AFS-15-294-E

 Exemption No. 11382

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0791

Mr. Yaron Kafri 

Operations Manager 

Flying Helicopters Made Easy

Route 109

Farmingdale, NY, 11735

Dear: Mr. Kafri

This letter is to inform you that we have denied your petition for exemption. It transmits our 

decision and explains its basis.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated September 1, 2014, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of Flying Helicopters Made Easy for an exemption from § 91.147 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow Flying Helicopters Made 

Easy to conduct sightseeing flights beyond the 25-statute-mile radius of Republic airport 

(KFRG) without meeting the requirements of 14 CFR part 135.

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 Flying Helicopters Made Easy.

The FAA recently issued a denial of exemption in circumstances similar in all material 

respects to those presented in your petition. In Denial of Exemption No. 11173 (copy

enclosed), the FAA found that Centennial Helicopters failed to show how its proposed 

exemption would provide a level of safety equivalent to that provided by the rule from which 

an exemption is sought. Operations conducted beyond 25 statute miles from the departure 

airport must comply with the standards for management personnel, aircrew training, flight 

checks, maintenance programs, manuals, and operations specifications that are appropriate to 

operations conducted for compensation or hire in accordance with part 135. Flying 

Helicopters Made Easy has not shown how it would meet these standards.

The FAA finds that any increase in the extent to which Flying Helicopters Made Easy is 

permitted to conduct sightseeing operations without complying with part 135 would not be as 

safe as if those operations were conducted under part 135.
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The FAA also finds that the proposed exemption would not be in the public interest. 

Operations that are conducted for compensation or hire must generally be conducted in 

accordance with part 135. Rather than requiring all sightseeing operations to be conducted in 

accordance with part 135, Federal Aviation Regulations permit certain nonstop, sightseeing 

operations to operate up to 25 statute miles from the departure airport without complying with 

part 135.

The FAA also finds that the proposed exemption is not unique as the FAA has previously 

denied one or more similar petitions for exemption. Flying Helicopters Made Easy has failed 

to demonstrate how an exemption is appropriate in its particular circumstances as compared to 

other operators.

Finally, the FAA finds that Flying Helicopters Made Easy is not unique from the general class 

of regulated persons that are subject to compliance with the affected sections. There are 

operators who conduct sightseeing operations in this airspace in compliance with the affected 

sections. Granting this petition would establish a precedent for other operators to seek similar 

relief.

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

 they do not differ materially from those presented by the petitioner in the enclosed Denial

of Exemption No. 11173;

 the reasons stated by the FAA for denying the enclosed Denial of Exemption No. 11173

also apply to the situation you present; and

 a grant of exemption would not be in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby deny your petition of Flying Helicopters Made 

Easy for an exemption from 14 CFR § 91.147.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan

Flight Standards Service

Enclosure