AFS-14-019-E

December 8, 2013

 Exemption No. 4902N

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-10475

Mr. Robert L Ireland

Managing Director, Engineering and Maintenance

Airlines for America

1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004-1707

Dear Mr. Ireland:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 4902. 

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

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated October 28, 2013, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of Airlines for America (A4A) formally known as Air Transport Association of 

America, Inc. (ATA), for an extension of Exemption No. 4902, as amended. The exemption 

provides relief from paragraph (d) of Appendix B to part 43, § 45.11(a) and (d), and §§ 

91.417(d) and 91.203(c) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). The exemption 

allows A4A’s member airlines to operate certain aircraft without complying with the 

requirements regarding (1) the location of the aircraft identification plates and (2) the carriage 

of FAA Form 337 as evidence of installation approval for fuel tank installations in the 

passenger or baggage compartment.

The regulations stated apply to all aircraft operating under 14 CFR part 121 and all aircraft 

operating in commuter air carrier operations (as defined in 14 CFR § 119.3) under an 

FAA-approved continuous airworthiness maintenance program (CAMP).

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.
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The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition 

in the Federal Register. The requested extension of the exemption would not set a precedent, 

and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to A4A.

Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 4902 

remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefore, under the 

authority provided by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator 

has delegated to me, Airlines for America (A4A) is granted an exemption from paragraph (d) 

of Appendix B to part 43, § 45.11(a) and (d), and §§ 91.417(d) and 91.203(c) of Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations to allow A4A’s member airlines to operate certain aircraft 

without complying with the requirements regarding (1) the location of the aircraft 

identification plates and (2) the carriage of FAA Form 337 as evidence of installation approval 

for fuel tank installations in the passenger or baggage compartment, subject to the conditions 

and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Each certificate holder must notify its FAA principal maintenance inspector (PMI), in 

writing, of its intention to operate under the provisions of this exemption. This 

notification must cite the latest date of revision to its operation specifications or aircraft 

listing that identifies the affected aircraft.

2. Each certificate holder must immediately notify its PMI when an aircraft is no longer 

maintained under a CAMP or is no longer under the control of the air carrier.

3. For aircraft manufactured after March 7, 1988, that do not comply with § 45.11(a), the 

aircraft identification plate must be secured to the aircraft at a location accessible to an 

entrance.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 4902 to February 28, 2016, 

unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely,

/s/

John Barbagallo

Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service