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- E November 12, 2013

Exemption No. 10891 Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2011

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Mr. Dean T. Peterson

Director of A&P School School of Missionary Aviation Technology 468 East Sprague Road d

- 175 Ionia, MI 48846

Dear Mr. Peterson:

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 docket submission on September 11, 2013 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of School of Missionary Av iation Technology (SMAT) for an exemption from § 65.75 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). This exemption, if granted, would allow SMAT to administer the aviation mechanic general

written test to students immediately following successful co mpletion of the general curriculum, prior to meeting the experience requirements of 14 CFR § 65.77.

A review of our records indicates we issued Exemption No. 10374 to SMAT. Because 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 we will grant your request; however, because Exemption No. 10374 expire d on October 31, 2013 , we will treat your request as a new petition.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition

in the Federal Register because the petition would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to SMAT.2

The FAA has issued grants of exemption in circumstances si milar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption Nos. 6569 and 8629 (copies enclosed), the FAA found that testing immediately after learning was a universally accepted instructional principle that reinforces learni ng. Therefore, we allow the petitioner to test students immediately after successfully completing the general curriculum but before meeting the requirements of § 65.77.

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that

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• they are simil ar in all material respects to relief previously requested in enclosed Grant of Exemption Nos. 6569 and 8629;

• the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption Nos. 6569 and 8629 also apply to the situation you present; and

• a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant School of Missionary Aviation Technology an exemption from 14 CFR § 65.75(a) to administer the aviation mechanic general written test to students immediately following successful completion of the general curriculum but before meeting the exp erience requirements of § 65.77 , subject to the following conditions and

limitations.

Condition and Limitation

• Before exercising the privileges of this exemption, SMAT must provide its operations handbook to its certificate holding district office (CHDO) and receive approval of the operations handbook from the CHDO.

This exemption terminates on November 3 0 , 2015, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Director, Flight Standards Service

Enclosures