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Transpon Airplane Directorate 

1601 Lind Aveniw, S.vy. 

Renton, Washington 93057-3356 

Mayl8»2011 

Mr. Gary Walsh 

Chief Pilot, B747 

Southern Air, Inc. 

Global Headquarters 

117 Glover Avenue 

Norwalk,CT 06850 

Dear Mr. Walsh: 

We have received your May 3,2011, petition for exemption from various requirements of 

Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), for the purpose of transporting two 

additional supernumeraries, listed as Government Sponsored Personnel, in excess of those 

allowed under the conditions of Exemption No, 1870D. 

Your request, which you sent to the Department of Transportation's Federal Document 

Management System (Docket No. FAA 2011-0493), will be processed by this office when 

you provide all necessary information. Please refer to 14 CFR 11.81 for instructions about 

what information you must include in your petition for exemption for us to process your 

request. Take particular note of items (b) and (d) below, as tjtesc items were missing from 

your original request. 

Also note that § 11.63 requires you to send petitions for exemption as least 120 days before 

you need the exemption to take effect. 

Section 11.81 instructs you to include the following information in your petition for 

exemption: 

(a) Your name and mailing address and, if you wish, other contact infonnation such 

as a fax number, telephone number, or email address. 

(b) The specific section or sections of the 14 CFR from which you seek an 

exemption. 

(c) The extent of the relief you seek and the reasons you seek that relief 

(d) The reasons why granting your request would be in the public interest; that is, 

how it would benefit the public as a whole. 
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(e) The reasons why granting the exemption would not adversely affect safety, or 

how the exemption would provide a level of safety at least equal to that provided by the rule 

from which you seek the exemption. 

(f) A summary we can publish in the Federal Register stating the rule from which 

you seek the exemption and a brief description of the nature of the exemption you seek. 

(g) Any additional information, views, or arguments to support your request, and 

(h) If you want to exercise the privileges of your exemption outside the United 

States, the reason you need to do so. 

Also, please provide us with details of how the airplane is configured, and advise us if you 

are currently in compliance with Exemption No. 1870D. 

Please provide the requested additional infonnation within 30 days of the date of this letter, 

by subrnitting it to the established docket. Docket No. FAA-2011-0493. If that infonnation 

is not submitted in that timeframe, we will stop work on the project with no further 

correspondence to you. Please note that our work will only resume when we receive your 

additional information, addressed to the established docket. 

Upon receipt of the requested information, a summary of your petition will be published in 

for comment in the Federal Register, for a 20-day comment period, in accordance with the 

requirements of § 11,89. You will beadvisedof the agency's decision on your petition as 

soon as possible after the conmient period c closes. 

In the meantime, should you have any questions or concerns regarding your petition or the 

petition process, please contact Jayson Claar at 425-227-2194, or at Jayson.Claar@faa.gov. 

Sincerely, 

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Franklin Tiangsing =-'-"' C _. --'' 

Manager, Airframe/Cabin Safety Branch, ANM-115 

Transport Standards Staff 

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