AFS-12-085-E

January 13, 2012 

 Exemption No. 10435 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2011-1269 

Mr. Toshihiro Shima 

President 

TrendVector Aviation International, Inc. 

17-3404 Neptune Ave. 

Barrigada, Guam 96913 

Dear Mr. Shima: 

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

decision, explains its basis, and lists the conditions and limitations of the exemption, 

including the date it ends. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter received on November 14, 2011, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) on behalf of TrendVector Aviation International, Inc. (TVAI), for an exemption from 

§ 141.5(e) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow 

TVAI to renew its Provisional Pilot School Certificate. 

Since TVAI’s provisional pilot school certificate expired on October 31, 2011, 

§ 141.5(e) no longer applies. The FAA finds that TVAI requires relief from 

§ 141.27(b)(3). Section 141.27(b)(3) prescribes, in pertinent part, that “A provisional pilot 

school may apply for another provisional pilot school certificate, provided 180 days have 

elapsed since its last provisional pilot school certificate has expired.” This exemption, if 

granted, would allow TVAI to immediately apply for a Provisional Pilot School Certificate. 

This exemption is not intended to guarantee that TVAI will be granted any FAA pilot school 

certificate. The privileges of this exemption are intended only to allow TVAI to make one 
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application with its jurisdictional FAA Flight Standards District Office for a Provisional Pilot 

School Certificate, without regard to the length of time since the expiration of its previous 

FAA Pilot School certificate. Issuance of any pilot school certificate to TVAI shall be in 

accordance with all other appropriate FAA regulations and guidance. 

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

in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent and any 

delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to TVAI. 

The FAA has issued similar grants of exemption in circumstances similar in most material 

respects to those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption Nos. 6246 and 7785, the 

FAA found that it was in the public interest to grant these exemptions due, in part, to the lack 

of training alternatives for the public. In your case, TVAI is located on the island of Guam 

and is the only flight school option for Guam and the Marshall islands. The closest 

alternative is a pilot school in Hawaii, several thousand miles distant. 

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 Nos. 6246 and 7785. 

 The reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption Nos. 6246 

and 7785 also apply to the situation you present. 

 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 TrendVector Aviation International Inc., an exemption 

from 14 CFR § 141.27(b)(3) to the extent necessary to allow TVAI to apply for a provisional 

pilot school certificate. 

This exemption terminates on January 31, 2014, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John W. McGraw 

Acting Director, Flight Standard 

 Service 

Enclosures