January 31, 2013

Mr. Eric N. Wiberg

2532 Briarwood Court

Aurora, IL, 60506

Dear Mr. Wiberg:

This letter is to inform you that we cannot process your request for an exemption from Public 

Law 111-216 of Title 49, United States Code (49 U.S.C). It explains why we cannot process 

your request, gives you some important information about how we have handled similar 

requests, and tells you what you should do in the next 30 days.

Why We Can Not Process Your Request

You submitted your October 12, 2012, petition for exemption into the public docket 

(No. FAA-2012-1116). You stated that you are deployed currently to Kuwait. You also 

stated that you have graduated the Southern Illinois University Aviation Flight and 

Management Program and the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence Flight 

Training Program. Your petition for exemption concerns your ability to obtain the 500 hours 

required to become an Air Transport Pilot (ATP) by August 1, 2013. However, we cannot

process your request any further. The information you sent does not comply with the 

requirements of § 11.81 (copy enclosed).

The FAA has no authority to grant an exemption from a public law. A Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) has been published in the Federal Register (77 FR 12374) titled, Pilot 

Certification and Qualification Requirements for Air Carrier Operations. The NPRM can be 

viewed by the public at www.gpo.gov/fdsys; once there, type in “77 FR 12373”. 

For us to consider your petition for exemption any further, you must send us all the following:

• The specific section or sections of 14 CFR from which you seek relief, the extent of the 

relief you seek, and the reason you seek relief.

• The reasons why granting the request would be in the public interest; that is, how it would 

benefit the public as a whole.
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• The reasons why the exemption would not adversely affect safety or how the exemption 

would provide a level of safety at least equal to that provided by the rule from which you 

seek an exemption.

• Any additional information, views, or arguments available to support your request.

What You Should Do

If you want us to process your request any further, you must send the information described 

earlier to reach us within 30 days. We will consider the docket on your request open until we 

receive this required information from you. Please note that § 11.63(d) requires you to send 

your petition for exemption at least 120 days before the proposed effective date of the 

exemption.

If We Do Not Hear From You

If we do not hear from you within 30 days, we will close the docket without notifying you 

further. If you have any questions or require additional time, you may call (202) 267-9677.

Sincerely,

/s/

Ida M. Klepper

Manager, Airmen and 

 Airspace Rules Division

Enclosure
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Project No.: AFS-13-015-E

Project Officer: _______________

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MR ERIC N WIBERG

2532 BRIARWOOD COURT

AURORA IL 60506