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Mr. Brent Barrett 

510 Breezy.Orchard Street 

Henderson, NV 89015 . 

Dear Mr. Barrett: 

Thank you for your letter addressed to Senator Harry Reidconceming the application for 

antitrust immunity filed by All Nippon Airways, United Air Lines, and Continental Airlines. 

As you may know, the applicants"-members ofthe Star Alliance-are seeking antitrust 

immunity to closely coordinate flights between the United States and Asia. According to the 

application, the alliance partners plan to launch' a joint venture for conveyance of transpacific 

traffic. 

The application is administered in a public docket, which ensures that interested parties have the 

opportunity to comment The U.S. Department ofTransportation (DOT) will evaluate the 

application according to rigorous statutory standards, beginning with a review ofthe record to 

detennine if it is substantially complete., Decisions on the application are made in consultation 

with the U.S. Department of lustice'sAntitrust Division following a thorough analysis of 

competitive factors. As this matter is now pending, I hope you understand that I cannot 

comment on the merits.of the application. I can assure you, however, that DOT will give full 

and fair consideration to the application as well as any comments filed in the docket. 

As is our nonnal practice, 1am placing a copy ofyour letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST~2010-0059 as a contact outside the record in this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this proceeding. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 


Assistant Secretary for 


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Director of Legislative Affairs 

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Washington, DC 20590 

To Whom It May Concern: 

Enclosed is a letter 1have received from Brent Barrett. 

I would appreciate your reviewing this situation and providing answers to my 

constituent's concern. Please send your reply directly to Mr. Barrett, and send a copy ofyourc 

response to me. 

Thank you for your cooperation and assistance. 

My best wishes to yotl. 

I-lARRY REID 

United States Senator 

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cMESSAGESOOY>Brent Barrett 

510 Breezy Orchard St. 

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March 16, 2010 

The Honorable Harry Reid 

United States Senate 

522 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510-280) 

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Senator Reid: ( 

Dear Senator, 

A few weeks ago a member of the United Pilot's MEC Legislat.ive Committee 

called your office to express ,concerns about III United ~irl~nes application 

for antitl~st immunity (ATI) now pending before~T. The following 

information el):plains our concerns and why we r~est you nOE__ .s_lIPJ2c;H;:~ 

United·!-!~s. Just before Christmas 2009. United Airlines petit.ioned 

aie fiOTfor Antitrust .immunity (ATIlin a joint venture with ANA and 

Continental Airlines. Last week, the Air Line Pilots Association, which 

represents the pilots of United Airlines. began receiving reports that UAL was lobbying the Hill seeking support for an expedited approval of their 

ATI. application. We've been told that United is claiming 'that their unions are "neutral- on t'.his ATI. We are not "neutral." In fact we are strongly 

opposed to any agreement that has the potential for outsourcing US jobs. 

Our .conaerns are not unfounded. In Mal;'ch 1010, United will start service 

in III joint venture with Aer Lingua flying betweenWaahington Dulles (lAD) 

and Madrid, Spain (MAD). Customers will buy tickets from United Airlines 

as they have in tne past. They wil: board the ajrplane [possiblyl painted 

in United colors and, from all appearances, they will assume they are flying on United Airlines. In reality, they are flying on an Aer Lingus 

airplane, with crew members that are not United employees. On this route, 

United will have become a "virtual airline. ~ Right now, United has 

furloughed over 1,400 pilots and over 1,900 flight attendants. At a time 

when the US eeonomy is strugg1ing.and unemployment is at record highs, 

losing additional quality union jobs is intolerable. on behalf of the 

pilots of united Airlines. we ask that you not endorse United'S request 

for expedited processing. In fact., we respeetfully request that you writ'.e 

DOT Secretary LaHood and join us in expressing your concerns for labor 

(job loss) in this ATI application. Thank you for your considering our request. If you have any further questions. please call me at the number 

below. Sincerely. 

Sincerely, 

Brent Barrett 

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