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February 12, 2016

Exemption No. 10945A

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2013-1017

Mr. Rodney M. Cotter

Aircraft Program Director

St. Philip’s College - Southwest Campus

1800 Quintana Road

San Antonio, TX, 78211

Dear Mr. Cotter:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend 

Exemption No. 10945, as amended. 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 November 2, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration

(FAA) on behalf of St. Philip’s College (SPC) for an exemption from § 65.75(a) of

Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). This exemption, if granted, would

permit SPC to administer the Aviation Mechanic General (AMG) written test to

students immediately following successful completion of the general curriculum, prior

to meeting the experience requirements of 14 CFR § 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. Your petition also states in the “Additional information, views, or 

arguments to support our request” paragraph that you are currently allowing testing of 

students immediately after the end of both the Airframe and the Powerplant 

curriculums. Our records do not support this statement and we need to clearly state that 

SPC does not have an exemption that permits the early testing of students immediately 

after the end of both the Airframe and the Powerplant curriculums.

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

the petition in the Federal Register. The requested exemption would not set a 

precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to SPC.

 
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Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10945, 

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. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which 

the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I grant St. Philip’s College (SPC) an

exemption from 14 CFR § 65.75(a) to allow SPC to administer the AMG written test to

students immediately following successful completion of the general curriculum, before 

meeting the experience requirements of § 65.77. SPC does not have an exemption that 

permits the early testing of students immediately after the end of both the Airframe and 

the Powerplant curriculums.

Conditions and Limitations

1. SPC must develop written procedures for administering the AMG written test 

following successful completion of the general curriculum. 

2. SPC must ensure these procedures are available for use in its approved operating or 

curriculum procedures document or manual.

3. Before retesting a student who has failed the AMG examination, and also does not 

meet the experience requirements of 14 CFR § 65.77, SPC must require the student 

to repeat each instructional item associated with the failed test and receive 

authorization from SPC to retake the test. SPC must have procedures for 

documenting and tracking compliance with all retesting procedures.

4. Before exercising the privileges of this exemption, SPC must provide revised 

procedures to its certificate-holding district office (CHDO) for review and 

approval.

This exemption terminates on February 28, 2018, unless sooner superseded

or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John Barbagallo

Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service