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12 May 2014

VIA ELECTRONIC S UBM I SSION

U. S. Depar t ment of Tra n sp o rtation

D o cket Man a gement Syst e m

400 7th Stre e t, SW, Room PL401

W a shi n gton, DC 2 05 9 1

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Ladi e s a n d G entlemen:

In accor d a n ce with §11. 6 1 of Title 14, Code of Fed e ral Re g ulatio n s (14 C F R), Dynam i c Airways

(2DYA 5 62 M ) petitions the Administrator for an exe m ption from § 12 1 .434(c)( 1 )(i i ) to the extent

nec es sary t o su b s titute a qualified and a uthor i z ed ch e ck a i rman in p lace of an FAA Inspect o r to obs e rve

a qualifying pilot in com m and (PIC) whi l e that PIC is per f ormi n g pr es cribed duti e s d uring at le a s t one

flight that inclu d es a takeoff and a landi n g w h en co m pleti n g initial or u p gra d e train i ng as s p ecifi e d in

§121. 4 34.

The s p e c ific se c tion 121.434(c)(1)(ii)

– OPERATING E XPERIENCE, O PERATING CYCLES, AND

C O NSOL I DATION OF KNOWL E DGE A ND SKILLS rea d s in perti n ent part:

“In addition, if a qualifyi n g pilot in co m mand is co m pleting initial or upgr a de

tra i ning sp e c ified in FAR 121. 4 24, be o b served in the per f or m ance of prescrib e d

dut i es b y an FAA Insp e c tor duri n g at least one flight leg wh i c h i n cl u des a t a keoff

and a la n din g

. ”

This petition requ e sts relief from §121. 4 34(c)( 1 )(i i ) in those circu m sta n c e s w h en an FAA

Ins p ector is unavai l able to obs e rve a qualifying pil o t in comma n d during a ny operati n g

exp e rie n ce flights.

Dynam i c Airways will n o minate qualif i ed c h eck airmen to perf o rm this initial operati n g

exp e rie n ce observation. The FAA will approve the q ualif i ed ch e c k airmen to c o nd u ct the

observation throu g h a letter of auth o rization.

The requ i r e ment of §121

. 434(c)( 1 )(i i ) will be c o n s i d ered fulfilled i f the FAA author i z ed

ch e ck airm a n perf o rms the o b s e rvation. The obs e rvation r e quir e ment will be documen t ed

in the qualifying pil o t’s r e cord.

The aut h or i zed ch ec k airman w o uld b e a ch ec k airman oth e r than the one who is

c on d uct i ng the operating experi e nce fligh t s of the q u alifying pilot.

The or i ginal i ntent of §121

. 434(c)( 1 )(i i ), issued in 1 9 7 0, was to val i date the train i ng that a pilot

received in a visual si m ula t or. Since the adopti o n of the rule, the air l ine ind u stry h as gat h er e d

more than 30 years of experie nc e with b a sic a nd adva n c e d simulati o n.Page | 2

The FAA has the authority to observe a n y pilot any time at the discretion o f the Adminis t rator

a nd conti n u e s to do so regu l ar ly . However, t he FAA con d ucts th e s e r o utine o b serv a tions on a

schedu l e defined by t h e local office without the r e quisite b ur de n of sp e c ifying a particul a r flight

or flight ser i es necessitated by the carrier ’ s traini n g and service sch e dule. Rel i eving FAA

Insp ec tors fr o m §121. 4 34(c)(1)(i i ) will all o w the FAA to foc u s the efforts on hi g h e r pri o rity safety

co n c erns.

Operational i s su e s relat e d with this re q uest for exe m ption are l i st e d bel o w:

 The ma j ority of Dynamic A irwa y s o p erat i ons a re often sh o rt notice a nd internatio n al in nature.

Sch e duling of FAA pers o nnel to o b serve a qualifying pilot in co m mand on a n internati o nal

o perati o n with sh o rt notice i s difficult to impossib l e. As advised by our FSDO

- 039, n ew inspector travel guidelines requires 30 days for country clearances and as much as 60 days if a

visa is required.

 Dynamic currently employe e s 22 pilot ’ s with 1 2 new

- hire pilot ’ s currently in class and another

two classes of 12 scheduled.

 Dynamic ’s primary service areas are international. Currently two B767

- 200 aircraft are based

in S a ipan conducting operation s into Mainland China, Korea and Hon g Kong . We expect an

a dditional air cr a ft to be based in Guam in June.

 Dynamic also currently operates a B767

- 200 all cargo aircraft based in MIA. This aircraft

operates routes primarily into South American

. One additional cargo aircraft will be added in

the near future.

 Dynamic is also in the process of obta ining Domestic and Flag authority with an increase i n

fleet size to follow.

As a r e sult of these i s su e s

, many of our PIC candida t es will be s e rvi n g in OE stat u s in exc e ss of the

hours requ i r e d for the co m pletion of the qualification segment while wai t ing for F AA participat i on.

This impac t s o u r crew sche d uli n g ability and places u nn e cessary fina n c i al bur d en on t he co m pany.

Granti n g of this exemption i s in the publ i c interest a n d wou l d allow t he FAA to focus its i n sp e c t i on

force o n hig h er pr i ority sa f ety issu e s . It wou l d also provide for a h i gher level of PIC cand i da t e

scrutiny by using Dynamic Airways check a i rman who are more familiar with company operating

pol ic ies and pr o c e d ures while eliminati n g delays in O E compl e ti o n. Additional b e nefits are rea l ized

in i n cre a sed pro d uctivity and re d uc i ng u nn e c e ssary a dditional c o sts to the co mp any.

Granti n g and usi n g this pr o posed exem p tion would h a ve no signif i cant impact u p on safety. T h e

author i z e d c h eck air m an w i ll be highly trained, exp e r i enced, and q ualified in the sp e c ific aircraft

type. In addition, a ny ch e ck a i rman used m u st be ap p rov e d by the FAA. Dynamic Airw ays ch ec k

a irman will only be used to satisfy the requ i re m ents of §121.4 3 4 ( c)( 1 )(i i ) w h en a qualified F A A

Insp e c tor is not available. T h e FAA has t h e authority to observe any pilot at any time dur i ng li n e

operatio n s

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Dynam i c Airways is aware t hat the FAA h as gr a nted s e veral exempt i ons to individual operators for

simil a r relief s o ught by this req ue s t. Theref o re, since gr a nt i n g this exemp t ion is not pr e c e d ent setti n g,

Dynamic Airwa y s re qu ests that p u b l ication of this petition in the Federal R e g i s t er be waiv e d in

accorda n ce with Section 1 1.8 7 (b). Any de l ay in gr a nting t h is exemp t i o n will have a n a dverse imp a ct

upon Dy na mic Airways operatio n s

.

SUMMARY

Dynam i c Airways Petition for an E x emp t ion to FAR 1 2 1.434(c)( 1 )(i i)

Dynam i c Airways petitio n s the Admin i str a tor for an ex e mption from § 121.4 3 4(c)( 1 )(ii) to the

extent necess a ry to su b s titute a q ualified and a uthor i z ed ch e ck a i rm a n in place of an FAA

Inspect o r to observe a q u alifying pilot in com m and (PIC) whi l e t hat PIC is per f ormi n g pr es cribed

duti e s d uring at least o n e flight that inclu d es a takeoff and a l and i ng wh e n co m pl e ting initial or

upgrade train i ng as sp e c ified in § 121.4 3 4.

Should you h ave any qu e stions or n eed additio n al i n formati o n, pl e ase cont a c t me at 336

- 609

- 4451 or

email: hgillis@fly

- dynamic.com

.

Sincerely,

Herman F. Gillis , III

Director Operations

cc: G. Lukenbill

- COO

L. Schott

– VP Operations

F. Truskolaski

– Chief Pilot

J. Verre

– Manager FSDO

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T. Bernhardt

– POI FSDO

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