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 Administration (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 part 91 (including part 91, Subpart K). 
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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 determined 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 pilot 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). 
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The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination 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