Ms. Laura R. Glading 

President 

THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590 

May 7, 2014 

Association of Professional Flight Attendants 

1004 West Euless Boulevard 

Euless, TX 76040 

Dear Ms. Glading: 

Thank you for your letter regarding the application ofNorwegian Air International Limited 

(NAI) for authority to conduct U.S. services. 

Given that a number of interested parties have filed responsive pleadings to NAI's application 

and this matter is currently pending before the Department, I am sure you understand that I 

cannot comment on the merits ofNAI's application. I assure you, however, that we will give full 

and careful consideration to all of the pleadings filed on the record before we reach a 

determination in this matter. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and my response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0204, as a contact outside the record ofthis case. You may track the progress 

of this case and view the publicly available documents filed in the docket by accessing the 

Federal Docket Management System at www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket 

DOT -OST-20 13-0204. 

I hope this information is helpful. 

Anthony R. Foxx 
Association of Professional Flight Attendants 

Proudly Representing the Flight Attendants of American Airlines 

April 2, 2014 

The Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary 

US Department ofTransportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

Office of the President 

I write to you on behalf of the hard-working Flight Attendants of American Airlines, of which 

there will be over 24,000 following the completion of our company's merger with US Airways. 

After years of turmoil in our industry, my colleagues and I are looking forward to our company's 

new and enhanced ability to compete globally. Unfortunately though, we are barely out of the 

starting gate and already an unscrupulous foreign carrier is trying to undercut us. The 

Association of Professional Flight Attendants urges you, in the strongest possible terms, to deny 

Norwegian Air International Limited's (NAI) application for an exemption and foreign air carrier 

permit. 

NAT's parent company is engaged in an obvious ploy to circumvent the long-established 

agreements between the United States and the European Union. In particular, Article 17 bis of 

the Open Skies Agreement states that " the opportunities created by the Agreement are not 

intended to undermine labour-related rights and principles contained in the Parties' respective 

laws." It is clear that by operating as an Irish airline, despite having no intention to fly any routes 

to or from Ireland, NAI is attempting to skirt the labor laws of its home country. By contracting 

with Southeast Asian staffing companies, NAI is further attempting to undercut the wages and 

working conditions of its flight crews. As such, NAI's business strategy violates both the letter 

and the spirit of the US-EU Open Skies Agreement. 

There is a pressing public interest in NAI's application for an exemption and foreign air carrier 

permit. US air carriers, and the hundreds of thousands of Americans they employ, continue to 

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struggle to compete with foreign carriers that are propped up by their home governments. 

Adding a transatlantic airline that refuses to fairly compensate its employees to the market will 

further weaken all American carriers. For the Flight Attendants of American Airlines, the NAI 

model is offensive and unacceptable. Please consider our membership when making a 

determination on NAI's application. Thank you. 

ura Glading 

President 

Association of Professional Flight Attendants 

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