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- E July 24, 2013

Exemption No. 10828 Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2006

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Mr. Michael Daigneault Director, Flight Standards CitationShares Management, LLC dba CitationAir

Three American Lane Greenwich, CT 06831

Dear Mr. Daigneault :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and lists the condition s a nd limitations of the exemption

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The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated January 24, 2013

, you petiti oned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

on behalf of CitationShares Management, LLC dba CitationAir ( CA ), for an extension of Exemption No. 9797 , as amended . That exemption from §§ 47.49 and 91.203(a) and (b) of

Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations allows CA to temporarily operate US

- registered aircraft in domestic operations without the registration or airworthiness certificates on board.
However, E xemption No. 9797 expired on January 31, 2013. Therefore, we will treat your request as a new peti tion

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

in the Federal Register because the requested extension to the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be det rimental to CA

.

The FAA has issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption No. 9797, the FAA found that air carriers operating in revenue service may be required to delay or cancel flights while

a waiting certificate processing. An exemption that allows an aircraft to be operated for a specific time period, using an alternate method of documenting registration or airworthiness, will prevent such interruptions of service, and th ereby serve the public interest.

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that :

• They are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 9797;2

• T he reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No

. 9797 also apply to the situation you present; and

• A grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

The FAA has rest ructured and edit ed the conditions and limitations as drafted in Exemption

No. 9797 for clarity. In addition, although not specifically requested, the FAA has amended

the conditions an d limitations to allow for this relief to be used for operations conducted under part 91, subpart K

. The FAA finds that Citation Shares, dba CitationAir, Air Carrier Certificate No. Z5FA890K, operates in accordance with management specifications required by part 91, subpart K; and as such the relief granted in this exemption is appropriate for these

opera tions.

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant CitationShares Management, LLC an exemption from

14 CFR §§ 47.49 and 91.203(a) and (b) to the extent necessary to allow CA to temporarily operate US

- registered aircraft in domestic operations without the registration or airworthiness

certificates on board , subject to the condition s and limitations described below

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Conditions and Limitations

1) CA must apply for and receive from the FAA Flight Standards District Office responsible for its air carrier certificate and management specifications an amendment to its operations specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption.

2) CA must develop a comprehensive program that provides for continued operation of its aircraft through use of an appropriate entry in the aircraft logbook when the airworthiness certificate or registration certificate is lost, stolen, or mutilated; ensure that timely application is made t o the FAA for a 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. The

instructions for its use must be in cluded in CA’s air carrier manual as required by 14 CFR § § 91.1023(a) and 135.21.

3) The comprehensive program specified in Condition No. 2 must contain:

a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate section of the aircraft logbo ok whenever this exemption is to be utilized :

“This aircraft is being operated without a certificate of registration or airworthiness under the provisions of Exemption No. ____ from TIME:____
DATE:____ 20__ . This relief is valid for a period of no more than 3 working days, not including weekends or Federal holidays, beginning with the first working day after the date entered above. ”

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

para graph b must be affixed to this statement.3

b. An identification of the designated person(s) , including job titles, within CA’s

maintenance organization authorized to enter the statement outlined in Condition No. 3a and

the method or methods wherein the docu ments required under Condition No. 5

below will be transmitted to the affected aircraft.

c. An arrangement whereby those persons within CA’s organization responsible for certificates of airworthiness and registration will maintain a current record

of the da ta from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet that may be affected by the exemption. This data must be made readily available to th e designated person(s) within CA’s maintenance organization identified in

Condition No. 3b and must be kept cur rent at all times.

d. Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with responsibility for CA 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).

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

4) The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by CA only for temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated registration or airworthiness certificate that is current and in effect and only apply to U.S. registered aircraft listed in CA’s FAA approved operations specifications.

5) A copy of the grant of exemption and a copy of the operations specifications

authori zing its use must be carried on board the aircraft when exercising the privileges of the exemption.

6) The privileges of the exemption may only be exercised when the affected aircraft is operated wit hin the contiguous 48 States of the United States and the District of

Columbia

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The Effect of Our Decision

This exemption terminates on June 30, 201 5 , unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

Michael J. Zenkovich Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service

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