AFS-16-14106-E 

January 13, 2017 

 Exemption No. 17205 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2007-0383 

Mr. Richard M. Anderson 

Vice President, Operations 

Ameriflight, LLC 

1515 W 20th Street 

DFW Airport, TX 75261 

Dear Mr. Anderson: 

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 2, 2016, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of Ameriflight, LLC (Ameriflight) for an exemption from § 61.51(f)(2) of Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow Ameriflight to assign a 

second-in-command (SIC) during a flight that otherwise does not require an SIC and to also 

allow the SIC to log that flight time. 

Although you requested an extension of Exemption No. 9770, as amended, that exemption 

expired on October 31, 2016. Therefore, we are issuing Ameriflight a new exemption. 

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 No. 9770, as amended (copy 

enclosed), the FAA found that because the exemption was confined to operations conducted 

solely within part 135, it cannot be used to gain an additional airmen certificate or rating, and 

such flight time is only being used to gain experience that would allow an SIC to upgrade to a 

pilot-in-command (PIC) crew position solely within part 135 operations. 
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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 No. 9770, as amended; 

 The reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 9770, as 

amended, also apply to the situation you present; and 

 For the reasons stated in Grant of Exemption No. 9770, as amended, a grant of exemption 

is in the public interest. 

Our Decision 

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 Ameriflight. 

The FAA has amended the conditions and limitations of the previously granted exemption 

(Exemption No. 9770, as amended) in order to clarify our original intent. While the relief 

does not change substantially, all users of the exemption should thoroughly review the revised 

conditions and limitations. 

The FAA removed the previous Condition and Limitation No. 7. It was found to be 

superfluous since Amerflight’s cargo operations are conducted under part 135, and thus it is 

expected to follow the applicable requirements of that regulation. 

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. § 106(f), 40113, and 44701, which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I grant Ameriflight, LLC (Ameriflight) an exemption from 

14 CFR § 61.51(f)(2) to assign a second-in-command (SIC) during a flight that otherwise 

does not require an SIC and to also allow the SIC to log that flight time, subject to the 

conditions and limitations listed below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. Any flight time logged as SIC flight time under this exemption may not be used to 

otherwise gain an additional rating or certificate as prescribed in part 61, to include an 

airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate. 

2. SIC pilots assigned to a flight under this exemption may only log SIC flight time, even 

if such pilot is operating the aircraft as the sole manipulator of the flight controls (i.e. 

the assigned SIC may not log pilot-in-command (PIC) flight time while exercising the 

privileges outlined in this exemption). 

3. SIC flight time gained under this exemption may only be used for the purposes of 

upgrading from an SIC to PIC in part 135 operations. 
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4. Any SIC flight time gained under this exemption must be documented in the pilot’s 

logbook as SIC flight time gained under this exemption. 

5. The SIC must hold a commercial pilot certificate with appropriate category, class, and 

instrument rating, if applicable, as set forth in § 135.245(a) or (b). 

6. The SIC must meet the minimum regulatory flight hour requirement for the type of 

operation to be conducted. 

7. The SIC must have completed the certificate holder’s approved SIC training program, 

to include, three hours of crew resource management (CRM) training. One hour of the 

required CRM training can be accomplished in conjunction with other approved flight 

training curricula. 

8. The SIC ground and flight duties must be outlined in the certificate holder’s general 

operations manual and applicable aircraft standard operating procedures manuals. 

9. The SIC must have completed any other part 135 pilot training required for two-pilot 

crews necessary to conduct operations consistent with the certificate holder’s 

operations specifications. 

10. The air carrier will maintain, at the principal base of operations (or location agreed to 

by the principal operations inspector), a current list of SICs conducting flights under 

the provisions of this exemption. 

11. Once the SIC has transitioned to an aircraft requiring two pilots by type certificate, 

upgraded to PIC, or is no longer employed with the certificate holder, he or she may 

be removed from the certificate holder’s SIC exemption list. 

This exemption terminates on January 31, 2019, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John S. Duncan 

Director, Flight Standards Service 

Enclosure