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. (EFS), 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 temporarily 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 and/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, 
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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 and 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 registration 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__” 
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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 specifications 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. 
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This exemption terminates on August 31, 2017 unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

//s// 

John S. Duncan 

Director, Flight Standards Service 

Enclosure 

Exemption No. 8662D