AFS-11-328-E June 22, 2011

Exemption No. 10295 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-9924

Mr. William G. Bozin Vice President, Safety and Technical Affairs Airbus Americas, Inc. 1909 K Street NW., Suite 720 Washington, DC 20006-1169

Dear Mr. Bozin:

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 dated May 26, 2011, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Airbus Americas, Inc. (Airbus), for an extension of Exemption No. 6850, as amended. That exemption from § 61.77(a) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows Airbus pilots and flight engineers to be eligible for the issuance of special purpose pilot and flight engineer authorizations, under parts 61 and 65, as appropriate for the purpose of performing delivery flights of U.S.-registered airplanes between foreign countries and from a foreign country to the United States. Please note that your previous exemption has expired; therefore, we will treat your request as a new petition. Additionally, your exemption number has changed.

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 Airbus.

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. 6850 (copy enclosed), the FAA2

found that the rationale in promulgating § 61.77 was to permit the issuance of a special purpose pilot authorization “for the purpose of performing pilot duties on a civil aircraft of U.S. registry that is leased to a person who is not a citizen of the United States and for carrying persons or property for compensation or hire on that aircraft.” Because these airplanes are newly manufactured and US Airways does not have enough qualified pilots to fly these airplanes, the petitioner sought assistance from the manufacturer to ferry these airplanes to the United States.

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. 6850;

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 6850 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. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Airbus Americas, Inc., an exemption from 14 CFR § 61.77(a) to the extent necessary to allow Airbus pilots and flight engineers to be eligible for the issuance of special purpose pilot and flight engineer authorizations, under parts 61 and 65, as appropriate for the purpose of performing delivery flights of U.S.- registered airplanes between foreign countries and from a foreign country to the United States, subject to the conditions and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Each assigned pilot flight crewmember must hold a valid and current foreign pilot license that has been issued by the aeronautical authority of a contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation from which the person holds citizenship or resident status, and that license must contain the appropriate airplane’s category, class, instrument rating, and type rating when that pilot exercises the privileges of his or her pilot license under the terms of this exemption.

2. Each assigned pilot crewmember must hold a valid and current foreign medical license that has been issued by the aeronautical authority of a contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation from which the person holds citizenship or resident status when that crewmember exercises the privileges of his or her pilot license under the terms of this exemption.

3. Airbus must furnish the following documentation to those U.S. air carrier companies that it provides pilot services for under the terms of this exemption before commencing any ferry flight operation:3

a. The name of each pilot flight crewmember who will be allowed to exercise the privileges of this exemption;

b. Documentation that shows the pilot flight crewmember satisfactorily has accomplished ground and flight training in the airplane type that qualifies that crewmember to perform his or her assigned duties;

c. Photocopies of each crewmember’s pilot license and medical license that show the crewmember meets the pilot certification standards and medical standards for the issuance of that person’s foreign pilot license from the aeronautical authority of the contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation where the applicant holds citizenship or resident status; and

d. Documentation that shows the pilot crewmembers meet the recent flight experience requirements of § 61.57(a), (b), and (c) [i.e., daytime takeoff and landing recency in the airplane type, nighttime takeoff and landing recency in a multiengine airplane].

4. Airbus may not permit the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire under the terms of this exemption.

This exemption terminates on June 30, 2013, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Melvin Cintron Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards

Service

Enclosure