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July 31, 2012
Exemption No. 5560 I Regulatory

Docket No. FAA

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Ms. Stacey

Bechdolt, Esq Director, Safety

and Technical Affairs Regional Airline Associatio n 2025 M Street, N W. Washington, DC 20036
Dear Ms. Bechdolt : This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 5560 , as amended. It expl ains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the condition s and limitations.
**The Basis for Our Decision** By letter dated June 18, 2012 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Regional Airline Association (RAA) for an extension of Exemption No. 5560 , as amended. That exemption from § 61.3(a) and (c) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations allows RAA member carrie r s to establish special procedures that enable an operator to issue to its pilot flight crewmembers, on a temporary basis, confirmation of any required pilot and medical certificate and photo I D , based on information in the operator’s approved record sy stem.
Inyour 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 or iginal 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

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**Our Decision** The FAA has amended some of the conditions and limit ation s to update the exemption to reflect new capabilities of FAA Airman Services. While the relief granted does not change substantially , the petitioner should revi ew the new text. The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 5560 , 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 an d 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegat ed to me, Igrant your petition, subject to the following conditions and limitations.
**Conditions and Limitations** 1. This exemption is issued for the purpose of preventing cancellation of scheduled air carrier flights in situations where a pilot flight crewmember’s FAA pilot certificate, FAA medical certificate, and/or photo identification are valid but phy sically unavailable. The privileges of this exemption are intended for situations where pilots have no acc ess to airman services at the faa.gov website for receiving via FAX or internet download FAA

- issued documents containing temporary authority to exercise certificate privileges.
2. This exemption allows RAA member carrier s to develop and issue to a pilot fli ght crewmember a document confirming his/her FAA

- issued pilot and medical certification. The document issued by the RAA member carrier must be in the pilot flight crewmember’s phy sical possession when exercising the privileges of the exemption and must co ntain the following information: a. The pilot flight crewmember’s certification information from his/her pilot and medical certificates. b. The exact text or a photocopy of this exemption. c. The RAA confirmation document must include the following statements: i. “Iss ued under the authority of Exemption No. 5560 .” ii. “Expires [ insert date/time 72 hours after issuance].” iii. “The privileges of this exemption may be exercised only

for flights within the District of Columbia and the 48 contiguous United States. iv. “ The privileges o f this exemption may only be exercised for scheduled air carrier flights. The privileges of this exemption may not be exercised for operations under Part 91, Part 91 Subpart K, or for unscheduled flights operated under Part 135. ”
3. Before conducting operat ions under this exemption, the RAA member carrier must receive approval from its FAA principal operations inspector (POI ) for the procedures the RAA member carrier expects to employ in issuing a confirmation document to pilot flight crewmembers who do not have in their personal possession the required pilot and/or medical certificate or photo identification. These procedures must include3

a method to ensure positive identification of the pilot flight crewmember when the pilot no longer has photo identificat ion.
4. Each pilot flight crewmember who operates a flight under this exemption must: a. As soon as practicable, obtain from airman services at the faa.gov website a document containing temporary authority to exercise certificate privileges. b. If the pilot fligh t crewmemember’s FAA pilot and medical certificate are permanently

lost or destroyed, the pilot flight crewmember must comply with the requirements of § 61.29 and ensure a request for replacement certificate from the FAA is made within 72 hours of the init iation of any flight conducted under this exemption. The RAA member carrier is authorized to make this application to the FAA on behalf of the pilot flight crewmember.
c. The pilot flight crewmember must provide a copy of FAA

- issued documents containing temp orary

authority to exercise certificate privileges to the RAA member carrier within 24 hours of the receipt of that document.
**The Effect of Our Decision** Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 5560 , as amended, to November 30, 20 1 4 , un less sooner superseded or rescinded. Sincerely , /s/ John M. Allen Director, Flight Standards Service