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Exemption No. 9843C Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2008

- 0853

Mr. Greg Dawsey Training Center Manager
PrestoSIM Inc

. 1000 Nolen Drive, Suite 400 Grapevine, TX 76051

Dear Mr. Dawsey :

This letter is to inform you that we have g ranted your petition to extend Exemption No. 9 843

. It expl ains the basis for our decision, des cribes its effect, and lists revised conditions and
limitations.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated November 1 , 201 2 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Adm inistration (FAA)
on behalf of PrestoSIM Inc. , air agency certificate number X1GX058K ( PrestoSIM )

, fo r an extension of Exemption No. 9843

. That exemption from §§ 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and (2)
of Title 14

, Code of Federal Regulations ( 14 CFR ) permit s PrestoSIM to train and check pilots of certain Cessna Citation airplanes covered by the CE

- 500 type rating to operate those airplanes with a single pilot , rather than with two as required by their type certificate data
sheets

.

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 or iginal exemption.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition
in the Federal Register beca use the requested extension of the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to PrestoSIM

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Our Decision

On August 31, 2011, the FAA published “ Pilot in Command Proficiency Check and Other Changes to the Pilot and Pilot School Certification Rules ” final rule in the Federal Register (76 FR 54095) (copy enclosed) which amended 14 CFR § 61.58. Section 61.58 now requires a pilot

- in

- command (PIC) proficiency check for the type of aircraft identified in this petition. The training outlined in th e conditions and limit ation s section of this exemption requires an
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- course check as part of the FAA

- approved 142 course. That check meets the requirements for the “proficiency check conducted by a person authorized by the Administrator, consisting of the aeronautical knowledge areas, areas of operations, and tasks required for a type rating, in an air craft that is...turbojet

- powered... ” To that end, the FAA
has added the following text as Condition and L imit ation No. 1 4 : “ Successful completion of the pr oficiency check used in the FAA

- approved part 142 single

- pilot initial autho rization and authorization renewal training program identifi ed in Condition and Limitation No. 5 satisfies the requirements of PIC proficiency check required by § 61.58. ”

The FAA has also amended the following conditions and limit ation s to match other similar exemptions. While the relief granted does not change substantially, the petitioner should be
directed to the new text because some of the conditions and limit ation s have been modified

. In the new conditions and limitations, the FAA has added new requirements in Condition No. 5(f) and (g), No

. 17, No. 18, and No. 21, and added new relief cited in the above paragraph in
Condition No. 1 4

.

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 9 843 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 delegat ed to me, I grant your petition, subject to the following revised cond itions and
limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. This exemption applies to pilots operating Cessna Citation model 500, 550, S550, 552, and 560 airplanes who ha ve successfully completed PrestoSIM ’s approved single

- pilot
authorization course and complied with all of the terms of this exemption.

2. This exemption is effective for the conduct of the required training and checking only
if PrestoSIM ’s single

- pilot training program receives and maintains approval under part 142 from the FAA Flight Standards Distri ct Office (FSDO) that has jurisdictional authority over PrestoSIM ’s part 142 training center certificate.

3. This exemption is effective only if it is listed in PrestoSIM ’s training specifications, paragraph A005.

4. This exemption applies only to operations con ducted under 14 CFR part 91.

5. Each pilot conducting single

- pilot operations under the terms of this exemption

must

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a. Successfully c omplete PrestoSIM ’s FAA

- approved part 142 CE

- 500 single

pilot curriculum before conducting such operations;

b. Hold an airline transport pilot certificate with a CE

- 500 type rating or a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane instrument rating and CE

- 500 type rating before entering PrestoSIM ’s part 142 CE

- 500 single

- pilot curriculum;

c. Have logged at least 1,00 0 hours of total pilot flight time, including at least 50 hours of night flight time; 75 hours of instrument flight time, 40 hours of which are in actual instrument meteorological conditions; and 500 hours as pilot in command (PIC), SIC, or both, in turbin e

- powered airplanes;

d. Not perform any circling instrument approaches to minimums of less than 200 feet and 1 mile above the published minimums until after completing 100 hours of single

- pilot flight experience in CE

- 500 series airplanes;

e. Not perform any st raight

- in instrument approaches to minimums of less than
100 feet and one

- half statute mile visibility above the published minimums until after completing 100 hours of single

- pilot flight experience in CE

- 500 series airplanes;

f. Use a boom microphone; and

g. Us e a fully functioning autopilot that is controllable about three axes and capable of approach coupling.

6. The CE

- 500 single

- pilot initial authorization and authorization renewal curriculum
must include

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a. Ground instruction appropriate to the CE

- 500 airplane given by a PrestoSIM part 142 instructor (designated in accordance with PrestoSIM ’s approved procedures) that covers at least the following aeronautical knowledge areas:

i. Safe and efficient operation of airplanes;

ii. Weight and balance computations;

iii. Use of per formance charts;

iv. Significance and effects of exceeding airplane performance limitations;

v. Principles and functions of airplane systems;

vi. Maneuvers, procedures, and emergency operations; and

vii. Night and high

- altitude operations.

b. Flight instruction appropriate to the CE

- 500 airplane given by a PrestoSIM

z part 142 instructor (designated in accordance with PrestoSIM ’s approved procedures) that covers at least the following areas of operation:

i. Preflight preparation;4

ii. Pre flight inspection and procedures;

iii. Taxiing;

iv. Normal and crosswind takeoffs and departures;

v. In

- flight maneuvers including configuration changes, approaches to stalls, and steep turns;

vi. Simulated powerplant failure (actual powerplant failure if accomplished in a flight simulator);

vii. Instrument procedures;

viii. Precision and nonprecision approaches;

ix. Missed approaches;

x. Landings and approaches to landings;

xi. Normal and crosswind landings;

xii. Landing with a simulated powerplant failure (actual powerplant failure if accomplished in a flight simulator);

xiii. Normal and abnormal procedures;

xiv. Emergency procedures; and

xv. Post

- flight procedures.

7. The instruction required in Condition No. 6b may be completed in an approved flight simulator, qualified as

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a. A Level A or B flight simulator, provided the applicant satisfactorily accomplishes as part of the training program the following in

- flight maneuvers and procedures as sole manipulator of the controls in a CE

- 500 series airplane:

i. Exterior preflight inspection;

ii. Taxiing;

iii. Normal and crosswin d takeoffs (minimum of three);

iv. Normal and crosswind approaches and landings (minimum of three);

v. Landing from a precision approach;

vi. Missed approach

vii. Approach and landing with a simulated powerplant failure;

viii. Landing from a circling approach; and

ix. Landing from a no flap or nonstandard flap approach.

b. A Level C or D flight simulator provided the applicant has performed at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop as the sole manipulator of the flight controls in the CE

- 500 series airplane within th e preceding 90 days.5

8. An applicant seeking to obtain or renew a single

- pilot authorization under this exemption must

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a. Satisfactorily complete PrestoSIM ’s FAA

- approved part 142 single

- pilot curriculum;

b. Satisfactorily complete the curriculum’s required qualification module, consisting of a stand

- alone proficiency check in either a CE

- 500 series airplane, an appropriately qualified and approved flight simulator, or a combination thereof;

c. Satisfactorily complete this proficiency check

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i. Within 10 days of co mpleting the training; and

ii. Under the supervision of an appropriately rated FAA inspector or PrestoSIM Training Center Evaluator (TCE) who is qualified and authorized to conduct either § 61.58 proficiency checks or type rating practical tests in CE

- 500
seri es flight simulators or airplanes, as appropriate.

d. Satisfactorily complete all tasks listed in the Airline Transport Pilot and Aircraft Type Rating Practical Test Standards that are required for an initial
CE

- 500 type rating; and

e. Satisfactorily perform all maneuvers and procedures as a single pilot during the entire proficiency check. Training to proficiency during the check is not permitted, and failure of any maneuver shall result in failure of the proficiency
check.

9. The circling approach requirement must be accomplished in an airplane or in a simulator that is qualified and approved in PrestoSIM ’s training specifications for the circling approach task.

10. A person who previously has received a single

- pilot authorization in a Cessna Citation model 500, 550, S 550, 552, or 560 airplane must complete PrestoSIM ’s FAA

approved part 142 single

- pilot differences training course to obtain a single

- pilot
authorization for a different Cessna Citation model.

11. All flight training conducted in accordance with this exemption must be given by a flight instructor employed by PrestoSIM who also meets the requirements of
C ondition and L imitation No. 5 of this exemption.

12. A person seeking to obtain a single

- pilot authorization must satisfactorily complete all ground and flight trai ning required by PrestoSIM ’s FAA

- approved part 142 single

pilot curriculum and must also receive training on the differences between the Cessna Citation model represented by the simulator used for training and checking and the
Cessna Citation model for which single

- pilot authorization is requested.

13. A single

- pilot authorization will be valid for 12 calendar months. A person who renews a single

- pilot authorization in the calendar month before or after the calendar6

month in which it is due is considered to have renewed the single

- pilot authorization
when due.

14. Successful completion of the p roficiency check used in PrestoSIM ’s FAA

- approved part 142 single

- pilot initial authorization and authorization renewal curriculum
identified in Condition No. 5 satisfies t he requirements of the PIC proficiency check required by 14 CFR § 61.58.

15. Each CE

- 500 series airplane operated under this exemption must have the following equipment installed and operational:

a. An autopilot with approach coupling capability ;

b. A flight directo r system;

c. A boom microphone; and

d. A transponder “ident” switch on the pilot’s control wheel.

16. PrestoSIM must provide a copy of this exemption to each person who is authorized to operate under this exemption.

17. Each person must carry a copy of this exemption an d a record from PrestoSIM documenting compliance with its training and checking conditions on board the airplane when he or she is operating under the terms of the exemption.

18. Upon request, PrestoSIM must provide any representative of the FAA Administrator with an analysis of training and checking operations conducted under this exemption with respect to program failure rates, extra training time required, accident and incident data, and any known problem areas.

19. PrestoSIM must maintain records and make them available, when requested, to any representative of the FAA Administrator. These records must include all information required by 14 CFR part 142, § 142.73 and

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a. The dates of training enrollment and completion for each trainee who enrolls in

a PrestoSIM Cessna single pilot curriculum ;

b. The trainee name and number of additional training hours needed by any trainee who require s more flight training than prescribed in the FAA

- approved
curriculum in order to pass the initial authorization or authorization renewal;

c. The name of each trainee who failed to complete a Cessna single pilot
curriculum satisfactorily or who withdrew from a curriculum along with the

reason ( s ) for withdrawal; and

d. The name, certificate number, and address of each person who is authorized to operate under this exemption.

20. No person may provide training nor may any person receive training while passengers are aboard any aircraft operating for the purpose of meeting the training or checking requirements of thi s exemption.7

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 9843 , as amended, to April 30

, 2015

, unless s ooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/
John M. Allen Director, Flight Standards Service