February 24 , 2014

E x e m p ti on No. 10945

R e g u l a t o r y Do c k e t No. F AA

- 2013

- 1017

M r

. Rodney M. Cotter

Aircraft Program D i rec t o r

, St. Philip’s College

- Southwest Campus

1800 Quintana Road

San Antonio, TX

, 78211

D ea r M r

. Cotter :

Th i s l e tt e r i s t o i n f

o r m y ou t h a t we h a ve g ra n t e d y our re qu e st f or e x e m p ti on. I

t

t ra ns mit s our d ec i s i on, e x p l a i ns it s b a s i s, a nd g i v e s y ou t he c ond iti ons a nd

limit a ti ons of t he e x e m p ti on, i n c l ud i ng t he d a t e i t e nds.

Th e B as i s f

or Ou r D ec i s i on

B y l e tt e r d a t e d November 19, 2013

, y ou p e titi on e d t he Fe d era l Av i a ti on

Ad mi n i s t ra ti on (F AA) on b e h a l f of St. Philip’s College ( SPC ) f or a n e x e m p ti on fr om

§ 65.75 (a ) of T itl e 14 C ode of Fe d era l R e g u l a ti ons ( 14 C F R )

. Th i s e x e m p ti on, i f

g ra n t e d, wou l d p er mi t SPC t o a d mi n i s t e r t he A v i a ti on M ec h a n i c G e n era l ( A M G)

w r itt e n t e st t o s t ud e n t s imm e d i a t e l y f o ll ow i ng su cce ss f

ul c o m p l e ti on of t he g e n era l

c u rr i c u l u m

, p r i or t o m ee ti ng t he e x p er i e n c e re qu i re m e n t s of 14 C F R § 65.77.

The F AA h a s d e t er mi n e d t h a t g ood ca use e x i s t s f or not pub li sh i ng a su mm ar y of

t he p e titi on i n t he Fe d era l R e g i s t er

. The re qu e s t e d e x e m p ti on wou l d not s e t a

p rece d e n t

, a nd a ny d e l a y i n ac ti ng on t h i s p e titi on wou l d be d e t r im e n t a l t o St.

Phillip’s

.

The F AA h a s i ssu e d g ra n t s of e x e m p ti on i n similar c i rc u m s t a n ce s t o t hose p re s e n t e d i n

y our p e titi on. In Grant of Exemption No. 6569 (copy enclosed), the FAA agrees that

testing immediately after learning is a universally accepted instructional principal that

reinforces learning. Th eref o re

, we grant t he p e titi on e r permission t o t e st s t ud e n t s

imm e d i a t e l y af

t e r su cce ss f

u ll y c o m p l e ti ng t he g e n era l c u rr i c u l um

, but b ef o r e m ee ti ng

t he re qu i re m e n t s of § 65.77.

AFS

- 14

- 069

- EH a v i ng re v i e w e d y our rea sons f or re qu e s ti ng a n e x e m p ti on, I f i nd t h a t

–

1. T hey do not differ materially from those presented by the petitioners of similar

grants of exemption;

2. T he rea sons s t a t e d by t he F AA f or g ra n ti ng t he e n c l os e d e x e m p ti ons a l so

a pp l y t o t he s it u a ti on y ou p re s e n t ; a nd

3. A grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Ou r D ec i s i on

U nder the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA

Administrator has delegated to me, I grant your petition to a d mi n i s t e r t he A M G w r itt e n

t e st t o s t ud e n t s imm e d i a t e l y f o ll ow i ng su cce ss f

ul c o m p l e ti on of t he g e n era l c u rr i c u l u m

, b ef o r e m ee ti ng t he e x p er i e n c e re qu i re m e n t s of § 65.77.

Co ndi t i o n s a n d Li m i t a t i o n s

1. Bef o r e e x erc i s i ng t he p r i v il e g e s of t h i s e x e m p ti on, St. Phillip’s m ust

p r ov i de it s op era ti ons manual t o it s cer ti f i ca t e ho l d i ng d i s t r i c t o ff

i c e

( C HDO) a nd rece i ve a pp r ov a l of t he op era ti ons manual fr om t he C HDO.

2. Before retesting after failure, St. Philip’s College must require a student to

repeat the entire instructional unit associated with the failed test and

receive authorization from St. Philip’s College to retake the test. St.

Philip’s College must contain procedures in its manual for documenting

and tracking compliance with all retesting procedures.

Th i s e x e m p ti on t er mi n a t e s on February 28

, 2016, un l e ss soon e r sup er s e d e d

or re s c i nd e d.

Si n cere l y

,

/s/

Michael J. Zenkovich

Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service