AFS-11-083-E 

Dec 30 2010 

 Exemption No. 10187 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2010-1245 

Mr. Jake Howard 

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 

500 Gulfstream Road 

Savannah, GA 31402 

Dear Mr. Howard: 

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 December 1, 2010, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) for an exemption from 

§ § 61.75(d)(2) and 61.117 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent 

necessary to allow foreign-licensed pilots employed by European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA) to obtain private pilot certificates with instrument rating privileges, without having to 

be administered the appropriate knowledge test. It would further allow relief from private 

pilot limitations while acting as second-in-command (SIC) on Gulfstream GVI aircrafts 

requiring more than one pilot. 

Gulfstream believes that if granted, this exemption would create a means for foreign-licensed 

pilots to obtain approval to act as flight crewmembers on U.S.-registered civil aircraft owned 

and operated by Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. Each pilot to which the would apply are 

issued pilot licenses by the airworthiness authorities of each pilot’s country that is a 

contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, and meet the medical 

standards for the issuance of that foreign pilot license. 
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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 Gulfstream. 

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. 10061 (copy enclosed), the FAA 

found that a grant of exemption would be in the public interest and would provide a level of 

safety equivalent to the current regulations. 

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that— 

 they don’t differ materially from those presented by the petitioner in the enclosed grant of 

exemption; 

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed exemption 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 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation an exemption from 

14 CFR § § 61.75(d)(2) and 61.117 to the extent necessary to allow foreign-licensed pilots 

employed by Gulfstream to obtain private pilot certificates with instrument rating privileges, 

without having to be administered the appropriate knowledge test, as well as, allow relief 

from private pilot limitations while acting as second-in-command (SIC) on an aircraft 

requiring more than one pilot, subject to the conditions and limits described below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. This exemption is limited to the following persons: 

Name Agency Licensing Airworthiness Authority

Helge Anderassen EASA CAA Norway 

Jonas Gavelin EASA CAA Sweden 

2. The flight must be for aircraft flight test, Flight Standards Board or Flight 

Operations Evaluation Board evaluation flights of Gulfstream U.S.-registered GVI 

aircrafts. 

3. No person or property may be on board the aircraft, other than necessary for 

conduct of the flight. 

4. Each person listed in Condition No. 1 must make application for a private pilot 

certificate in accordance with § 61.75. Any person authorized to issue a § 61.75 

private pilot certificate may place an instrument rating on the certificate without 

the knowledge test required by § 61.75(d)(2). Any person authorized to issue a 
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§ 61.75 private pilot certificate must state the certificate is for SIC privileges only 

under the authority of § 61.75(e)(2). 

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

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John W. McGraw 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

 Service 

Enclosure