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Docket Management System 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE 

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Room W12-140 

Washington, DC 20590 

RE: Exemption 8597 

Executive Airlines, Inc. Certificate No. TRBA061 A, requests extension to Exemption 

8597, which expires on August 3/^^ 2011. All Conditions and limitations contained 

in the original exemption will remain the same. 

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact this office at 

305.870.2969. 

Cordially, 

Captain William J. Boone 

Vice President of Flight Operations 

Executive Airlines, Inc. 

Attachment: Exemption 8597 

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JUN 1 2 2009 

Exemption No. 8597B 

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2003-14802 

Captain William J. Boone 

Vice President 

Executive Airlines, Inc., d.b.a. American Eagle 

P.O. Box 38082 

San Juan, PR 00982 

Dear Captain Boone: 

This letter is to inform you that We have granted your petition to extend Exemption 

No. 8597, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter dated May 1, 2009, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Executive Airlines, Inc., d.b.a. American Eagle (AE) for an extension of Exemption 

No. 8597, as amended. That exemption from §§ 121.481, 121.487, 121.489, and 121.491 of 

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows AE to conduct its operations out of 

San Juan, Puerto Rico, under part 121, subpart Q, Flight Time Limitations and Rest 

Requirements: Domestic Operations, rather than under part 121, subpart R, Flight Time 

Limitations: Flag Operations. 

In your petition, you indicate ihat there haj been no change in the conditions and reasons 

relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption. 

The FAA has determined th:.t 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 AE. 

Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 8597, as 

amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefore, 

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under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator 

has delegated to me, I grant your petition. 

The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 8597, as amended, to 

August 31,2011, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

All conditions and limitations of Exemption No. 8597, as amended, remain the same. This 

letter must be attached to, and is a part of, Exemption No. 8597. 

Sincerely, 

^lyk^ 

Chester D. Dalbey 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

Service