AFS-16-7915-E 

March 15, 2016 

 Exemption No. 10957B 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2013-0758 

Mr. Kenneth Byrnes 

Flight Department Chairman 

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 

600 South Clyde Morris Boulevard 

Daytona Beach, FL 32114 

Dear Mr. Byrnes: 

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 

10957, as amended. 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 January 26, 2016, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) for an extension of Exemption 

No. 10957, as amended. That exemption from § 61.160(b)(3)(i) and (ii) of Title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows certain ERAU students who completed their instrument 

rating and/or commercial pilot training under part142 at ERAU to be eligible for the restricted 

privilege airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate in accordance with § 61.160(b) and (d). The 

grant of exemption limits relief to graduates of ERAU’s Aeronautical Science degree 

program. 

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 ERAU. 
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Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10957, 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. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the 

FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I grant Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 

(ERAU) an exemption from 14 CFR § 61.160(b)(3)(i) and (ii) to allow certain ERAU 

students who completed their instrument rating and/or commercial pilot training under part 

142 at ERAU to be eligible for the restricted privilege airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate 

in accordance with § 61.160(b) and (d) , subject to the conditions and limitations listed below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. ERAU must adhere to all the conditions and limitations listed within its letter of 

authorization (LOA) granting authorization for ERAU to certify its graduates for an 

airline transport pilot (ATP) with reduced aeronautical experience. 

2. In exercising the relief provided in this exemption, ERAU must include the following 

certifying statement on the graduate’s transcript: 

“Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University certifies that, in conjunction with the relief 

provided in Exemption No. 10957B, the requirements of § 61.160[(b) or (d)] for an 

Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with Reduced Aeronautical Experience have been 

met.” 

3. ERAU must provide a copy of this exemption to each student for whom the relief is 

necessary and direct that student to provide a copy of the exemption along with the 

official transcript and certifying statement at the time of application for the practical 

test for the ATP certificate under § 61.160. 

4. ERAU can only exercise this exemption for its students who initially enrolled in the 

following Bachelor of Science degree programs between 2003 and 2011 and 

subsequently completed the commercial pilot certificate and instrument rating ground 

and flight training under ERAU’s part 142 training center certificate: 

a. Aeronautical Science 

b. Aeronautics 

c. Aerospace Studies 

d. Aviation Maintenance Science 

e. Air Traffic Management 

f. Applied Meteorology 

5. The authority (in the LOA) to certify graduates who received training under ERAU’s 

part 142 training center certificate terminates upon expiration of this exemption. 
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The Effect of Our Decision 

This exemption terminates on March 31, 2018, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

//s// 

John Barbagallo 

Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service