In accordance with 14 CFR Part 11, please consider Kalitta Charters, LLC's petition for exemption from 

14 CFR Parts 61.3(a) and 61.3(c).

Section 61.3(a) states, in pertinent part, that no person may act as pilot-in-command or in any other 

capacity as a required pilot flight crewmember of a civil aircraft of United States registry unless he has in 

his physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft a certificate issued to him under this part. This 

section also requires the crewmember to have in his physical possession or readily accessible in the 

aircraft a government issued photo identification which include a valid drivers license or official passport. 

Section 61.3(c) states the same possession requirement for an appropriate current medial certificate.

Kalitta Charters (KC) requests to be permitted to issue to its flight crewmembers, on a temporary basis, 

confirmation of any required crewmember certificate by transmitting via facsimile a copy of the certificate. 

This confirmation would be based upon information that is currently required to be contained in KC’s 

approved record system. KC also requests to be permitted to issue to its flight crewmembers, via 

facsimile, a legible copy of his or her valid driver’s license or passport to fulfill the photo ID requirement.

The reason for the FAA’s granting this petition, including level of safety and public interest, are identical to 

the statements presented by the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) in its petition for similar relief 

for air carriers who operate under Part 121 and the regional Airline Association (RAA) for scheduled air 

carriers who operate under Part 135. The information presented by ATA is found in Regulatory Docket 

No. 26582 and was the basis upon which the FAA issued Exemption No. 5487 to ATA members 

operating under Part 121. The information presented by RAA is found in Regulatory Docket No. 26952 

and was the basis upon which the FAA issued Exemption No. 5560 to RAA members and other 

scheduled 135 carriers operated under Part 135. This supportive information is as follows.

KC’s flights are unscheduled and involve operations during all hours of the day and night. Considering the 

number of certificated airmen required to support these operations, it is not uncommon for a small 

percentage of this group to have his or her required certificate(s) and/or photo ID misplaced, lost, or 

destroyed. Occasionally, this may occur at a time and/or location where it is not possible to contact the 

FAA in Oklahoma City to request the appropriate telegraphic confirmation in accordance with §61.29. It 

may also be impractical to obtain a required photo ID at the time and/or location. Under the current rules, 

a flight must then be delayed or cancelled until the FAA certificate confirmation and/or photo ID can be 

received by the operating crew. KC, like ATA and RAA, believes that the delay or cancellation should not 

be necessary because the certificate holder has a record of the airman’s certificates and a copy his or her 

passport and/or driver’s license. However, to comply with the above rules, the flight must be delayed or in 

some cases cancelled simply because the FAA offices in Oklahoma are closed, because prompt 

telegraphic capabilities may not be available at the airman’s location, or because there is no way to 

quickly acquire a replacement photo ID.

As supporting justification that the petition would establish a level of safety equivalent to the regulation, 

essentially the ATA petition proposed that an approved method be approved method be established as 

an alternative. That method would confirm the identity of the crewmember and provide the crewmember 

with a facsimile of the certificate(s) and/or photo ID. ATA also proposed that the operator-issued 

certificate confirmation would be valid only until the airman is able to acquire FAA-issued certificate 

confirmation. KC proposes the same with the addition that the operator-issued copy of a current valid 

drivers license or official passport be valid (for FAA identification purposes only) until a replacement 

government photo ID can be acquired.

KC requests that the requirement for publication and comment be waived because its request is virtually 

identical to two existing exemptions and therefore would not set a precedent.

Petition of Kalitta Charters, LLC for an exemption from 14 CFR Sections 61.3(a) and (c), to issue to its 

flight crewmembers, on a temporary basis, confirmation of any required crewmember certificate by 

transmitting via facsimile a copy of the certificate.