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June 25 , 2015

Exemption No. 1192 2 Regulatory Docket No. FAA

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Ms. Rachel Anesi Director of Quality Systems Flight Options 26180 Curtiss Wright Parkway Cleveland, OH 44143

Dear Ms. Anesi:

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 April 13, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on

behalf of the Flight Options for an exemption from §§ 91.203 and 47.49 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to all ow Flight Options to temporarily operate certain U.S.

- registered aircraft in domestic airline operations without the airworthiness certificate or certificate of aircraft registration, or both, onboard the aircraft.

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 Flight Options

.

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. 11498 (copy enclosed), the FAA found that the loss of aircraft registration and/or airworthiness certificates presents a unique problem to tho se operators using their aircraft in air carrier operations. The FAA concluded that an equivalent level of safety could be met by the petitioner’s use of temporary substitute2

documentation, issued under an approved program containing suitable controls and safeguards.

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that

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 they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the

e nclosed Grant of Exemption No. 11498 ;

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclos ed Grant of Exemption No.

11498 also apply to the situation you present; and

 a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Flight Options an exemption from

14 CFR §§ 91.203(a) and (b) and 47.49 to the extent necessary to allow Flight Options to temporarily operate certain U.S.

- registered aircraft without the airworthiness certificate or

certificate of aircraft registration, or both, onboard the aircraft, subject to the conditions and

limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Flight Options must apply for and receive approval from its FAA principal operations inspector (POI) for an amendment to it s operations specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption.

2. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by Flight Options only for temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated airworthiness or registration

certificate that is current and in effect and applies only to U.S

- registered aircraft

listed in Flight Options ’ operations specifications.

3. For replacement of an aircraft’s airworthiness certificate and registration certificate, Flight Options must develop a comprehe nsive program that ensures:

a. An appropriate entry in the aircraft logbook for continued operation of its aircraft when the airworthiness certificate or registration certificate is lost, stolen, or mutilated;

b. Timely application is made to the FAA for a repl acement certificate; and

c. A replacement certificate from the FAA is installed on the affected aircraft.

This program must be FAA

- approved, and instructions for its use shall be included

in Flight Options ’ air carrier manual as required by 14 CFR § 135.21.

4. The program specified in Condition/Limitation No. 3 must contain:3

a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate section of the aircraft logbook whenever this exemption is to be utilized:

“This aircraft is being operated with out a certificate of [registration, airworthiness] under the provisions of Exemption No. 11922 for a period of 3 working days, not including weekends or federal holidays, following the start of the next business day, beginning:

Time:______ Date:___ 20___ ”

The signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by Condition No. 4(b) below must be affixed to this statement.

b. Identification of the designated person(s) by name, including job titles and responsibilities within Flight Options’ m aintenance organization authorized to

enter the statement outlin ed in Condition/Limitation No. 4 (a) and the method

or methods where in the documents required under Condition/ Limitation No. 4

will be transmitted to the affected aircraft;

c. An arrangement wher eby those persons within th e organization responsible for Flight Options ’ certificates of registration and airworthiness will maintain a

current record of the data from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet which may be affected by this exempt ion. This data must be made readily available to those persons identified in Condition/Limitation No. 4 (b) and must be kept current at all times;

d. Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with responsibility for Flight Options woul d be immediately notified of a missing or mutilated certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate (in the case of an airworthiness certificate) or a duplicate certificate (in the case of a registration certificate ).

5. A copy of this exemption and a copy of the operations specifications authorizing its use must be carried on board the aircraft when exercising the privileges of this exemption.

6. The privileges of the exemption may only be exercised when the affected f light is operated totally within the contiguous 48 States of the United States, including the

District of Columbia.4

Thi s exemption terminates on July 31

, 2017, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John Barbagallo Deputy Director, Flight Standards service

Enclosure[s] Exemption No. 114985

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