AFS-15-2057-E August 17, 2015

Exemption No. 12546 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-1934

Mr. Gary Veer

Director of Maintenance Executive Flight Services Inc. 1600 Airport Road Wichita, KS 67209

Dear Mr. Veer:

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 May 14, 2015 you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Executive Flight Services Inc. (E FS), Certificate No. E07A355K, and Certificate No. E07K355K for an exemption from §§ 91.203(a) and (b) and 47.49 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows EFS to te mporarily operate U.S.-registered aircraft in domestic operations without the registration or airworthiness certificates on board.

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 EFS.

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. 8662D (copy enclosed), the FAA found that the loss of an aircraft registration a nd/or airworthiness certificate presents a unique problem to those operators that utilize their aircraft in revenue service. Currently, when an air carrier's aircraft certificate of registration or airworthiness certificate is missing or mutilated,2

it renders the aircraft unusable, sometimes resulting in a substantial inconvenience to the public.

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

 they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 8662;

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No.8662D 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 Executive Flight Services Inc., Certificate No. E07A355K and Certificate No. E07K355K, an exemption from §§ 91.203(a) and (b) and 47.49 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to temporarily operate U.S.- registered aircraft in domestic operations without the registration or airworthiness certificates on board, subject to the conditions and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Executive Flight Services must apply for a nd receive from the FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) responsible for its air carrier certificate an amendment to its operations specifications and management specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption.

2. Executive Flight Services must develop a comprehensive program that provides for continued operation of its aircraft through use of an appropriate entry in the aircraft logbook when the airworthiness certificate or re gistration certificate is lost, stolen, or mutilated; ensure that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate; and provide for the temporary operation of the aircraft during the interim required to receive a replacement certificate from the FAA and install it on the affected aircraft. This program must be FAA-approved, and instructions for its use shall be included in Executive Flight Services air carrier manual as required by 14 CFR §§ 135.23 and 91.1025.

3. The comprehensive program specified in paragraph 2 above will contain:

(a) A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate section of the aircraft logbook whenever this exemption is to be used: “This aircraft is being operated without a certificate of registration (or airworthiness, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption No. 12546 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__”3

The signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by paragraph shall be affixed to this statement;

(b) An identification of the designated person(s) within Executive Flight Services maintenance organization authorized to enter the statement outlined in paragraph 3(a) and the method or methods wherein the documents required under paragraph 5 below will be transmitted to the affected aircraft;

(c) An arrangement whereby those persons within Executive Flight Services organization responsible for certificates of airworthiness and registration

would maintain a current record of the data from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet that may be affected by the exemption. These data must be made readily available to that element within Executive Flight Services maintenance organization identified in paragraph 3(b) and must be kept current at all times;

(d) Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with responsibility for Executive Flight Services would 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); and

(e) Procedures that would describe specific duties and responsibilities by job title.

4. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by Executive Flight Services only for temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated certificate that is current and in effect and would only apply to U.S.-registered aircraft listed in Executive Flight Services FAA-approved operations specifi cations and management specifications.

5. A copy of the grant of exemption and a copy of the operations specifications, and management specifications authorizing its use would be carried on board the aircraft when exercising the privileges of the exemption.

6. The privileges of the exemption would only be exercised when the affected aircraft is operated totally within the contiguous 48 States of the United States.4

This exemption terminates on August 31, 2017 unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

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John S. Duncan Director, Flight Standards Service

Enclosure Exemption No. 8662D