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July 18, 2014 Exemption No. 10957A Regulatory

Docket No. FAA

- 2013

- 0758 Mr. Tim Brady Embry

- Riddle Aeronautical University 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd Day tona Beach, FL 32114 Dear Mr. Brady : This letter i s to inform you that we have granted your petition to amend Exemption No. 10957

. Itexplains the basis for our decision , lists the revised conditions and limitations , and describes its effect

. **The Basis for Our Decision** By letter dated April 1, 2014 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Embry

- Riddle Aeronautical University ( ERAU ) located at Day tona Beach, FL for an amendment to Exemption No. 10957

. That exemption granted ERAU relief from § 61.160(b)(3)(i) and (b)(3)(ii) of T itle 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to allow certain 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 a ccordance with § 61.160(b) and (d). The grant of exemption limits relief to graduates of ERAU’s Aeronautical Science degree program. At the time of the initial request, the Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Science was the only degree program contained in ERAU’s letter of authorization (L OA) that granted authority to certify graduates for an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate with reduced aeronautical experience. Since this original petition for exemption, ERAU’s L OA has been revised to include the following degree programs:

 Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Science
 Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics
 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Studies2

 Bachelor of Science in Aviation Maintenance Science
 Bachelor of Science in Air Traffic Management
 Bache lor of Science in Applied Meteorology The amendment you are request ing would allow graduates of any authorized degree program currently listed in ERAU’s L OA , who have completed their instrument rating and /or commercial pilot training under part 142 at ERAU , to be eligible for the restricted privilege ATP certificate in accordance with § 61.160 (b) and (d). You indicate that the reason for this amendment is that the initial petition for exemption, submitted on August 22, 2013 , only requested relief for st

udents that had enrolled in ERAU’s Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Science degree program. The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition in the Federal Register because the requested amendment to the exemp tion would not set a precedent, and any

delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to ERAU

. **Our Decision** The FAA has determined that the justification for the amendment of Exemption No. 10957 remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. The FAA agrees that Exemption No. 10957 was limited to students who had initially enrolled in the Aero nautical Science degree program

. S ince th e petition was filed, additional courses have been added to ERAU’s LOA. ERAU currently holds authority from the FAA to certify graduates of the degree programs listed above to be eligible for an ATP certificate with reduced aeronautical experience. T he FAA finds that the relief provided by E xemption 10957 should extend to all of the degree p rograms currently listed on ERAU’s L OA. As noted in Exemption No. 10957, ERAU may certify these graduates if they

meet all of criteria contained within the L OA, to include completion of the training for the instrument rating and the commercial pilot cert ificate under part 141. The FAA finds that ERAU’s authorized aviation degree programs satisfy the requirements in § 61.160 and are consistent with Advisory

Circular 61

- 139: Institution of Higher Education’s Application for Authority to Certify its Graduates for an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with Reduced Aeronautical Experience

. As such, ERAU provides courses , within those authorized aviation degree programs , designed to improve and enhance the knowledge and skills of a person seeking a career as a professional pilot. Given ERAU’s previous applications for authority to certify its graduates for an ATP certificate with reduced aeronautical experience and the FAA’s subsequent issuance of an L OA, the FAA finds that the training for a graduate of one of the programs listed in its L OA received under part 142 is substantively similar to the training an ERAU student would receive under part 141.3

The FAA has amended Condition/L imitation No. 2 to reflect the updated exemption number. Inaddition, Condition/L imitation No. 4 has been amend ed to include the degree programs listed in ERAU’s L OA. Inthis amendment , the FAA is also revising the original grant of exemption to include relief from the requirements of § 61.169(b). Section 61.169(b) states, in pertine nt part, that an institution of higher education may not certify

a graduate for an airline transport pilot certificate under the requirements of § 61.160 unless it determines that the graduate has satisfied the requirements of § 61.160. Therefore, under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113 , 4470 1 and 44703 , which the FAA Administrator has delegat ed to me, I hereby grant E RAU’s petition for relief , from 14 CFR §§ 61.160(b)(3)(i) and (ii) and 61.169(b) to the extent necessary to allow students who matriculated into one of the University ’s degree program listed in ERAU’s letter of authorization before the state of the 2012 academic year, and who subsequently completed their instrument rating and/or commercial pilot certificate training under p art 142 at ERAU to be eligible for the restricted privilege ATP certificate , subject to the following conditions and limitations. **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) certificate 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. 10957 A , 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 tim e 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 B achelor of S cience degree program s between 2003 and 2011 and subsequently comp leted the commercial pilot certificate and instrument rating ground and flight training under ERAU’s part 142 training center certificate :4

a. Aeronautical Science b. Aeronautics c. Aerospace Studies d. Aviation Maintenance Science e. Air Traffic Management f. Applied Meteo rology 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. **The Effect of Our Decision**  This exemption terminates on March 31 , 2016 , unless s ooner superseded or rescinded. Sincerely ,
//s// John Barbagallo Acting Deputy

Director, Flight Standards Services