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 Administration (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 flights 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. 
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Our Decision 

The FAA has determined 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 exemption 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 demonstration 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 

We 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