AFS-13-491-E

November 26, 2013

 Exemption No. 10518A

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2011-0814

Mr. Itash Samani

CAE, Inc.

P.O. Box 619119

2929 W. Airfield Drive

DFW Airport, Texas 75261

Dear Mr. Samani:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend and amend Exemption

No. 10518. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the conditions 

and limitations.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated August 1, 2013, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of CAE, Inc. (CAE) for an extension of and amendment to Exemption No. 10518. 

That exemption from part 60, Appendix C, Table C2A, paragraph 4.b.1, 4.b.2, and 4.b.3 of

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows a geometric error between the image 

generator eye point and the pilot eye point up to 12° for the Augusta-Westland AW-139 and 

Sikorsky S-76C++ Level D Full Flight Simulators (FFS). The amendment requested 

included the following aircraft: 1) Sikorsky S-92, 2) Augusta-Westland AW-189, 3) 

Eurocopter EC-225, 4) Sikorsky UH-60L; 5) Sikorsky UH-60M; Bell B-407,7) Bell B-429,

and 8) Bell B-525.

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

CAE.

Our Decision

The FAA has reviewed the petitioner's request and amended Exemption No. 10518 to add 

additional aircraft simulators. The training implications of a visual image parallax offset will 

remain the same regardless of the specific helicopter being simulated. 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10518

remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefore, under the 

authority provided by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator 

has delegated to me, CAE, Inc. is granted an extension to Exemption No. 10518. This grant 

exempts CAE from the part 60, continuous field-of-view tests as stated in Table C2A 

paragraph 4.b.1, 4.b.2, and 4.b.3 to the extent necessary to allow CAE to obtain FAA 

qualification of the applicable FSTDs to the qualification level requested for any helicopter

aircraft types manufactured by CAE, subject to the following conditions and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. A geometric error of no greater than 12 degrees is allowed subject to evaluation by 

a National Simulator Program (NSP) Aviation Safety Inspector by conducting 

ground and flight maneuvers to validate the geometric/parallax error does not 

negatively affect qualified training, testing, or checking tasks. 

2. If the objective/subjective testing is successful, the NSP Inspector will make a 

recommendation to the National Simulator Program Manager for final approval.

Any training maneuver found to not be subjectively acceptable due to 

geometric/parallax error will be task restricted on the FSTD’s Statement of 

Qualification (SOQ) as determined appropriate by the NSPM.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 10518 to April 30, 2016 unless 

sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan

Director, Flight Standards Service