AFS-13-078-E March 08, 2013

Exemption No. 9825B Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-9096

Mr. Paul W. Railsback Director of Operations

Airlines for America 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004-1707

Dear Mr. Railsback:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 9825, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect, and lists

the conditions and limitations.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated Novem ber 13, 2012, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Air Transport Association of America, Inc. dba Airlines for America (A4A) for an extension of Exemption No. 9825, as amended. That exemption from § 121.485(b) of Title 14, Code of Federal Re gulations (14 CFR) permits A4A-member airlines and other similarly situated part 121 air carriers to conduct flights of fewer than 12 hours duration with an airplane having a flightcrew of three or more pilots and an additional flight crewmember without requiring the rest period following that flight to be twice the hours flown since the last rest period at each flightcrew’s home base.

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. You also note in your petition that this exemption would extend beyond the January 4, 2014 effective date for the new part 117 flight and duty rules and would therefore only apply to all-2

cargo operations once part 117 takes effect. The FAA has amended the conditions and limitations of the exemption to reflect the part 117 effective date.

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 A4A-member

airlines.

Our Decision

The FAA has determ ined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 9825, 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.

Conditions and Limitations

1. No pilot may be scheduled to fly in an airplane that has a crew of three or more pilots and an additional flight crewmember for more than 12 hours during any 24 consecutive hours unless the certificate holder complies with the provisions of § 121.485.

2. Any pilot who is away from his or her base on an airplane that has a crew of three or more pilots and an additional flight crewmember and is scheduled to fly on any flight or series of flights for more than 12 hours during any 24 consecutive hours shall be given, upon return to his or her base from any flight or series of flights, a rest period that is at least twice the total number of hours he or she flew since the last rest period

at his or her base.

3. No pilot may be scheduled to fly under this exemption for a certificate holder subject to part 117.

4. After January 3, 2014, this exemption shall only apply to certificate holders conducting all-cargo operations under part 121.3

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the term ination date of Exemption No. 9825, as amended, to April 30, 2015 unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Deputy Director, Flight Standards

Service