AFS-13-374-E

August 14, 2013

 Exemption No. 8629D

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2005-22015

Ms. Yolanda Flores

Principal

Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology

3702 Estey Avenue

Naples, Fl 34104

Dear Ms. Johnson:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 8629, 

as amended. It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated April 19, 2013, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 

behalf of Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology (LWIT) for an extension of Exemption 

No. 8629, as amended. That exemption from §§ 65.17(a), 65.19(b), 65.75(a), and 65.75(b) of 

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows LWIT to conduct sections of the FAA 

oral and practical tests as an integral part of an approved curriculum and before the applicant 

passes each section of the written test. The grant also authorizes the aviation mechanic general

written test to be administered immediately after students complete the general curriculum,

but before meeting the experience requirements of § 65.77. 

In your petition, you indicate that 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.

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

in the Federal Register because the requested extension of the exemption would not set a 

precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Lorenzo Walker 

Institute of Technology.
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Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 8629, as 

amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. 

Therefore, under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I grant your petition, subject to the conditions and 

limitations listed below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Before exercising the privileges of this exemption, LWIT must provide its operations 

handbook to its certificate holding district office (CHDO) and receive approval of the 

operations handbook from the CHDO.

2. LWIT’s operations handbook must contain the manner in which oral and practical 

tests are to be administrated by a Designated Mechanic Examiner ( DME). It must 

also contain the times and places at which LWIT intends to administer tests under this 

exemption.

3. LWIT’s operations handbook must contain procedures for retesting after failure of the 

oral or practical test for an instructional unit.

4. Before retesting after failure, LWIT must require a student to repeat the entire 

instructional unit associated with the failed test and receive authorization from LWIT 

to retake the test. LWIT’s operations handbook must contain procedures for 

documenting and tracking compliance with all retesting procedures.

5. LWIT`s Operations handbook must include procedures to authorize the general 

written test (knowledge test) to be administered to authorized students immediately

following the completion of the general curriculum, but prior to meeting the 

experience requirements of § 65.77.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 8629, as amended, to 

September 30, 2015, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely,

/s/

John M. Allen

Director, Flight Standards Service