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AIRLINES 

July 5, 2016 

US Department of Transportation 

Docket Management System 

400 7>h Street Southwest, Room PL-401 

Washington D.C. 20590-0001 

f<eference: 

Subject: 

SME: 

Alaska Airlines Document Control# 2016·1117 

Request for renewal of Exemption 9755C 

Anne Shaw 

Warning: Any safety"related, security"related and/or commercial information in this document is considered proprietary and is exempt from 

disclosure under federal law, including 49 U.S.C. 40115 and 40123, 14 CFR 193, 49 CFR 7.29 and 5 U.S.C. 552(b), and applicable state laws. This 

document is released with an expectation of confidential treatment. 

Dear Sir or Madam, 

Alaska Airlines, Inc., in accordance with the provisions of 14 CFR 11, Subpart A, petitions on behalf of itself for an extension 

of Exemption 9755C, which expires on September 30, 2016. 

As previously approved on August 26, 2014, Exemption 9755 grants Alaska Airlines relief from §121.434(c)(1)(ii) of Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations. The exemption allows for Alaska Airlines to substitute a qualified and authorized Aircrew 

Program Designee (APD) for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command (PIC), who is completing training 

specified in the Advanced Qualification Program (AOP), during at least one flight leg that includes a takeoff or landing. 

The conditions and circumstances in regard to public interest and equivalent level of safety, which warranted the original 

grant of exemption, continue to exist. This exemption has been in use for ten years with no known compromise to safety. 

In accordance with the provisions of 14 CFR 11, Exceptions to Publication of Summary of Petition for Exemption, Alaska 

Airlines request that a finding of good cause be made for waiving publication in the Federal Register. Delay in granting 

the requested extension would not be in the public interest. Alaska Airlines therefore requests that the publication and 

comment period be waived. 

As required by 14 CFR 11, a summary of this petition is attached. Please inform me if you require any additional information 

to evaluate or act on this petition. 

s·ncerely, 

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nne Shaw 

Manager, Flight Operations Regulatory Compliance and Certificate Management 

cc: John Ladner (electronic) 

John Hornibrook (electronic) 

Jim Winkelman (electronic) 

PO Box 68900, Seattle, WA 98168 

P 206.433.3200 
Document# 2016"1117 

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AIRLINES 

Attachment 1 - Summary of Petition 

US Department of Transportation 

Petition for Extension of Exemption 9755 

July 5, 2016 

Summary 

Alaska Airlines petitions for an exemption from §12l434(c)(1)(ii) of Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations" The exemption would allow for Alaska Airlines to substitute a qualified and 

authorized Aircrew Program Designee (APD) for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot 

in command (PIC), who is completing training specified in the AQP, during at least one flight leg 

that includes a takeoff or landing" 

Warning: Any safety-related, security-related and/or commercial information in this document is considered proprietary and is exempt from 

disclosure under federal law, including 49 U.S.C. 40115 and 40123, 14 CFR 193, 49 CFI~ 7.29 and 5 U.S.C. 552(b), and applicable state laws. This 

document is reieased with an expectation of confidential treatment.