AAM-11-183-E 

This letter corrects the March 1, 2011, letter we sent granting your petition for Exemption 

No. 10217. Although the grant for exemption was covered by Exemption No. 10217, a 

correction was made to the second page. Below is the amended Exemption No. 10217, 

including changes to the second paragraph under ‘Our Decision’, adding the company name 

and correcting the spelling of the signatory name. We have made the correction in our 

records as of March 8, 2011. 

 Exemption No. 10217 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2011-0142 

March 1, 2011 

 

Mr. Jerry L. Williams 

President 

Sonoran Wings Flight Training Centre, Inc. 

P.O. Box 24158 

Tucson, AZ 85734 

Dear Mr. Williams: 

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 February 17, 2011, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of Sonoran Wings Flight Training Centre, Inc (SWFTC) for an exemption from 

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

SWFTC 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 this is not a precedent-setting petition, and any delay in acting 

on this petition would be detrimental to SWFTC. 

Corrected Copy 
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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 inters and would maintain an equivalent level of safety to that 

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 Sonoran Wings Flight Training Centre, Inc. an exemption 

from 14 CFR part 120 to the extent necessary to allow SWFTC 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 Sonoran Wings Flight Training Centre, Inc. 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 same auspices of 

the Sonoran Wings Flight Training Centre, Inc. part 135 operation, not under part 

91. 
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This exemption terminates on March 31, 2013, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

James R. Fraser, M.D. 

Deputy Federal Air Surgeon 

Enclosure