mption from 

### § 1 2 1 .311 ( b). 

### In add iti on , a n y air carri e r o r co mm e rc ia l operator o p e rat in g under part 1 2 1 w hile Maria i s a b oard it s a irc raft i s g ranted an exe mption from 1 4 C FR 

### § 12 1. 3 1l (b) to the extent n ecess ary to a ll ow h er to u se an F AA-app roved C R S aboard a U.S.- reg i s te red ai r craft. A ll ope ration s under thi s exemption mu st be cond ucted w ith o n e of Mari a's parents or a ca r eg iver acco mp an y in g h e r. Maria may o nl y occ up y a passenger sea t w ith no p asse n ge r seated b e hind he r . In ad dition , Ma ri a's p a r e nt o r ca r eg i ve r mu st ca rry a co py of thi s exe mption a nd advise th e a ir ca rri e r about th e co nt e nt s of th e exe mpti o n a t leas t 48 h o ur s befo r e th e dat e of eac h fli g ht. Thi s exempt ion t e rminates on Jul y 3 1 , 2020. un less soo n er superseded o r resc ind e d. Sincere ly,

John Barbagallo Deputy Director , Flight Standards Service

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