AFS-08-329-E May 25, 2010 Exemption No. 4416M Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2002-12831

Mr. Paul W. Railsback Director of Operations Air Transport Association of America, Inc. 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004-1707

Dear Mr. Railsback:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 4416, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated April 20, 2010, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Adm inistration (FAA) on behalf of Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (ATA), for an extension of Exemption No. 4416, as amended. That exemption from § 61.157(a); item I (b) of appendix A to part 61; § 121.424(a), (b), and (d)(1); item I (a) of appendix E to part 121; and item I (b) of appendix F to part 121 of Title 14, Code of Fede ral Regulations allows ATA member airlines and other qualifying part 121 certificate holders to conduct training and checking of pilots on airplanes that require two flight crewmembers for the required preflight inspection, both interior and exterior, using approved advanced pictorial means.

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition

in the Federal Register because the requested extension of the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to ATA.2

Our Decision

The FAA has determ ined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 4416, as amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption 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 grant your petition, subject to the following conditions

and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Each part 121 certificate holder desiring to use the provisions of this exemption must develop still and motion pictures providing distant and detailed closeup views of each passenger compartment and exterior preflight inspection item depicting normal and

abnormal conditions.

2. The projection equipment must provide rapid and random access capability to any picture for training and checking purposes.

3. The pictures and descriptions of the items must be approved by the appropriate FAA Flight Standards District Offi ce holding the operating certificate.

4. Each pilot must receive training to proficiency and demonstrate proficiency on at least one complete visual inspection of the interior and exterior of a static airplane of the appropriate type. This training and demonstr ation of proficiency must be successfully completed and documented by a check airman before the completion of operating experience required by § 121.434.

5. Training devices used for the flight deck portion of the preflight visual inspection must be approved for that function, must accurately replicate the aircraft flight deck geography, and must simulate appropriate systems functions to include control, switch, instrument, and circuit breaker functions in regard to normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the term ination date of Exemption No. 4416, as amended, to September 30, 2012, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.3

All conditions and limitations of Exemption No. 4416, as amended, remain the same. This letter must be attached to, and is a part of, Exemption No. 4416.

Sincerely,

/s/

John W. McGraw Acting Director, Flight Standards

Service