AFS-15-800-E 

May 13, 2015 

 Exemption No. 11582 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-0475 

Mr. Dave Nolte 

Vice President, Flight Operations 

Textron Aviation 

2655 S. Hoover Road 

Wichita, KS 67215 

Dear Mr. Nolte: 

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 posted to the Docket on February 26, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) on behalf of Textron Aviation (Textron) for an exemption from 

§ 91.9(a) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow 

Textron to operate aircraft requiring two crewmembers under limited circumstances within 

the United States with one fully qualified and U.S. licensed pilot and one pilot without a U.S. 

certificate. 

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 Textron. 

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. 10871 (copy enclosed), the FAA 

found that these non-crewmembers would not affect safety, and there is an equivalent level of 

safety provided in this exemption. 
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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. 10871; 

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 10871 

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 Textron Aviation an exemption from 

14 CFR § 91.9(a) to the extent necessary to operate aircraft requiring two crewmembers under 

limited circumstances within the United States with one fully qualified and U.S. licensed pilot 

and one pilot without a U.S. certificate, subject to the conditions and limitations described 

below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. This exemption is issued for the purpose of allowing demonstration and evaluation 

flights in Cessna models C510, CE525, CE560XL, CE680, CE750 and derivatives 

thereof. 

2. The privileges of this exemption are intended to enable an International Council of 

Aviation Organization (ICAO)-licensed foreign pilot with airplane multi-engine 

class rating and an instrument rating (subject to Condition/Limitation No. 4) to act 

as second-in-command of an aircraft on a sales demonstration flight. 

3. The privileges of this exemption are not valid unless the exemption holder has a 

letter from the FAA Wichita Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), 1801 

Airport Road, Wichita, KS 67209, specifically indicating approval of each of the 

foreign pilots operating Textron aircraft under the privileges of this exemption. 

4. Each foreign pilot approved by the FAA FSDO identified in Condition/Limitation 

No. 3 must make application for a private pilot certificate in accordance with 

§ 61.75. Any person authorized by the FAA Administrator 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). The person issuing the § 61.75 

private pilot certificate must indicate on that certificate the following limitation: 

 The instrument rating privileges are only valid for use under the privileges 

of Exemption No. 11582. 
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5. All flight operations using the privileges of this exemption are limited to flights for 

sales demonstration purposes; the privileges of this exemption may not be used for 

operations that involve: 

a. Delivery of an aircraft; 

b. Maintenance or manufacturing flight testing; 

c. Flights operated under a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental 

category other than for the purpose of sales demonstration and flight 

evaluations conducted by a foreign civil aviation authority; or, 

d. Flights operated for the purpose of crew training. 

6. Textron must be in full operational control of any aircraft operated using the 

privileges of this exemption. 

7. The pilot-in-command (PIC) of any flights operated using the privileges of this 

exemption must: 

a. Hold a valid U.S. commercial pilot certificate or airline transport pilot 

certificate with the appropriate type rating; 

b. Hold a valid U.S. first- or second-class medical certificate; 

c. Be directly employed by Textron; and, 

d. Remain the PIC for the duration of the flight. 

8. The person acting as SIC of any flights operated using the privileges of this 

exemption must: 

a. Be an authorized representative of a legitimate potential purchaser of the type 

aircraft being flown, or a representative of a civil aviation authority; 

b. Hold a valid pilot certificate issued by an ICAO-member state containing: 

i. Commercial pilot certificate (or equivalent) with instrument and multiengine ratings, or, 

ii. Airline transport pilot certification (or equivalent) with a multi-engine 

rating; 

This certificate must be in the English language, or must be accompanied by 

documentation in the English language translating certification, privileges, and 

validity of those certificates; 

c. Hold a valid medical certificate issued under 14 CFR § 67, or a medical 

certificate issued by the ICAO-member state that issued the person’s foreign 

pilot certificate identified in 8(b). 

9. Except as provided in Condition/Limitation No. 10, all flight operations under the 

privileges of this exemption must be operated with a person aboard (other than the 

persons identified in Condition/Limitation Nos. 2 and 7) who: 

a. Is employed by Textron; 

b. Is not acting as PIC of the aircraft; 
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c. Holds the appropriate U.S. airman and medical certificates to act as SIC of the 

aircraft being flown; and, 

d. Has been found by Textron to be qualified to act as SIC of the aircraft being 

flown. 

10. Textron is authorized to conduct flights under this exemption with pilots or 

property identified in the conditions and limitations and the following noncrewmembers only: 

a. Textron/Foreign Civil Aviation Authority (FCAA) Flight test Director(s); 

b. Textron/FCAA Flight Test Engineer(s); and, 

c. Textron/FCAA engineers as necessary to answer questions related to airplane 

and systems operation. 

11. This exemption applies to flights conducted within domestic United States 

airspace. Textron may exercise this relief for overflights within the territory and 

airspace of a foreign country only with specific permission of the foreign civil 

aviation authority. 

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

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John Barbagallo 

Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service 

Enclosure 

Exemption No. 10871