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Mr. T. Doug Dale 

President, Dale Partners Architects P.A. 

One Jackson Place, Suite 250 

188 East Capitol Street 

Jackson, MS 39201-2100 

Dear Mr. Dale: 

Thank you for your letter of March 5 to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, supporting the 

application of US Airways for two within-perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport (DCA). These two slot exemptions are available for reallocation 

under 49 U.S.C. § 41718(b) as a result of the return of two such exemptions that had earlier been 

granted for service to Jackson (JAN). Two slot exemptions would support one daily round-trip 

from DCA. Secretary LaHood asked that I respond to your letter. 

US Airways' application, which the Department received on March 5, proposes to continue the 

service to Jackson from DCA with one round-trip per day. Other timely applications for the 

exemptions were received fipm Frontier Airlines, proposing service to Louisville, KY, and 

Southwest Airlines, proposing service to Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City. In the interim, 

the Department granted US Airways the authority it needed to operate JAN-DCA service until 

such time as the Department completes the reallocation proceeding. 

As the matter is still pending, I hope you understand that we cannot comment on the merits of 

the points raised in your letter. However, 1 can assure you that all applications the Department 

receives will be given full and fair consideration and will be evaluated against the selection 

criteria specified by statute. 

The Department's action on this matter is being administered through a public docket, which 

allows all interested parties the opportunity to comment. Following our normal practice, I am 

placing a copy of your letter and this response in docket DOT-2000-7182. 

1 appreciate knowing of your interest in this matter. 

Sincerely yours. 

Robert Letteney 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

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The Honorable Raymond H. LaHood 

Secretary of Transportation 

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I am writing to support the application of US Airways to obtain a slot exemption in the Department's 

slot exemption proceeding Docket OST-2000-7182. 

• Located in the center of the state, Jackson is the largest population center in a region 

stretching 400 miles between New Orleans in the south, and Memphis to the north. 

• The Jackson's economy consists of industries led by healthcare, aerospace, communication, 

energy, education and manufacturing. 

• Major corporate investors include Nissan, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, Entergy, AT&T 

and L-3 Communications. 

• As the state capital, Jackson has the largest by far concentration of federal, state and local 

government agencies and offices in Mississippi, many of whose employees regularly travel 

to and from Washington, DC. 

• During the eight years the DCA-JAN Service has existed, Mississippi's access to the nation's 

capital has improved immensely to the benefit of tens of thousands of business people, 

tourists, civic leaders, government employees, military personnel and defense contractors 

from throughout Mississippi who routinely travel to Washington, DC. Simply put, the 

economic benefits and positive impact on jobs created by the DCA-JAN Serve are immense. 

• The DCA-JAN Service is the only nonstop service in Mississippi to either of the two airports 

which serve Washington, DC. If the DCA-JAN Service is discontinued, the entire state of 

Mississippi would be without nonstop service to the nation's capital. 

• The greater Jackson area is the most dynamic center for economic development and job 

creation in Mississippi. 

• Denial of the US Airways Application would be counter to the core purposes of the Wendell 

H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act of the 21'* Century and the Vision 100 -

Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act. 

• Discontinuance of the DCA-JAN Service would be a major blow to the economic 

development and growth of the greater Jackson area and the state of Mississippi. 

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