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February 1 2 , 2016

E x e m p ti on No. 10945 A

R e g u l a t o r y Do c k e t No. F AA

- 2013

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. Rodney M. Cotter

Aircraft Program D i rec t o r

St. Philip’s College

- Southwest Campus

1800 Quintana Road

San Antonio, TX , 78211

D ea r M r

. Cotter :

Th i s l e tt e r i s t o i n f

o r m y ou t h a t we h a ve g ra n t e d y our petition to extend

Exemption No. 10945, as amended

. I t t ra ns mit s our d ec i s i on, e x p l a i ns it s b a s i s,

a nd g i v e s y ou t he c ond iti ons a nd limit a ti ons of t he e x e m p ti on, i n c l ud i ng t he

d a t e i t e nds.

Th e B as i s f

or Ou r D ec i s i on

B y l e tt e r d a t e d November 2, 2015

, y ou p e titi on e d t he Fe d era l Av i a ti on Ad mi n i s t ra ti on

(F AA) on b e h a l f of St. Philip’s College ( SPC ) f or a n e x e m p ti on fr om § 65.75 (a ) of

T itl e 14 C ode of Fe d era l R e g u l a ti ons ( 14 C F R )

. Th i s e x e m p ti on, i f g ra n t e d, wou l d

p er mi t SPC t o a d mi n i s t e r t he A v i a ti on M ec h a n i c G e n era l ( A M G) w r itt e n t e st t o

s t ud e n t s imm e d i a t e l y f

o ll ow i ng su cce ss f

ul c o m p l e ti on of t he g e n era l c u rr i c u l u m

, p r i or

t o m ee ti ng t he e x p er i e n c e re qu i re m e n t s of 14 C F R § 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. You r petition also state s in the “ Additional information, views, or

arguments to support our request ” paragraph that you are currently allow ing 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 c learly 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 F AA h a s d e t er mi n e d t h a t g ood ca use e x i s t s f or not pub li sh i ng a su mm ar y of

t he p e titi on i n t he Fe d era l R e g i s t er

. The re qu e s t e d e x e m p ti on wou l d not s e t a

p rece d e n t

, a nd a ny d e l a y i n ac ti ng on t h i s p e titi on wou l d be d e t r im e n t a l t o SPC

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Ou r D ec i s i on

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 u nder 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) a n

exemption fr om 14 CFR § 65.75 (a ) to allow SPC to a d mi n i s t e r t he A M G w r itt e n t e st t o

s t ud e n t s imm e d i a t e l y f

o ll ow i ng su cce ss f

ul c o m p l e ti on of t he g e n era l c u rr i c u l u m

, b ef o r e

m ee ti ng t he e x p er i e n c e re qu i re m e n t s 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.

Co ndi t i o n s a n d Li m i t a t i o n s

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 manua l.

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

authorizatio n 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 off ice ( CHDO ) for review and

approval.

Th i s e x e m p ti on t er mi n a t e s on February 28

, 2018

, un l e ss soon e r sup er s e d e d

or re s c i nd e d.

Si n cere l y

,

/s/

John Barbagallo

Deputy Director , Flight Standards Service