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

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- command or in any other capacity as a re quired 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 hi s 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 certif icate. 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 u pon 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 ph oto 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 carr iers 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 Regulator y 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 1 35. This supportive information is as follows. KC’s flights are unscheduled and involve operations during all hours of the day and night. Considering the num ber of certificated airmen required to support these operations, it is not uncommon for a small pe rcentage 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 ma y 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 phot o 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 licens e. However, to comply with the above rules, the flight must be delayed or in som e 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 establi shed 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 unti l 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 replac em ent 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.