AFS-15-1153-E May 8, 2015

Exemption No. 11498 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-8762

Ms. Stacey Bechdolt Vice President, Safety & Operations Regional Airline Association

2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036

Dear Ms. Bechdolt:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated March 24, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of the Regional Airline Association (RAA) for an exemption from § 91.203 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow RAA-member airlines to temporarily operate certain U.S.-registered aircraft in domestic airline operations without

the airworthiness certificate or certificate of ai rcraft registration, or both, onboard the aircraft.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to RAA.

Although you requested an extension of Exemption 10248, as amended, that exemption expired on April 30, 2015. Therefore, we are issuing RAA a new exemption.

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. 5515 (copy enclosed), the FAA found that the loss of aircraft registration and/ or airworthiness certificates presents a unique3

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. 11498 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 3(b) shall be affixed to this statement.

b. Identification of the designated person or persons by name, including job titles and responsibilities with the air carrier’s maintenance organization authorized to enter the statement outlined in paragraph 3(a) above, and the methods by which the records identified in paragraph 3(c) 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 certif icates 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 3(b) and must be kept current at all times.

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.