Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Amendment Request 

Petition for exemption requestor: Tim Brady 

600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd 

Daytona Beach, FL 32114

(386) 226-6457

bradyt@erau.edu

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is seeking an amendment to exemption No. 10957, 

conditions and limitations number 4:

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

Aeronautical Science degree program between 2003 and 2011 and subsequently

completed the commercial certificate and instrument rating ground and flight training 

under ERAU’s part 142 training center certificate.”

Rationale for the exemption request: 

When the exemption request was initialized Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

(ERAU) only had one degree program (Aeronautical Science) approved on the Letter of 

Authorization (LOA). Since that period ERAU’s LOA has been revised and the following 

degree programs have been approved:

1. Aeronautical Science

2. Aeronautics

3. Aerospace Studies

4. Aviation Maintenance Science

5. Air Traffic Management 

6. Applied Meteorology

It is the university’s intent to seek approval for graduates of all approved degree 

programs that completed instrument and commercial training under part 142 to be 

included in the relief grated under exemption number 10957. 

The university assumes that this is a reasonable request based on the following excerpts 

from exemption number 10957:

1. “The FAA finds that the training previously accomplished under ERAU’s part 142 

training center is equivalent to the training currently offered under ERAU’s part 141 

pilot school.”
2. “Given the regulatory requirements and the FAA’s ability to oversee the training that 

students receive under ERAU’s part 142 training program, the FAA finds that ERAU’s 

students were continuously evaluated through academic testing and flight 

observations as is accomplished under part 141.”

3. “In consideration of the foregoing, I find that a grant of exemption meets an 

equivalent level of safety and is in the public interest.”

Public benefit of exemption approval: 

The FAA agreed in exemption 10957 with ERAU that approving training completed under 

part 142 is in the public interest since it would enable graduates to enter the airline industry 

sooner.

Impact on Safety: 

The FAA agreed in exemption number 10957 that the grant of the exemption meets an 

equivalent level of safety.

Summary for Federal Register: 

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is seeking an amendment to exemption number 

10957.

When the exemption request was initialized Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

(ERAU) only had one degree program (Aeronautical Science) approved on the Letter of 

Authorization (LOA). Since that period ERAU’s LOA has been revised and the following 

degree programs have been approved:

1. Aeronautical Science

2. Aeronautics

3. Aerospace Studies

4. Aviation Maintenance Science

5. Air Traffic Management 

6. Applied Meteorology

It is the university’s intent to seek approval for graduates of all approved degree 

programs that completed instrument and commercial training under part 142 to be 

included in the relief grated under exemption number 10957. 

The university assumes that this is a reasonable request based on the following excerpts 

from exemption number 10957:
1. “The FAA finds that the training previously accomplished under ERAU’s part 142 

training center is equivalent to the training currently offered under ERAU’s part 141 

pilot school.”

2. “Given the regulatory requirements and the FAA’s ability to oversee the training that 

students receive under ERAU’s part 142 training program, the FAA finds that ERAU’s 

students were continuously evaluated through academic testing and flight 

observations as is accomplished under part 141.”

3. “In consideration of the foregoing, I find that a grant of exemption meets an 

equivalent level of safety and is in the public interest.”

This amendment would allow students in other approved degree programs who 

completed instrument and commercial flight training under FAR Part 142 to have the 

same relief that has been granted to ERAU Aeronautical Science graduates (exemption 

10957).

Suggested wording for the Amended Exemption:

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

Aeronautical Science degree program, or the Aeronautics degree program, or the 

Aerospace Studies degree program, or the Aviation Maintenance Science degree 

program, or the Air Traffic Management degree program or the Applied Meteorology 

degree program between 2003 and 2011 and subsequently completed the commercial 

certificate and instrument rating ground and flight training under ERAU’s part 142 

training center certificate.”