AFS-16-14146-E December 9, 2016

Exemption No. 8827E Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2004-19374

Ms. Caitlin M. Randles Supervisor, Flight Test Engineering

FAA Coordination The Boeing Company

P.O. Box 3707 Seattle, WA 98124-2207

Dear Ms. Randles:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 8827, as amended. 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 dated August 30, 2016, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of The Boeing Company (Boeing) for a two year extension of Exemption No. 2718, dated October 21, 2004, identified in your petition as reference (b). In addition, you referenced Exemption No. 8227, amended, in your petition, under reference (c). The FAA understands this to mean that you are requesting a two year extension to Exemption No. 8827, as amended, dated September 11, 2014. That exemption from § 91.529(b) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) permits fli ght engineers, employed by Boeing, to serve as flight engineers on B707 and B747 aircraft if they have logged a minimum of 20 hours in lieu of the required 50 hours of flight time as flight e ngineers on the particular type aircraft within the preceding 12 months, provided the combined flight time in any B707 or B747 aircraft, or Level B, C, or D simulator that represents a ny B707 or B747 aircraft, is at least 100 hours in the preceding 12 calendar months.

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.2

The Conditions and Limitations contained under the “Our Decision” section in the previous version of Exemption 8827, as amended, have been moved to a “Conditions and Limitations” section of this exemption for standardization purposes and to reduce confusion.

In your original petition you noted that this exemption is being used for the purposes of highly specialized flight (Boeing Flight Te st) and no revenue passengers are carried. Therefore, non-carriage of passengers has been added as Condition and Limitation No. 2.

In addition, since you did not request operation outside of the United States, Condition and Limitation No. 3 was added in accordance with 14 CFR § 11.83.

Our Decision

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 the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Boeing.

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 8827, as amended, 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, I grant The Boeing Company (Boeing) an exemption from 14 CFR § 91.529(b) to allow flight engin eers, employed by Boeing, to serve as flight engineers on B707 and B747 aircraft, subject to the Conditions and Limitations described

below:

Conditions and Limitations

1. Boeing is granted the authority to conduct flight operations that utilize flight engineers on B707 and B747 aircraft if they have logged a minimum of 20 hours in lieu of the required 50 hours of flight time as flight engineers on the particular type aircraft within the preceding 12 months, provided the combined flight time in any B707 or B747 aircraft, or Level B, C, or D simulators that represent any B707 or B747 aircraft, is at least 100 hours in the preceding 12 calendar months.

2. No Boeing flight engineer may act as a required crew member during passenger carrying operations while operating under the provisions of this exemption.3

3. This exemption is not valid for operations outside of the United States.

The Effect of Our Decision

This exemption terminates on January 31, 2019, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Director, Flight Standards Service