U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

Of Transportation 

October 2, 2012 

Mr. Shawn Simpson 

President 

Boutique Air, Inc. 

340 Pine St., Suite 503 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

RE: Docket DOT-OST-2012-0108 

Application of Boutique Air, Inc. 

For Authority to Conduct Commuter Operations 

Dear Mr. Simpson: 

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for the information you recently submitted to the Depart;ment of Transportation on 

behalf of Boutique Air, Inc. (''Boutique Air"), for the determination of its fitness to conduct 

commuter operations. We have determined that we will need additional and/or clarifying 

information before we may complete our review. The attached Information Request lists the 

areas where further information/clarification is necessary. I ask that you respond fully to this 

request within 30 days of the date of this letter. You may upload your response via the web 

at www.regulations.gov, or you may mail the original to U.S. Department of Transportation 

Dockets, West Building,. Ground Fioor, Wl2-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 

D.C. 20590. In either case, your response should be tiled in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0108. 

In the meantime, as is the Department's practice, further processing of your application will 

be deferred pending receipt of this material. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If 

you have any questions regarding this letter or the requested information, please feel free to 

contact Barbara Snoden of my staff at (202) 366-9721. 

Sincerely, 

Lau al 

Chie , ir carrier Fitness Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

Enclosure 
cc: Docket DOT-OST-2012-0108 

Mr. Gerald Griswold 

POI for Boutique Air, Inc. 

FAA, Sacramento FSDO 

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 

BOUTIQUE AIR, INC. 

CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND OWNERSHIP 

1. The articles of incorporation for "Open Trip" were requested. However, the certificate of 

incorporation for a company called "HMS Technology, Inc." was submitted. Please 

submit the appropriate documentation if the company's name was officially changed 

from "HMS Technology, Inc." to "Open Trip." Otherwise, please submit the articles of 

incorporation for "Open Trip," the company designated as the parent company of 

Boutique Air. 

2. Please identify any other subsidiary businesses Open Trip operates besides Boutique Air. 

FINANCIAL POSITION AND OPERATING PLANS 

1. Please provide written confirmation waiving Boutique Air's landing fees for the proposed 

commuter operations at both Redding and Oakland airports. 

2. In your most recent submission, you stated that Boutique Air's seasonal Air Attack 

operations would begin generating revenue in July 2012. In this regard, please provide 

July, August, and September 2012 balance sheets for Boutique Air. 

3. According to your most recent submission, Open Trip provided a statement claiming that 

it will support the operations of Boutique Air. However, based on our review of the 

financial statements submitted for Open Trip, it appears as though the company has 

reported net losses for calendar year 2009 through June 2012. How does Open Trip 

intend to support the operations of Boutique Air given its reported net losses? Does it 

intend to make use of the funds from Mr. Simpson? If so, we ask that you please provide 

third party verification for Mr. Simpson showing the amount of capital in his name. 

4. In support of its financial fitness, Boutique Air provided third-party verification from 

Bank of America of funds currently available to the company, which was signed by 

Ms. Jennifer Belcher, Client Manager, Small Business Banking. However, we were 

unable to contact her to verify this infom1ation. In this regard, we ask that you please 

provide a new letter from Bank of America on company letterhead that contains all 

pertinent information, such as contact information for the signatory and mailing address, 

to enable us to verify funds available to Boutique Air. 

Boutique Air also provided third-party veritlcation from Bank of America for Open Trip, 

the parent company of the applicant. This verification also lacks the contact information 

identified in the aforementioned paragraph. If Boutique Air will rely on Open Trip to 

help support its proposed commuter operations, we ask that a new letter from Bank of 

America containing all pertinent information, including contact and mailing information 

of the signature be provided to enable us to verify funds available to Open Trip. 
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COMPLIANCE DISPOSITION 

The information provided pursuant to this Information Request should be accompanied 

by the following certification: 

The contents of this application and the attached exhibit (s) are true and correct to the 

best of my knowledge and belief. Pursuant to Title 18 United States Code Section 1001, 

I [the individual signing the application, who shall be a principal owner, senior officer. 

or internal counsel of the applicant], in my individual capacity and as the authorized 

representative of the applicant, have not in any manner knowingly and willfully falsified, 

concealed or failed to disclose any material fact or made any false, fictitious, or 

fraudulent statement or knowingly used any documents which contain such statements in 

com1ection with the preparation, filing or prosecution of the application. I understand 

that an individual who is found to have violated the provisions of 18 U.S.C section 1001 

shall be fined or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.