AFS-12-357-E May 25, 2012

Exemption No. 10061I Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2010-0185

Mr. Colin S. Fender Supervisor, Flight Test Engineering The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707 Seattle, WA 98124

Dear Mr. Fender:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to amend Exemption No. 10061, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effects, and lists the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated May 7, 2012, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Adm inistration (FAA) on behalf of The Boeing Company (Boeing) for an amendment to Exemption No. 10061, as amended. That exemption from §§ 61.75(d)(2) and 61.117 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations allows certain pilots to operate Boeing model B787 and B747-8 aircraft while conducting evaluation flights on behalf of their re spective agencies within the United States. The amendment you request would revise the list of pilots who may operate under this exemption.

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 amendment to the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Boeing.2

Our Decision

The FAA has determ ined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10061, 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.

Conditions and Limitations

1. This exem ption is limited to the following persons:

Name Agency Licensing Country Sun, Chang Hua CAAC China Wu, Cheng Chang CAAC China Zhang, Huizhong CAAC China Zhang, Fang CAAC China Zhoa, Shiqiang CAAC China Fabre, Francois EASA France Temme, Gerard EASA Netherlands Buckland, Terry CAA UK Grüber, Stuart EASA UK Mitchell, Rod EASA UK Nicholl, John EASA UK Pass, Graham EASA UK Shaw, Peter EASA UK Goedert, Jo EASA Luxembourg Herbst, Axel EASA Germany Schauss, Udo EASA Germany Steidle, Jorg EASA Germany Ebiike, Akio JCAB Japan Ishii, Masayuki ANA Japan Kawashima, Jitsuro JCAB Japan Kumada, Takuya JCAB Japan Sato, Hidenori JCAB Japan Kitada, Masashi NCA Japan Fukuda, Nobuo NCA Japan Tetsuo, Hatori NCA Japan Tanji, Kazutaka JAL Japan Ueda, Ryo JAL Japan Esayan, Ruben T. RAR Russia Kumasaka, Yoji JAL Japan Suzuki, Takashi JAL Japan3

Name Agency Licensing Country Wolf, Stefan IFALPA Germany Woodward, Richard IFALPA Australia Chandler, Peter Airbus U.K. Manton, James I. TCCA Canada Fukuta, Tsuyoshi NCA Japan Nambu, Shiro NCA Japan Harima, Yoshihiro NCA Japan Wada, Hiroshi NCA Japan Ogasawara, Yoshihiko NCA Japan Horikawa, Osamu NCA Japan Abe, Yukiya NCA Japan Yakushi, Yoshiteru NCA Japan Tanaka, Ryo NCA Japan Liang, Shijie CAAC China Qi, Gang CAAC China

2. The flight must be for aircraft flight test, Flight Standardization Board, or Flight Operations Evaluation Board evaluation f lights of Boeing models B787 or B747-8.

3. No person or property may be on board the aircraft, other than necessary for conduct of the flight.

4. Each person listed in Condition No. 1 must make application for a private pilot certificate in accordance with § 61.75. Any person authorized to issue a § 61.75 private pilot certificate may place an instrument rating on the certificate without the knowledge test required by § 61.75(d)(2). Any person authorized to issue a § 61.75 private pilot certificate must state the certificate is for second in command privileges only under the authority of § 61.75(e)(2).

The Effect of Our Decision

The term ination date of Exemption No. 10061, as amended, remains May 31, 2014, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

This letter must be attached to, and is a part of, Exemption No. 10061.

Sincerely,

John S. Duncan Deputy Director, Flight Standards
Service