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 Univer sity (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) certifi cate 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.2

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 pr ivilege 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 pa rt 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 gr aduates who received training under ERAU’s part 142 training center certificate terminates upon expiration of this exemption.3

The Effect of Our Decision

This exemption terminates on March 31, 2018, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

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John Barbagallo Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service