AFS-13-145-E February 8, 2013

Exemption No. 10061K Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2010-0185

Ms. Caitlin M. Randles Supervisor, Flight Test Engineering The Boeing Company

P.O. Box 3707 Seattle, WA 98124

Dear Ms. Randles:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to amend Exemption No. 10061, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effects, and lists the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated June 27, 2012, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Adm inistration (FAA) on behalf of The Boeing Company (Boeing) for an amendment to Exemption No. 10061, as amended. That exemption from §§ 61.75(d)(2) and 61.117 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations allows certain pilots to operate Boeing model B747-8, B777, and B787 aircraft while conducting evaluation and demonstration fli ghts within the United States on behalf of their respective agencies. The amendment you request would amend the list of Boeing aircrafts conducting evaluation flights and revise the list of pilots who may operate under this exemption.

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 amendment to the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Boeing.2

Our Decision

The FAA has determ ined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10061, 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. This exem ption is limited to the following persons:

Name Agency Licensing Country Zhang, Huizhong CAAC China Zhang, Fang CAAC China
Pinson, Anderson Adri Indonesian DGCA Indonesia

2. The flight must be for aircraft demonstra tion and evaluation flights of Boeing models B747-8, B777, and B787.

3. No person or property may be on board the aircraft, other than necessary for conduct of the flight.

4. Each person listed in Condition No. 1 must make application for a private pilot certificate in accordance with § 61.75. Any person authorized to issue a § 61.75 private pilot certificate may place an instrument rating on the certificate without the knowledge test required by § 61.75(d)(2). Any person authorized to issue a § 61.75 private pilot certificate must state the certificate is for second in command privileges only under the authority of § 61.75(e)(2).

The Effect of Our Decision

W e are granting this petition on an interim basis to allow for validation and sales demonstration flights of the B777 for a period of four week. This decision is not precedential and the FAA will undertake further analysis and issue a subsequent determination by the expiration of this extension. The termination date of Exemption No. 10061, as amended, is March 11, 2013 unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Michael Zenkovich Deputy Director, Flight Standards

Service