U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Federal Aviation 

Administration 

SEP 0 1 2015 

Mr. Kreg Doerr 

Director, Aircraft Certification 

Row 44/Global Eagle Entertainment 

1050 Oak Creek Drive 

Lombard, IL 60148 

Dear Mr. Doerr: 

Transport Airplane Directorate 

1601 Lind Avenue, S.W. 

Renton, Washington 98057-3356 

Exemption No. 11071A 

Regulatory Docket No. F AA-20 14-0402 

This letter is to inform you that we have amended exemption no. 11071. It explains the basis 

for our decision and describes its effect. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By e-mail via Mr. Kreg Doen to the FAA on August 12,2015, Row 44 petitioned the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for an extension to the time limit for exemption 

from the requirements ofTitle 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 25.57l(e)(l). 

Exemption no. 11071 applies to FAA project ODA-GED-P066 and allows installation of 

satellite-antenna radomes, which do not meet FAA bird-strike-damage tolerance 

requirements, on Boeing Model 777-200 series airplanes. 

Your recent petition requests a one-year extension for Row 44 time to complete their 

development of a full compliance methodology, as indicated in exemption no. 11071. 

In your petition, you note that this project's STC was approved on December 18,2014, and 

the updated analysis and testing required to show compliance to§ 25.571(e)(1) has not been 

completed, adding that an extension will allow Row 44 to complete the required testing and 

certification of these compliance criteria. Your petition further states that Row 44 has been 

reviewing§ 25.571(e)(1) compliance options with the Chicago Aircraft Certification Office 

and the Transport Aircraft Directorate for the past year. A coordination meeting held in early 

November 2013 resulted in a method of showing compliance to§ 25.57l(e)(1) that was 

tentatively agreed to by all parties present and is summarized in your petition. 

Other than requesting an extended time-limit deadline, your petition includes no request for 

substantive change in the conditions, nor in the reasons relative to public interest and safety, 

which were the basis for granting the original exemption. 

Federal Register Publication 

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition 

in the Federal Register for public comment because the requested amendment to the 
exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be 

detrimental to Row 44 operations. 

Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of exemption no. 11071 

remains valid with respect to this amendment and is in the public interest. We are granting 

an extension until September 22, 2016. 

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Accordingly, the FAA amends the last paragraph of exemption no. 11071 to read as follows: 

This exemption extension terminates September 22, 2016, unless sooner superseded 

or rescinded. On or prior to that date, Row 44 must demonstrate full compliance to 

the bird-~trike requirements of§ 25.57l(e)(l ), or the affected STC becomes void. 

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

Administrator has delegated to me, I grant Row 44 an extension of time-limited exemption, 

as described in the paragraph above, for FAA project ODA-GED-P066. 

The Effect of Our Decision 

All other conditions and limitations of exemption no. II 071 remain the same. This letter 

must be attached to, and is a part of, exemption no. II 071. 

Sincerely, 

Michael Kaszycki 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate 

Aircraft Certification Service