AFS-11-213-E 

April 14, 2011 

 Exemption No. 10248 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-8762 

Ms. Constance T. Arnold 

Director, Safety and Technical Affairs 

Regional Airline Association 

2025 M Street NW, Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20036-3309 

Dear Ms. Arnold: 

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

No. 5515, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect. Please 

note that your exemption number has changed. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter dated March 7, 2011, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Regional Airline Association (RAA) for an extension of Exemption No. 5515, as 

amended. That exemption from § 91.203 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 

allows RAA-member airlines to temporarily operate certain U.S.-registered aircraft in 

domestic airline operations without the airworthiness certificate or certificate of aircraft 

registration, or both, onboard 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 RAA. 

Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 5515, as 

amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. 
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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 conditions and 

limitations listed below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. Each RAA member wanting to use this exemption must apply for and receive from the 

FAA district office responsible for its air carrier certificate an amendment to its 

operations specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption. 

2. Each RAA member airline using the provisions of this exemption must: (1) develop a 

comprehensive program that provides for continued operation of the aircraft logbook 

when the certificate of registration or airworthiness for such aircraft is lost, stolen, or 

mutilated; (2) ensure that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement 

certificate; and (3) 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 for its use 

shall be included in the air carrier’s manual required by 14 CFR §§ 121.133 and 

135.21. 

3. The comprehensive program specified in paragraph 2 must contain: 

a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate 

section of the aircraft logbook whenever this exemption is to be utilized: 

“This aircraft is being operated without a certificate of registration (or 

airworthiness, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption No. 

5515 for a period of 3 working days, not including weekends or Federal 

Holidays, beginning: 

Time:_____ Date:________ 20___” 

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

paragraph (b) shall be affixed to this statement. 

b. Identification of the designated person or persons including job titles and 

responsibilities with the air carrier’s maintenance organization authorized to 

enter the statement outlined in paragraph 3a above, and the method or 

methods, wherein the documents required under paragraph 5 will be 

transmitted to the affected aircraft. 

c. An arrangement whereby those persons within the air carrier’s organization 

responsible for certificates of registration and airworthiness will maintain a 

current record of the data from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet 

which may be affected by this exemption. This data must be made readily 

available to that element within the air carrier’s maintenance organization 

identified in paragraph 3b and must be kept current at all times. 
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d. Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with 

responsibility for that air carrier is immediately notified of a missing or 

mutilated certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA for a 

replacement certificate (in the case of an airworthiness certificate) or a 

duplicate certificate (in the case of a registration certificate). 

4. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by an RAA member airline for 

temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated registration and/or airworthiness 

certificate which is current and in effect and only applies to U.S.-registered aircraft 

listed in the air carrier’s FAA-approved operations specifications. 

5. A copy of this exemption and a copy of the operations specifications authorizing its 

use must be carried on board the aircraft when exercising the privileges of this 

exemption. 

6. The privileges of this exemption may only be exercised when the affected flight is an 

intrastate operation that does not involve flight through international airspace or 

operates totally within the 48 contiguous states of the United States including the 

District of Columbia. 

The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 5515, as amended, to 

April 30, 2013 unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John W. McGraw 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

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