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.2

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. 11582.3

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 flight s 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;4

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 orproperty 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