UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION RENTON, WASIiiNGTON 98057-3356

In th e m a tt er of th e pe t it ion of Exemption No. 10557

Embnler S.A. Regulatory Docket No. FAA-20II-1240 fo r an exe mp tio n from 

### § 25.79 1 (a) o f Ti tle 14 , Co d e of Fe de ral R eg u lati o n s
PARTIAL GRANT OF EXEMPTION B y le tt e r d ate d O c tob e r 3 1 , 20 II , Mr. Sergio A ugus to Via na de C arv a lh o, Ai rwo rth i ness Mana ge r, E mb rae r , Av. Bri ga de iro Fa ri a Lima , 2 1 7 0 - PC 1 79 12227 -9 0 1 , S a o J os e d os Ca mpo s, Bra zil, pe ti ti o n e d th e Fe d e r al A via t ion Ad m i ni s tr ati o n (FAA) f or an exe mp tion fro m th e re quir e me nts of § 25 .79 1 (a) of Title 14 , Co d e o f Fe de ral R eg ul atio n s (14 C FR ). Thi s e x e mpti o n , if g rant e d , would pe rmit th e in s tallation of a s in g le no -s mo kin g placard located nea r the pa sse ng er- e nt ry do o r o n Emb rae r EMB- 55 0 a i rpl a nes . Th e exe mpti o n is s pec ifi ca ll y for th e in s ta ll a ti o n of exec ut ive int e ri ors o n E mbra e r EM B- 55 0 a irpl anes, w hich ha ve bee n de s ig n ate d
" priva t e li se, not fo r hi re , no t f o r co mm o n ca rri age. " The petitioner requests relief from the following regulations: Section 25.791 (a) , Amendment 25-72

- (a) If s mo kin g is to b e prohibited , th e re mu s t be at leas t o n e pl aca rd s o s ta tin g that i s leg i ble t o e ac h pe rso n sea ted in th e ca bin
. If s mo ki ng is to be a ll owe d , a nd ifth c c rew c o mp artm e nt is sepa r a t

ed f romlh e p asse nge r co mp ar tm e nt , the r e mus t b e at leas t o nc s i g n notif y in g w he n s mo ki ng i s pro hibit e d
. S i gns whie h no tif y w he n s mo kin g i s pro hibit ed mu s t b e o pera ted by a m e mb e r of th e fli g ht c r

ew and , wh e n illuminated , mu s t b c leg ibl e und e r a ll probabl e c onditi o n s o f c abin illumin ati o n to eac h pe rso n se at ed in the ca bin. The petitioner support s its request with the following information: T hi s scc ti o n qu o t es th e re leva nt i nf o m lat io n f ro m th e pe ti t io ne r 's re qu es t , w ith min o r e dit s fo r c larit y. Th e co mpl e t e pe titi o n is a v ailabl e at th e De partm e nt o f Tran s p o rtati o n ' s Fe deral D oc ke t Ma nage mc nt Sys te m , o n th e Int e rn e t a t hllp: ll reg ul ati o n s.gov , in Doc ket No. FAA 20 11-1 240.Exem ption No. X...X.-X.-XX

UN ITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTME NT OF TRANSI'ORTATION FEDERAL A V I ATlON ADMIN I STRATION RENTON, WASHINGTON 98057-3356

In the matt e r oflhe petition of Elllbraer S.A
. for an exe mption from 

### § 25.791 (a) of Title 14 , C od e of F ederal Re g ulation s Reguhltory Docket No. F'AA-2011-1240

PARTI A L G RA NT OF EXEM PTIO N B y le tt e r da t ed Oc t obe r 3 1 , 2 0 I I , Mr. Se rg io Aug u sto V iana d e C ar v a lho , A ir worthi n ess Manager. Embra e r. A v. Br igade iro Faria Lim a, 2170

- PC 179 1 2227-90 I , S ao Jo se dos Campos , Bra z il , pe t it io ne d the F e deral Avia tion Admin istra t ion (FAA) f or a n exe mption fro m th e r equ i reme nt s of 

### § 25.791 (a) of Title 14 , Cod e of F ederal R eg ul at io n s ( 14 C FR )
. Th i s exemption , i f g r a nt e d
. wo u ld permit the in stallatio n o f a s in gle no- s mo k i ng pl acard located near the pa sse nge r- e ntr y do o r o n Embraer EMB-550 airp lanes. Th e exemption i s spec ificall y for the installat io n of execut ive interiors on Embraer EMB-550 airplan es , whic h ha ve been designated "private li se, not f o r hir e, not for common carriage. " The petitioner · requests relief from the followin g " cg ul a tions: Sect ion 25.791(01), A mcndmcnt 25-72

- ( a) [f s moking i s to be prohibited , there must be at l east one p lacard so stat in g that is legible to each per so n sea ted in the cab in. I f smok in g i s to be allowed , and if the crew compartme nt i s se para t e d from the pa sse nger compartment , the re must be at least one sig n notifying when s m ok in g i s prohibited. S ig n s w h ich no ti f y w h en s mo ki ng i s prohibi ted mu s t b e ope rat ed by a memb e r o f th e flight c r

ew and. whe n illuminated, m us t b e leg ible und e r a ll probab le co nditi o n s o f cabin illumi nati on t o e ac h p ers on seated in th e c abin
. The p c titi o n cr s Ullport s it s request with the foll owi n g inform:ltion: T his sec tion qu o t es the r e l

evan t informati o n from th e p eti ti o ne r 's re qu est , wi th min or ed its for cl ar ity. T he comple t e petition i s av a ilable at th e Departmen t of Tran s portation ' s F edera l Docket Man a ge me nt Syste m , on Ih e In ternet at http ://re g ulati ons.gov , in Docke t No. FAA 2011 -1 240.Petiti on a nd Gc ncntllnformation: SF AR 109 considers acceptable th e co ncept o f a s ing le " NO SMOKING " p lacard visible to a ll occ upa nts upon e nt ry. A lth o u gh SFAR 109 i s not applicab l e to EMS-550 T ype Certi li ca t e. Embrae r understa nds lh at a s ingle " 

### 0 SMOK I G " pi ctorial pl acard is acce pt ab le for th e pr iva tc o r charter o p erat i ons i ntended for th at ai r c r

aft. T hi s pet it ion is ap p li cable o nl y to no s mo kin g inter i o r configurat io n s, g iven th at s moking co nfi guration w ill h ave ill um i n ated sig n s according to 14 CFR 25.791 (a). Pub li c Int cres t: As above mentioned , passenger o f private or tax i operat ions ha ve different demands for pa sse nger amenit ie s. Freq ue ntl y th ese demands inv o l ve aes thc t ics aspec t s. Th e inclu s ion o f design c h arac te ri s tic s that p leases v i s ua l se n se i s a lw ays a n issue and frequ e nt l y set a s a marke t requirement for ma nuf acturers. In this manner , th e elim inati o n ofa no smo kin g placard from a ll the pos itions th at guaran tee the y will be seen by an occupan t whil e seated r ep r ese nt s a gai n in terms o f design for th e pub li c of s llch opera ti on. Furthermore , the addi t ion o f one si ng l e placard i s l ess cos t ly [th a n wh a t the r eg ulati ons r eq ui re]. T hu s th e sa me in s ta lla t ion sat isfies eve ry exi s te nt i nter ior layou t con figura t io n . Providin g one readab l e p lacard f or eac h se a t ed occ upan t , o n th e o th er h a nd , req uires o nc p lacar d in s talla tion configurat ion fo r each floor p lan and conseque nt ly, one set o f d rawi ngs (a nd assoc ia t ed processes t o gua r a nt ee i n s ta ll at ion i nto the ai r c r

aft) f or eac h layo ut , re s ult ing i n a h igher fi nal cost. Ju s tific a t ion: EMB-550 will be certifie d for private and a ir tax i ope ratio n as sco pe of operatio n of th e ST='AR 109 a nd this profile of operation h as severa l differences from commercial/carrier opera ti o n s. P

assengers of pr iva te or t axi operatio n s have d i ffe r e nt demands f or passe nger ameni ti es a nd frequent ly pr ese nt s familia r ity with cabin env i ro nm ent and interior features. EMS-550 ha s a limit ed passenger capac it y (I I at maximum occupancy) wha t makes a s in gle placard s ufficient to notify passengers of th e s mokin g re s triction
. In add iti o n , the prohibi tion is reinforced due to absence of as htrays and dur ing prefi g ht b ri efing cond uc te d by n igh t crewmcmbe rs. C o nclu s ion: Sa se d o n the above ju st i ficat io n s and publ ic i ntere s t, Embraer proposes th e g ra nt ing of exemp tion from the r e quirement 14 CF R 25.79 1 (a) Amend men t 25

- 72 for the EMS-550 T ype D es ig n to operate charter and p r ivate.



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### Federal Register publication A s umm ary orthe petition was publi shed in the Federal R eg ister o n January 13 , 20 11 (77 FR 2120). No comments were received. The 

### FAA's anlllysis Th e FAA con s iders the p e titioner 's propo s al to be i n the pub lic interest ror the sa me reason s as those previously s tated by th e petitioner. As more tran s port-category ai rplan es h ave been co nfi gured (o r re-configured) ror private li s e, the FAA h as g ive n co n s iderable atten tion t o th e iss u e or appropriate re g ulation or s llch airplane s. Some or the clirrent regulations governing de s ign certifi c ation or transport
-category airplan es are not compat ibl e with private li s e orsllch airp lanes. Becau s e orthis , we have received a numb er or petiti o n s ror exemp ti on rrom certain regulation s . We have granted s uch exemptions when we find tha t to do so i s in th e p ubli c int e r es t and does no t adversely arrec t the level or sare ty provided by the regulation s. We published , Special Requirements/or Private Use 7i·ansport CategOlJ I Airplanes , SFAR 10 9 (74 FR 2 1; 33, May 

### 8 , 2009), which sig nificantl y reduced th e ne e d ror case-by-case review or indi vidual petitions for excmption ror private-u se airplanes. This a irplan e ca nn ot u se SFAR 10 9 beca u se thi s i s 

### a new type
- ce rtifi cate project a nd the SFAR ha s a limited applicab ility to amended type-certifi cate and su pplemental t ype-cert ifi cate program s on ly. Embraer ha s petitioned f or this new type-certification program to u se the sa m e reliefin SF AR 1 09 with th e same limitation a s required for airp lanes using SF AR 109. If Embrae r we r e to in s ta ll the interi o r of th ese airp lan es after be in g gra n ted a type ce rt ificate ror th e airpla ne , the y could li se SFAR 10 9. Grantin g thi s petiti o n f or exemption would be the sa me resu lt if Embraer modified th e int er io r arrangement after the t ype-cert ifi ca tion pro gra m had been comp leted. The petit ioner ha s requested th at thi s petition for exemption be gran t ed for pri vate u s c , ta xi operations , a nd a ir-t ax i operati o ns. The petition e r errectively addresses the scope and intent or SF AR 1 09, paragraph 2(d), wh ich state s that , under the cond ition s requested , the a irplan e mllst n ot be ope rat ed ror co mm on carri age or for hir e. I-! owever, the petiti oner did not provide s ufficient justification for gra nting thi s exemptio n for ta x i operat io n s o r air -t axi o peration s. The rare-pa y ing , fl yi ng public expec ts the same level of sa ret y regardle ss of wh ich a irplan e the y arc fl ying on. The expecta ti ons for pa sse nger s on private-li se airplanes are different from the expec tation s f or a ir-taxi operations. Per sons fl y ing o n airplanes approved using the SFAR t y picall y hav e more knowl edge, fam ili ar ity, and choice 

### in doing so. Therefore , thi s exemption i s limi t ed t o the sa me limitation s as de sc r ibed in SFAR 109. The FAA's decision In co n s ideration of th e forego ing , I fin d that a gra nt of exemption i s i n th e public int eres t. Therefore, pur s uant to th e authorit y con tai ned in 49 U.S.C
. 

### §§ 40113 a nd 4470 1 , delega ted to m e by th e Admin i s tr a t o r , Embraer i s hereb y granted an exemp ti on from 14 CFR 25.79 1 (a) at Ame ndm ent 25

- 72.



### 3The p et iti o n i s granted to th e extent nec essary to a ll ow Emb r ae r to insta ll an execlltive interior on
" pri va t e, not f or hir e, n ot for co mmon carriage" Emb ra er EMB 550 airplanes. Spec ifi ca ll y , th e exemptio n allows the in s ta llation of a s in g le n o - s moking s ign l oc at e d near the passenge r e n try door o n Embra e r EMB-5 50 a irplanes. The o p e rating-limitation s sec ti on o f the Airp l ane F li ght Manua l mu s t prohibit any operations in vo l v in g the carriag e o i"p e rson s or property for compe n sat io n or hire. Th e opera tors ma y receive re mun erat io n o r co mpen sation to th e extent cons i s te nt with parts 1 25 and 

### 91 , s ub pa rt 

### F, of 

### 14 CF R
. Speci fi call y. this exemption allow s the insta ll at io n of a s ingle no - smoki n g p l acard located near the pa sse nge r- entry do or on Embraer EMB

- 550 a irpl a ne s. Isslied in Renton, Was hin g to n , on 

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