AAM-11-275-E 

May 2, 2011 

 Exemption No. 10258 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2011-0396 

Mr. Mike Slattery 

Las Vegas Helicopters, Inc. dba Adventure Air Tours 

Director of Operations – Chief Pilot 

500 East Cheyenne Avenue 

North Las Vegas, NV 89030 

Dear Mr. Slattery: 

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 April 14, 2011, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Las Vegas Helicopters, Inc. dba Adventure Air Tours (AAT) for an exemption from 

part 120 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow 

AAT to cover its safety-sensitive employees under one testing program while operating under 

separate parts of the regulation. 

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 AAT. 

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. 9703 (copy enclosed), the FAA 

found that Solid Edge’s § 91.147 air tour operations were closely connected to its part 135 

operations. The FAA also found that combining the petitioner’s two testing programs into one 

would be in the public interest and would maintain an equivalent level of safety to that 
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provided by the current regulations. Thus, the FAA concluded it was unnecessary to burden 

the petitioner by requiring it to conduct two separate testing programs. 

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. 9703; 

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 9703 

also apply to the situation you present; and 

 a grant of exemption is in the public interest. 

Our Decision 

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator 

has delegated to me, I hereby grant Las Vegas Helicopters, Inc. dba Adventure Air Tours 

an exemption from 14 CFR part 120 to the extent necessary to cover its safety-sensitive 

employees under one testing program while operating under separate parts of the regulation, 

subject to the conditions and limitations described below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. Employees of Las Vegas Helicopters, Inc. dba Adventure Air Tours are subject to 

the drug and alcohol regulations at all times while conducting operations under 

part 135 or part 91. 

2. The drug and alcohol program must be implemented under the auspices of the Las 

Vegas Helicopters, Inc. dba Adventure Air Tours part 135 operations, not under 

part 91. 

This exemption terminates on May 31, 2013, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

Frederick E. Tilton, M.D. 

Federal Air Surgeon 

Enclosure