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 20 th Street DFW Airport, TX 75261

Dear Mr. Anderson:

This letter is to inform you that we have gran ted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you th e conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated September 2, 2016, you petitione d the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Ameriflight, LLC (Ameriflight) fo r an exemption from § 61.51(f)(2) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the ex tent necessary to allow Ameriflight to assign a second-in-command (SIC) dur ing 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 Exem ption 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 circ umstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In Gran t of Exemption No. 9770, as amended (copy enclosed), the FAA found that because the exem ption was confined to operations conducted solely within part 135, it cannot be used to gain an additional airmen cer tificate or rating, and such flight time is only being used to gain experience that w ould allow an SIC to upgrade to a pilot-in-command (PIC) cr ew position solely within part 135 operations.2

Having reviewed your reasons for re questing an exemption, I find that:

 They are similar in all material respects to relief previously request ed in the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 9770, as amended;

 The reasons stated by the FAA for granting th e enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 9770, as amended, also apply to the situation you present; and

 For the reasons stated in Gr ant 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 woul d be detrimental to Ameriflight.

The FAA has amended the conditions and limitati ons of the previously granted exemption (Exemption No. 9770, as amended) in order to cl arify 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 a nd Limitation No. 7. It was found to be superfluous since Amerflight’s cargo operati ons 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 Amer iflight, LLC (Ameriflight) an exemption from 14 CFR § 61.51(f)(2) to assign a second-in-co mmand (SIC) during a flig ht 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 ra ting 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 onl y 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 exemp tion may only be used for the purposes of upgrading from an SIC to PIC in part 135 operations.3

4. Any SIC flight time gained under this exem ption must be documented in the pilot’s logbook as SIC flight time gained under this exemption.

5. The SIC must hold a commercial pilot certific ate 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 certificat e holder’s approved SIC training program, to include, three hours of crew resource ma nagement (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 out lined 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 cons istent with the certificate holder’s operations specifications.

10. The air carrier will maintain, at the principa l base of operations (o r location agreed to by the principal operations inspector), a cu rrent 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 hol der, he or she may

be removed from the certificat e holder’s SIC exemption list.

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

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Director, Flight Standards Service

Enclosure