AFS-12-148-E 

February 23, 2012 

 Exemption No. 10328A 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2011-0182 

Mr. Michael Daigneault 

Director, Flight Standards 

CitationShares Management, LLC 

5 American Lane 

Greenwich, CT 06831 

Dear Mr. Daigneault: 

This letter is to inform you that we have amended your Exemption No. 10328. It explains the 

basis for our decision and describes its effect. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is amending Exemption No. 10328, for 

CitationShares Management, LLC (CitationShares). That exemption from § 43.3(g) of 

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows CitationShares’ properly trained pilots 

(under an approved training program) to accomplish updates of navigational software 

databases of installed flight management systems. 

The FAA determined that additional relief is required from §§ 91.1443(b)(3) and 

135.443(b)(3) in Exemption No. 10328 only as it applies to the log book entry. 

We are amending the current grant of exemption from § 43.3(g) to provide relief from the 

requirement that the maintenance log be signed by a certificated mechanic or repairman as 

required by §§ 91.1443(b)(3) and 135.443(b)(3) only as it applies to the logbook entry. This 

relief is addressed in item No. 5 of the conditions and limitations of Exemption No. 10328. 

Loading of navigational databases is identified as a preventive maintenance task in 

Appendix A to part 43. This necessitates an exemption from §§ 91.1443(b)(3) and 
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135.443(b)(3) to permit those same pilots to make the logbook entry required by item No. 5 in 

the conditions and limitations of Exemption No. 10328. 

Our Decision 

The FAA has determined the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10328, as 

amended, remains valid and is in the public interest. Therefore, under the authority provided 

by 49 U.S.C. §§ 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I have 

amended Exemption No. 10328. 

The Effect of Our Decision 

The termination date of Exemption No. 10328, as amended, is extended to February 28, 2014, 

unless sooner superseded or rescinded. The conditions and limitations of Exemption 

No. 10328, as amended, are listed below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. Pilots will be trained on all specific makes and models of the flight management 

computer (FMC) to which they will be uploading navigational software databases. 

Training on one make and model will not enable the pilot to update databases in 

other makes and models. 

2. Upon successful completion of training, each pilot will be authorized, in writing, by 

the director of maintenance or authorized designee, to perform navigational 

software database uploads on systems for which they have received training. 

3. The software being uploaded cannot contain system operating software. The 

upload must include the navigational database only. The director of maintenance is 

responsible for ensuring the software being uploaded does not contain operating 

system software. 

4. CitationShares must have written procedures available to the pilot to perform the 

task and to evaluate the accomplishment of the task, including those tasks that 

require a decision concerning the airworthiness of the aircraft. 

5. Each completed task must include the maintenance log entries, including the name 

of the person performing the upload, the date of the upload, the database revision 

number uploaded, and the aircraft location at the time of upload. 
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6. This grant of exemption from § 43.3(g) includes only the uploading of navigational 

software databases as listed in Appendix A to part 43, paragraph (c)32, and does 

not extend to other preventive maintenance tasks identified in Appendix A to part 

43. 

This letter must be attached to, and is a part of, Exemption No. 10328. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John W. McGraw 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

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Enclosure