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- E August 26, 2013

Exemption No. 9548D Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2007

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Mr. Duane Franklund Director, Quality Control Sun Country Airlines 1300 Mendota Heights Road

Mendota H eights, MN 55120

Dear Mr. Franklund :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 9548, as amended

. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the

conditions and limitations

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The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated July 10, 2013 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on

behalf of Sun Country Airlines (Sun Country) for an extension of Exemption No. 9548, as

amended . That exemption from §§ 49.49, 91.203(a) and (b), and 121.153(a)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations allows Sun Country to operate its U.S.

- registered aircraft in domestic operations temporarily following the incidental loss or mutilation of that aircraft’s airworthiness certificate or regist ration certificate or both.

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 beca use the requested extension of the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Sun Country.2

Our Decision

The FAA ha s determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 9548, 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 Adminis trator has delegat ed to me, I grant your petition, subject to the following conditions and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Before operating under this exemption, Sun Country must apply for and receive from the FAA district office responsible for i ts air carrier certificate an amendment to its operations specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption.

2. Before operating under this exemption, Sun Country must develop a comprehensive program that provides for continued opera tion of the aircraft through the use of an appropriate entry in the aircraft logbook when the airworthiness certificate and/or registration certificate for such aircraft is lost, stolen, or mutilated; ensure that timely application is made to the FAA for t he replacement certificate; and provide for the temporary operation of the aircraft during the interim required to receive a replacement certificate from the FAA and install it on the affected aircraft. This program must be

FAA

- approved and instructions f or its use must be included in Sun Country’s manual required by § 121.133.

3. The comp rehensive program specified in C ondition No. 2 must contain

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a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate section of the aircraft logbook when ever this exemption is to be used:

“This aircraft is being operated without an airworthiness certificate (or registration certificate, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption No. ______ for a period of 3 working days, not including weekends or

Fed eral holidays, following the start of the next business day beginning:
TIME: __________ DATE: __________ 20___”

The signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by

C ondition No. 3b mus t be affixed to this s tatement;

b. An identification of the designated person s or person within Sun Country’s maintenance organization authorized to e nter the statement outlined in

C ondition N o. 3a and the method or methods wherei n the documents required

under C ondition No. 5 will be transmitted to the affected aircra ft;

c. An arrangement whereby those persons within Sun Country’s organization responsible for airworthiness certificates and registration certificates will

maintain a current record of the data from the certificates for e ach aircraft within its fleet that may be affected by this exemption. These data must be3

made readily available to that element within Sun Country’s maintena nce organization identified in C ondition No. 3b and mus t be kept current at all times;

d. Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with the responsibility for Sun Country is notified immediately of a missing or mutilated certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate (in the case of an air worthiness certificate) or duplicate certificate (in the case of a registration certificate); and

e. Procedures that will describe specific duties and responsibilities by job title.

4. Sun Country may exercise the privileges of this exemption only for temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated certificate, which is current, in effect, and applies to only the U.S.

- registered aircraft listed in Sun Country’s FAA

- approved operations specifications.

5. When Sun Country exercises the privileges of this exemption, a copy of this exemption and a copy of the operations specifications authorizing its use must be

carried onboard the aircraft.

6. Under this exemption, Sun Country must operate the affected aircraft totally within the contiguous 48 States of the United State s and the District of Columbia.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 9548 , as amen ded, to November 30, 201 5

, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Michael J. Zenkovich Deputy Director, Flight Standards

Service