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MAR 10, 2015

Exemption No. 11200 Regulatory Docket No. FAA

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Mr. Al Madar Managing Director of Operations Safety and Compliance

American Airlines

460 1 Highway 360 MD 843 Fort Worth, TX 76155

Mr. Ronald Thomas Managing Director of Flight Operations US Airways 4601 Highway 360 MD 843 Fort Worth, TX 76155

Dear Messrs. Madar and Thomas :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated December 9 , 2014 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Adminis tration (FAA)

on behalf of American Airlines and US Airways ( America n Airlines ) for an exemption from § 121.291(b)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to

allow American Airlines to add airplanes to its operating cer tificate without first conducting a partial demonstration of the emergency evacuation procedures.

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 American Airlines

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The FAA has issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petit ion. In Grant of Exemption No

. 9979 (copy enclosed), regarding

the purchase of Northwest Airlines, Inc. by Delta Air Lines , Inc., the FAA found that the surviving certificate holder would be required to conduct the partial demonstrations. In exemption 9979 , t he FAA found that an equiv alent level of safety would be maintained during the period of time between issuance of a single operating certificate and the conduct of the partial evacuation demonstrations, because only qualified Northwest Airlines flight attendants

would serve these a ircraft until the demonstrations were completed.

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

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 they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the e nclosed Grant of Exemption No

. 9979 ;

 the reasons stat ed by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 9979 also apply to the situation you present; and

 a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113

, and 44701, which th e FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant American Airlines an exemption from

14 CFR 121.291(b)(1) to the extent necessary to allow American Airlines to add two airplane s to its operating certificate without first conducting a partial demons tration of the emergency evacuation procedures , subj ect to the conditions and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. American Airlines must submit a plan to complete the Partial Evacuation

Demonstration to the FAA in accordance with the guidance in 8900.1, Volume 3, Chapter 30, Section 1 , paragraph 3

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than April 6, 201 5

. The plan must include a schedule of events that ensures that all evacuation demonstrations are completed within 24 months of Ja nuary 4, 2014 or by January 04 , 20 1 6.

2. All crew member operating manual revisions, Aircraft Qualification (AQ), differences training will be completed and training qualification records updated prior to commingling flight attendant crewmembers.3

3. Unt il the partial evacuation demonstrations are completed on these aircraft, no

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Thi s ex emption terminates on January 05, 2016, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/ John Barbagallo Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service