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 pilo t 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 appl y 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 one2

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

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