AFS-12-289-E 

May 3, 2012 

 Exemption No. 10525 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2012-0363 

Mr. Joe Livingston 

Director, Aviation Maintenance Technician Program 

Del Mar College-West Campus 

Baldwin Blvd. 

Corpus Christi, TX 78404 

Dear Mr. Livingston: 

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 March 8, 2012, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf 

of Del Mar College (DMC) (operating under Air Agency Certificate D18T094K) for an exemption 

from § 65.75(a) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). An exemption would allow 

DMC students enrolled in its part 147 aviation maintenance technician school to take the aviation 

mechanic general (AMG) written test after successfully completing the general curriculum, prior to 

meeting the experience requirements of § 65.77. 

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 DMC. 

The FAA has issued grants of exemptions in circumstances similar in all material respects to those 

presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption Nos. 6569, 10016 and 10016A (copies enclosed), 

the FAA found that testing immediately after learning was a universally accepted instructional 

principle that reinforces learning. Therefore, we allow the petitioner to test students immediately 

after successfully completing the general curriculum but before meeting the requirements of § 65.77. 
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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. 6569, 10016 and 10016A; 

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption Nos. 6569, 10016 

and 10016A also apply to the situation you present; and 

 for the reasons stated in Grant of Exemption Nos. 6569, 10016 and 10016A, 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 Del Mar College an exemption from 14 CFR § 65.75(a) to the extent 

necessary to allow students enrolled in its part 147 aviation maintenance technician school to take 

the aviation mechanic general (AMG) written test after succcessfully completing the corresponding 

portion of the curriculum, prior to meeting the experience requirements of § 65.77, subject to the 

conditions and limitations described below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

Before exercising the privileges of this exemption, DMC must: 

1. Develop written procedures for administering the authorization to test for the general test 

requirements with an affiliated Organization Delegation Authorization (ODA) Airman 

Knowledge Testing Unit member. 

2. Ensure these procedures are included in the schools operating procedures or curriculum 

procedures document or manual, as applicable. 

3. Ensure the procedures are acceptable to the certificate holding district office before 

operating under this exemption. 

4. The aviation maintenance technician school must provide a list of students found eligible 

under the exemption to test for the AMG prior to completion of the airframe and or 
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powerplant curriculum requirements. In addition, the procedures for testing applicants for 

the general must be approved by the Flight Standards District Office. 

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

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

Raymond Towles 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

 Service 

Enclosure