### BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC

Application of NORWEGIAN AIRINTERNATIONAL LIMITED for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and a foreign air carrierpermitpursuantto 49 U.S.C. § 41301 (US-EU Open Skies) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

### Docket No. OST-2013-0204

ANSWER OF ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION TO NOTICE DATED AUGUST 4, 2014 The Allied Pilots Association 

### ("APA") writes in answer to the Notice dated August 4, 2014, submitted in reference to the application ofNorwegian Air International Limited 

### ("NAI") for an exemption and a foreign air carrier permit. APA strongly disagrees withthe position ofthe European Commission's Directorate General for Mobility and Transport 

### ("DG MOVE") that Article 17 

### bis ofthe Air Transport Agreement 

### ("Agreement") does not afford a party a unilateral basis for denying an application for operating authority. Article 17 

### bis ofthe Agreementprovides as follows: 

### Article 

### 17bis: Social Dimension 1. The Parties recognise the importance of the social dimension of the Agreement and the benefits that arise when open markets are accompanied by high labour standards. The opportunities created by the Agreement are not intended to undermine labour standards or the labour-related rights and principles contained in the Parties} respective laws. 2. The principles in paragraph 1 

### shall guide the Parties as they implement the Agreement} including regular consideration by the 1

### Joint Committee, pursuant to Article 18, 

### of the social effects of the Agreement and the development of appropriate responses to concernsfound to be legitimate. The language above dictates that the principles set forth in Paragraph 1 ofArticle 17 

### bis shall "guide the Parties" in implementingthe Agreement, and does not in any way suggestthat such guidance should only apply to Parties acting collectively rather than individually, nor restrict the Parties' ability to take unilateral action onthe basis ofsuch principles withrespect to applications for operating authority. Furthermore, the second phrase ofArticle 17 

### bis, Paragraph 2 - which is prefacedbythe word "including"- makes clear that the implementationto be guided bythe principles includes resort to the Joint Committee as simply one option available to the parties alongside other options, such as being guidedbythe principles in considering an application for operating authority. Moreover, the views expressed by DG MOVE do not address the statutory standard by which an exemption application is to be decided, including the requirement, under 49 U.S.C. 

### § 41302, that such applications be "inthe public interest." Forthe reasons previously statedby APA and the Air Line Pilots Association, NAI's proposed service offerings would undercut labor standards and therefore neither encourage "fair wages and working conditions," 49 U.S.C. § 40101(a)(5), nor "strengthenthe competitive position of [U.S.] air carriers to at least insure equality with foreign air carriers." 49 U.S.C. § 40101(a)(15) and (e)(l). Accordingly, the permit requested byNAI would not be "inthe public interest," as required by 49 U.S.C. § 41302, and shouldbe denied.

2August 18, 2014

3 Edgar N. James JAMES & HOFFMAN, P.C. 1130 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 950 Washington, D.C. 20036-3975 (telephone) 202-496-0500 (facsimile) 202-496-0555 ejames@jamhoff.com 

### Attorney for the AlliedPilotsAssociationCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that I have, onthis 18th day ofAugust, 2014, served the foregoing Answer by causing a copy to be sent by electronic mail to the addresses identifiedbelow:

Josh Romanow Peter Nelson Counsel for Norwegian Air International Limited romanow@pillsburylaw.com peter.nelson@pillsburylaw.com Steve Morrissey Thomas Bolling United Airlines steve.morrissey@united.com thomas.bolling@united.com DanWeiss Hershel Kamen United Airlines dan.weiss@united.com hershel.kamen@united.com Sascha Van der Bellen DeltaAirlines sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com Howard Kass U.S. Airways howard.kass@usairways.com Robert Wirick Francis Heil American Airlines, Inc. robert.wirick@aa.com francis.heil@aa.com Robert Land Senior Vice President ofGovernment Affairs and Association General Counsel robert.land@jetblue.com

4 Russell E. Pommer Associate General Counsel & Sr. Director Regulatory Affairs Atlas Air Inc. rpommer@atlasair.com Celine Canu Philip Von Schoppenthau European CockpitAssociation cc@eurocockpit.be pvs@eurocockpit.be Malcom L. Benge Counsel for NorthAmericanlWorld Airways Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. mlbenge@zsrlaw.com John M. Allen Michael Whitaker Jesse Elliot Douglas Schwab Nicholas Tsokris Federal Aviation Administration john.allen@faa.gov michael.whitaker@faa.gov jesse.elliot@faa.gov douglas.schwab@faa.gov nicholas.tsokris@faa.gov john.chen@faa.gov Anita Mosner Jennifer Nowak Counsel for UPS Holland 

### & Knight anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.comNancy S. Sparks Bailey Leopard Federal Express Corporation nssparks@fedex.com gbleopard@fedex.com Russell Bailey Jonathan Cohen Air Line Pilots Association, International russell.bailey@alpa.org jonathan.cohen@alpa.org Edward Wytkind President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO edw@ttd.org Krishna Urs Kristin Westphal Department ofState urskr@state.gov westphalkl@state.gov cristinasa@state.gov Paul Gretch Robert Finamore Brian Hedberg Reese Davidson Esta Rosenberg Brett Kruger U.S. Department ofTransportation paul.gretch@dot.gov robert.finamore@dot.gov brian.hedberg@dot.gov reese.davidson@dot.gov esta.rosenberg@dot.gov brett.kruger@dot.gov

5 David Berg James Casey Keith Glatz CeciliaBethke Airlines for America dberg@airlines.org jcasey@airlines.org kglatz@airlines.org ebethke@airlines.org Vegard Einan Vice President Parat vegard.einan@parat.com Chris Lytle Executive Director, Port ofOakland c1ytle@portoakland.com Kent G. George Director ofAviation Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport kgeorge@broward.org Mark Richardson President, Southwest Airline Pilots' Association mrichardson@swapa.org Eugene Alford Air Transport Services eugene.alford@trade.gov Matthew Baldwin Director, Aviation and International Transport Affairs European Commission matthew.baldwin@ec.eurpoa.eu Felix Leinemann First Secretary, Transport felix.leinemann@eeas.europa.euDavid Batchelor Representative, Single European Sky ATM Research Joint Undertaking david.batchelor@sesarju.eu Ottar Ostnes Director General, Ministry ofTransport and Communications ottar.ostnes@sd.dep.no John J. Fearon Director General ofCivil Aviation johnfearon@dttas.ie Leo Varadkar Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport minister@dttas.ie Leo Schefer President, Washington Airports Task Force leo@washingtonairports.com Buddy Dyer Mayor, City ofOrlando, Florida buddy.dyer@cityoforlando.net Teresa Jacobs Mayor, Orange County, Florida mayor@ocfl.net Phillip Brown Frank IZruppenbacher Greater Orlando Aviation Authority pbrown@goaa.org flauppenbacher@goaa.org George Aguel President and CEO, Visit Orlando george.aguel@visitorlando.com Concerned Citizen for a Fair America ashburnxxx@gmail.com info@airlineinfo.com

6 Stephen Shur President, The Travel Technology Association sshur@traveltech.org John Hanlon Secretary General, European LowFares Airline Association john.hanlon@ELFAA.com