AFS-09-416-E 

November 10, 2009 

 Exemption No. 8252D 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2003-16809 

Mr. Bradley K. Clark 

Kalitta Charters, LLC 

843 Willow Run Airport 

Ypsilanti, MI 48198 

Dear Mr. Clark: 

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption 

No. 8252, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter dated September 28, 2009, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) on behalf of Kalitta Charters, LLC (Kalitta) for an extension of Exemption No. 8252, 

as amended. That exemption from § 61.3(a) and (c)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) allows Kalitta pilots to operate aircraft, on a temporary basis, without 

having their pilot certificates in their physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft. 

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. 

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 Kalitta. 

Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 8252, 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. 
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Conditions and Limitations 

1. A copy of this exemption must be carried onboard the aircraft whenever a Kalitta pilot 

operates a flight under this exemption. 

2. Before conducting operations under this exemption, Kalitta must develop, submit to, 

and have approved by its FAA principal operations inspector a plan outlining the 

procedures it expects to employ in issuing a temporary confirmation document to 

pilots who do not have in their personal possession the pilot or medical certificate or 

photo identification required under the regulations for a particular flight. 

3. Kalitta’s procedures, as specified in condition No. 2, must include a method to ensure 

positive identification of the pilot when the pilot no longer has any identification. 

4. Each pilot 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. Kalitta is authorized to make this application to the FAA on behalf of the 

pilot. The pilot must provide a copy of the facsimile to Kalitta within 24 hours of the 

receipt of that facsimile. 

5. Kalitta’s confirmation document must include the written words, “Issued under the 

authority of Exemption No. 8252D.” 

6. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised only when the affected pilot 

operates totally within the District of Columbia and the 48 contiguous States of the 

United States. The privileges of this exemption may not be exercised in Alaska or 

Hawaii. 

The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 8252, as amended, to 

February 28, 2012, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John W. McGraw 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

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