AFS-13-154-E February 13, 2013

Exemption No. 8679D Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2005-23002

Mr. Eric Lampert Vice President/Director of Operations NetJets Aviation, Inc. 4111 Bridgeway Avenue Columbus, OH 43219

Dear Mr. Lampert:

This letter is to inform you that we have amended and extended Exemption No. 8679, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the revised

conditions and limitations.

The Basis for Our Decision

On January 11, 2012, the Federal Aviation Adm inistration (FAA) issued Exemption No. 8679C to NetJets Aviation, Inc. (Netjets). That exemption from § 61.3(a)(1) and (c)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows NetJets to issue company-provided facsimiles of pilot and medical certificates to its pilot crewmembers when those certificates are lost, destroyed, or misplaced.

The FAA has issued several grants of exemption with relief similar to that in Exemption No. 8679. In those exemptions (beginning with Exemption No. 8700, issued on March 23, 2006) we decided that the public interest was served only when the relief was limited to scheduled air carrier operations. For that reason, in the conditions and limitations sections of those exemptions, we limited the relief to scheduled air carrier flights.

The FAA has reconsidered the public interest position for this relief. We have concluded that the public interest is served, albeit to a lesser extent, for nonscheduled air carrier flights. We find it is no longer practical or appropriate to prohibit this relief for air carriers engaged in nonscheduled operations. We have therefore amended the conditions and limitations section of this exemption to allow relief for scheduled and nonscheduled operations. The relief is still restricted for operations conducted under pa rt 91 (including part 91, Subpart K).2

In this amendment, we also made minor format changes to the conditions and limitations section and extended the relief for an additional two years.

Our Decision

The FAA has determ ined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 8679, 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. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I grant your petition, subject to the following conditions

and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. A copy of this exemption must be carried onboard the aircraft whenever a NetJets pilot flight crewmember operates a flight under this exemption.

2. Before conducting operations under this exemption, NetJets must develop, submit to, and have approved by its FAA principal operations inspector (POI) a plan outlining the procedures it expects to employ in issuing a temporary confirmation document to pilot flight crewmembers who do not have in their personal possession the airman or medical certificate required under the regulations for a particular flight.

3. NetJets’ procedures, as specified in Condition No. 2, must include a method to ensure positive identification of the pilot flight crewmember when the pilot flight crewmember no longer has any identification.

4. Each pilot flight crewmember who operates a flight under this exemption must comply with § 61.29(e) and ensure a request for a facsimile from the FAA confirming the applicable certificate is made within 72 hours of the initiation of any flight conducted under this exemption. NetJets is authorized to make this application to the FAA on behalf of the p ilot flight crewmember. The pilot flight crewmember must provide a copy of the facsimile to NetJets within 24 hours of the receipt of that facsimile.

5. The NetJets confirmation document must include the written words “Issued under the authority of Exemption No. 8679.”

6. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised only when the affected pilot flight crewmember operates totally within the District of Columbia and the contiguous United States. The privileges of this exemption may not be exercised

in Alaska or Hawaii.

7. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised for scheduled or nonscheduled air carrier flights operated under part 135. The privileges of this exemption may not be exercised for operations under part 91 (including part 91 Subpart K).3

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the term ination date of Exemption No. 8679, as amended, to February 28, 2015, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John M. Allen Director, Flight Standards Service