BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Application of 

NORWEGIAN AIR INTERNATIONAL 

LIMITED 

for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

and a foreign air carrier permit pursuant to 

49 U.S.C. § 41301 (US-EU Open Skies) 

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Docket No. OST-2013-0204 

ANSWER OF ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION 

TO NOTICE DATED AUGUST 4, 2014 

The Allied Pilots Association ("AP A") writes in answer to the Notice dated August 4, 

2014, submitted in reference to the application of Norwegian Air International Limited ("NAI") 

for an exemption and a foreign air carrier permit. 

AP A strongly disagrees with the position of the European Commission's Directorate 

General for Mobility and Transport ("DG MOVE") that Article 17 bis of the Air Transport 

Agreement ("Agreement") does not afford a party a unilateral basis for denying an application 

for operating authority. Article 17 bis of the Agreement provides as follows: 

Article 17 bis: 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 

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Joint Committee, pursuant to Article 18, of the social effects of the 

Agreement and the development of appropriate responses to 

concerns found to be legitimate. 

The language above dictates that the principles set forth in Paragraph 1 of Article 17 bis 

shall "guide the Parties" in implementing the Agreement, and does not in any way 

suggest that such guidance should only apply to Parties acting collectively rather than 

individually, nor restrict the Parties' ability to take unilateral action on the basis of such 

principles with respect to applications for operating authority. Furthermore, the second 

phrase of Article 17 bis, Paragraph 2 - which is prefaced by the word "including"-

makes clear that the implementation to be guided by the principles includes resort to the 

Joint Committee as simply one option available to the parties alongside other options, 

such as being guided by the 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 "in the public interest." For the reasons previously stated by 

AP A 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 "strengthen the 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 by NAI would not be "in the public interest," as required by 49 U.S.C. § 41302, and 

should be denied. 

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August 18, 2014 

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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 Allied Pilots Association 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that I have, on this 18th day of August, 2014, served the foregoing Answer by 

causing a copy to be sent by electronic mail to the addresses identified below: 

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 

Dan Weiss 

Hershel Kamen 

United Airlines 

dan.weiss@united.com 

hershel.kamen@united.com 

Sascha Van der Bellen 

Delta Airlines 

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 of Government 

Affairs and Association General Counsel 

robert.land@jetblue.com 

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Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel & Sr. Director 

Regulatory Affairs 

Atlas Air Inc. 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

Celine Canu 

Philip Von Schoppenthau 

European Cockpit Association 

cc@eurocockpit.be 

pvs@eurocockpit.be 

Malcom L. Benge 

Counsel for North AmericanlW orld 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.com 
Nancy 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 of State 

urskr@state.gov 

westphalkl@state.gov 

cristinasa@state.gov 

Paul Gretch 

Robert Finamore 

Brian Hedberg 

Reese Davidson 

Esta Rosenberg 

Brett Kruger 

U. S. Department of Transportation 

paul. gretch@dot.gov 

ro bert.finamore@dot.gov 

brian.hedberg@dot.gov 

reese.davidson@dot.gov 

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov 

brett.kruger@dot.gov 

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David Berg 

James Casey 

Keith Glatz 

Cecilia Bethke 

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 of Oakland 

c1ytle@portoakland.com 

Kent G. George 

Director of Aviation 

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.eu 
David Batchelor 

Representative, Single European Sky ATM 

Research Joint Undertaking 

david. batchelor@sesarju.eu 

Ottar Ostnes 

Director General, Ministry of Transport and 

Communications 

ottar.ostnes@sd.dep.no 

John J. Fearon 

Director General of Civil Aviation 

j ohnfearon@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 of Orlando, Florida 

buddy .dyer@cityoforlando.net 

Teresa J aco bs 

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 

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Stephen Shur 

President, The Travel Technology 

Association 

sshur@traveltech.org 

John Hanlon 

Secretary General, European Low Fares 

Airline Association 

john.hanlon@ELFAA.com