AFS-11-026-E 

Dec 20 2010 

 Exemption No. 7143G 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-9032 

Mr. John W. Hazlet, Jr. 

Vice President/Director of Operations 

Ameriflight, LLC 

4700 Empire Avenue, Hangar 1 

Burbank, CA 91505 

Dear Mr. Hazlet: 

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption 

No. 7143, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter dated October 26, 2010, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of Ameriflight, LLC (Ameriflight), for an extension of Exemption No. 7143, as 

amended. That exemption from §§ 61.3(a) and (c), 91.203(a) and (b), 121.153(a)(1), and 

121.383(a)(2) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows Ameriflight to 

temporarily operate its aircraft in accordance with parts 121 and 135 of 14 CFR without 

airworthiness and registration certificates onboard (and properly displayed in the case of 

airworthiness certificates) while obtaining replacements, subject to certain conditions and 

limitations. This exemption also permits Ameriflight’s pilots to temporarily operate 

Ameriflight aircraft in accordance with parts 121 and 135 without those pilots having their 

pilot and medical certificates in their personal possession, subject to certain conditions and 

limitations. 

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons 

relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption. 

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

in the Federal Register because the requested extension of the exemption would not set a 

precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Ameriflight. 
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Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 7143, as 

amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. 

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

Administrator has delegated to me, I grant your petition. All conditions and limitations of 

Exemption No. 7143, as amended, remain the same and are as follows: 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. All operations conducted under the authority of this exemption are subject to the 

following conditions and limitations: 

a. A copy of this exemption and a copy of Ameriflight’s operations specifications 

authorizing its use must be carried onboard the aircraft when exercising the 

privileges of this exemption; and 

b. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised only when the affected 

flight is operated totally within the 48 contiguous States of the United States, 

including the District of Columbia, or is an intrastate operation that does not 

involve flight through international airspace. 

2. All operations conducted by Ameriflight without the aircraft’s airworthiness and 

registration certificates onboard (and properly displayed in the case of the 

airworthiness certificates) are subject to the following conditions and limitations: 

a. Ameriflight must apply for and receive from the FAA Flight Standards District 

Office responsible for its air carrier certificate an amendment to its operations 

specifications authorizing Ameriflight to exercise the privileges of this 

exemption; 

b. Ameriflight must develop a comprehensive program that provides for the 

continued operation of the aircraft by (1) making an appropriate entry in the 

aircraft logbook when the airworthiness or registration certificate for the 

aircraft is lost, stolen, or mutilated; (2) ensuring timely application is made 

to the FAA for a replacement certificate; and (3) providing for the temporary 

operation of the aircraft during the interim required to receive a replacement 

certificate from the FAA and install it on the affected aircraft. This program 

must be included in the air carrier’s manual required by 14 CFR § 121.133; 

c. The comprehensive program specified in condition No. 2b must contain— 
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i. A requirement that the following statement be entered in the 

appropriate section of the aircraft logbook whenever the provisions of 

this exemption are exercised: “This aircraft is being operated without 

an airworthiness or registration certificate, as applicable, under the 

provisions of Exemption No. 7143 for a period of 3 working days, not 

including weekends or Federal holidays, following the start of the next 

business day, beginning: TIME:________ DATE:________” The 

signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by 

condition No. 2cii below must be affixed to this statement; 

ii. An identification of the designated person(s) within Ameriflight’s 

maintenance organization authorized to enter the statement outlined in 

condition No. 2ci above and the method(s) by which the documents 

required under condition No. 1a above will be transmitted to the 

affected aircraft; 

iii. An arrangement wherein those person(s) within Ameriflight’s 

organization responsible for certificates of airworthiness and 

registration will maintain a current record of the data from the 

certificates of each aircraft within Ameriflight’s fleet that may be 

affected by this exemption. These data must be made readily available 

to those person(s) within Ameriflight’s maintenance organization 

identified in condition No. 2cii above and must be kept current at all 

times; 

iv. Procedures to ensure that FAA principal maintenance inspector with 

responsibility for Ameriflight is notified immediately of a missing 

or mutilated certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA 

for a replacement certificate in the case of an airworthiness certificate 

or a duplicate certificate in the case of a registration certificate; and 

v. Procedures describing specific duties and responsibilities by job title; 

and 

d. The privileges of this exemption may be exercised by Ameriflight only 

for temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated certificate that 

is current and in effect and applies only to U.S- registered aircraft listed in 

Ameriflight’s operations specifications. 

3. All operations conducted by Ameriflight’s pilots without those pilots having 

their pilot and medical certificates in their personal possession are subject to the 

following conditions and limitations: 
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a. Before using any provisions of this exemption, Ameriflight must develop and 

submit to and have approved by the FAA principal operations inspector 

assigned to Ameriflight a plan outlining the procedures Ameriflight expects to 

employ in issuing a temporary confirmation document to flight crewmembers 

who do not have in their personal possession their airman or medical 

certificates required by § 61.3(a) and (c); 

b. Ameriflight’s confirmation must include the written words “Issued under the 

authority of Exemption No. 7143;” and 

c. The flight crewmember who operates under the authority of this exemption 

must comply with § 61.29(c) or § 63.16(d), whichever is appropriate, and 

ensure a request for a facsimile from the FAA confirming the applicable 

certificate is made within 72 hours of the initiation of any flight conducted 

under this exemption. Ameriflight is authorized to make this application to the 

FAA on behalf of each applicable flight crewmember. The flight crewmember 

must provide a copy of the facsimile to Ameriflight within 24 hours of the 

receipt of that facsimile. 

The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 7143, as amended, to 

March 31, 2013, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

Raymond Towles 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

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