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 Regul ations (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.2

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 fr om 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—3

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 cas e 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:4

a. Before using any provisions of this ex emption, 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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