AFS-12-283-E April 26, 2012

Exemption No. 10516 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2012-0321

Mr. Ryan Goertzen Vice President, Education Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology

8820 E. Pine St. Tulsa, OK 74158-2833

Dear Mr. Goertzen:

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 letter dated March 16, 2012, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Spartan Aviation Industries Inc. d.b.a. Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology (Spartan College) (Air Agency Certificate CB9T054R) for an exemption from § 65.75(a) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow Spartan College to administer the Aviation Mechanic General (A MG), Airframe (AMA), and Powerplant (AMP) written tests to students immediately following su ccessful completion of the general, airframe and powerplant combined curriculum, prior to meeting the experience requirements of 14 CFR § 65.77.

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

the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Spartan College.

The FAA has issued grants of exemption in circumstances similar 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 learning. Therefore, we allow the petitioner to test students immediately2

after successfully completing the general curricu lum but before meeting the requirements of § 65.77.

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

 they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the 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

 for the reasons stated in Grant of Exemption Nos. 6569 and 8629 a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. §§ 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology an exemption from 14 CFR § 65.75(a) to the extent necessary to allow Spartan College to administer the aviation mechanic general, airframe and or powerplant written tests to students immediately following successful completion of the general, airframe and or powerplant curriculum before meeting the experience requirements of § 65.75(a), subject to the conditions

and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Develop written procedures for administering the authorization to test for the general, airframe and or powerplant test requirements with an affiliated Organization Delegation Authorization Airman Knowledge Testing Unit member.

2. Ensure these procedures are included in the schools operating procedures or curriculum procedures document or manual, as applicable.

3. Ensure the procedures are acceptable to the certificate holding district office before operating under this exemption.

4. Spartan College must provide a list of students eligible under the exemption to test for the general, airframe and or powerplant requirements prior to completion of the airframe and powerplant combined curriculum requirements. In addition, the3

procedures for testing applicants for the general, airframe, and powerplant eligibility

requirements must be approved by the certificate holding district office.

This exemption terminates on April 30, 2014, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Acting Director, Flight Standards

Service

Enclosures