BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC

______________________________________

)

Application of )

) Docket No. OST‐2013‐0204

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) )

______________________________________ )

RESPONSE OF ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION

TO MOTION OF NORWEGIAN AIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED FOR

LEAVE AND EXPEDITED TREATMENT

The Allied Pilots Association (APA) writes in response to the Motion of Norwegian Air 

International Limited (NAI) for Leave to File and Expedited Treatment (NAI Motion). In 

support of their Motion, NAI asserts that it “is now in a position to commit to use only European 

and U.S. pilots and crews on NAI transatlantic flights (except if compelled by extraordinary and 

unforeseen operational reasons).” See Exhibit 1 to NAI Motion at 1. That hedged statement does 

nothing to cure the deficiencies that warrant denial of NAI’s application for a foreign air carrier 

permit. NAI established itself as an Irish air carrier in order to avoid the application of 

Norwegian social laws. That flag-of-convenience approach is antithetical to the principles that 

undergird the Open Skies agreement. Moreover, NAI’s statement regarding the country of origin 

of its pilots and flight crews speaks not at all to the question of which labor laws NAI intends

apply. So long as NAI seeks to undercut critical labor standards, its proposed service offerings 

neither encourage “fair wages and working conditions,” 49 U.S.C. § 40101(a)(5), nor 

“strengthen the competitive position of [U.S.] air carriers,” 49 U.S.C. § 40101(a)(15) and (e)(1), 
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and therefore would not be “in the public interest” as required under 49 U.S.C. § 41302. Thus, 

regardless of its recent statements, NAI’s application for a foreign air carrier permit should be 

denied.

Respectfully submitted,

s/ Edgar N. James________

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

dpdean@jamhoff.com

Attorney for the Allied Pilots Association

Date: June 10, 2015
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have, on this 10th day of June, 2015, served the foregoing Response of 

Allied Pilots Association to Motion of Norwegian Air International Limited for Leave and 

Expedited Treatment 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

United Airlines

dan.weiss@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

Howard Kass

American Airlines, Inc.

robert.wirick@aa.com

francis.heil@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com

Robert Land

Senior Vice President of Government 

Affairs and Association General Counsel

robert.land@jetblue.com

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 American/World Airways

Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P.

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

John M. Allen

Michael Whitaker

Jesse Elliot

Douglas Schwab

Nicholas Tsokris

John Chen

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
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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

Thomas S. Engle

Rob Newsome

Department of State

englets@state.gov

newsomerc@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

robert.finamore@dot.gov

brian.hedberg@dot.gov

reese.davidson@dot.gov

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov

brett.kruger@dot.gov 

David Batchelor

Representative, Single European Sky ATM 

Research Joint Undertaking

david.batchelor@sesarju.eu

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

clytle@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
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Felix Leinemann

First Secretary, Transport

felix.leinemann@eeas.europa.eu

John J. Fearon

Director General of Civil Aviation

johnfearon@dttas.ie

Leo Varadkar

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

minister@dttas.ie

Phillip Brown

Frank Kruppenbacher

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

pbrown@goaa.org

fkruppenbacher@goaa.org

Buddy Dyer

Mayor, City of Orlando, Florida

buddy.dyer@cityoforlando.net

George Aguel

President and CEO, Visit Orlando

george.aguel@visitorlando.com

Teresa Jacobs

Mayor, Orange County, Florida

mayor@ocfl.net

Leo Schefer

Keith Meurlin

Washington Airports Task Force

leo@washingtonairports.com

keith@washingtonairports.com

Ottar Ostnes

Director General, Ministry of Transport and 

Communications

ottar.ostnes@sd.dep.no

Stephen Shur

President, The Travel Technology 

Association

sshur@traveltech.org

John Hanlon

Secretary General, European Low Fares 

Airline Association

john.hanlon@ELFAA.com

Emmanuelle Maire

DG MOVE

European Commission

Emmanuelle.maire@ec.europa.eu

Charles Locha

Travelers United

Charles.leocha@travelersunited.org

Paul Ruden

American Society of Travel Agents

pruden@asta.org

Concerned Citizen for a Fair America

ashburnxxx@gmail.com

info@airlineinfo.com

Roger Dow

U.S. Travel Association

rdow@ustravel.org