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### BEFORE THF. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE 

### OF THE 

### SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. Dickstein Shapiro LLP From: Bailey, Linda



### In the matter ofthe cancellation ofthe Air Taxi authority issued 

### to: DocketDOT-OST-2012-0022 VIH COUGAR**HELICOPTERS~** 

### INC
VIH COUGAR'S OBJECTION TO THE AFFJDAVIT OF WINTHROP M. CHEW Communications with respect to this document should be sentto:

David M. Nadler David Y. Yang AndrewE. Smith 

### DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP 1825 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 420-2200 Facsimile: (202) 420-2201 nadlerd@dicksteinshapiro.com yangd@dicksteinshapiro.com smitha@dicksteinshapiro.coru 

### Counsel to VIII Cougar Helicopters, Inc.
Dated: March 28, 2012

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### BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. Dickstein Shapiro LLP From: Bailey, Linda



### In the matter ofthe cancellation ofthe 

### AirTaxi authority 

### issued to: Docket DOT-OST-2012-0022 VIH COUGAR HELICOPTERS, INC


### VIH**COUGAR~s** 

### OBJECTION TO THE AFFIDAVIT OF WINTHROP M. CHEW Pursuant to Rules 11 and 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice (14 C.F.R. §§ 302.11, 302.12) ofthe Department ofTransportation ("Department"), VIH CougarHelicopters, Inc. ("VIH Cougar") submits this motion asking thatthe Department deny access to Winthrop M. Chew to all confidential informationprovided by VIH Cougar, because Mr. Chew's affidavit for access does not meetthe conditions imposedby the Department

### March 12, 2012 Show Cause Order. Mr. Chew states in his affidavit thathe is a paralegal at K&L Gates

### LLP. By his own admission, 

### Mr. Chew is not counsel or an outside expert to any interested party in c01mection with the above-captionedproceedings. As such, 

### Mr. Chew's affidavit is objectionable because the Department's Show Cause Order explicitly states that 

### it will gran( interim access 

### only «to 

### counsel and 

### outside experts for interested parties who tile appropriate affidavits with the Department." See Orderto ShowCause (March 12, 2012) (Docket DOT-OST-2012-0022) at 9 (emphasis added). An appropriate affidm'it is one that states 

### "at a minimum" that the 

### "affiant 

### b'i counsel for an interested party or an 

### outside independent expertproviding services to such a party." 

### !d. (emphasis added). Mr. Chew has stated neither, but only that he is a paralegal employed at K&L Gates LLP. As a result, he should be denied access to confidential information.

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As fully explained in our March 16, 2012 Rule 12 Motion, VIH Cougar also believes that the affidavit procedures set forth in the Department's Show Cause Order are insufficient to adequately safeguard VIU Cougar's confidential proprietary information from third parties who
are or may be engaged in competitive decision making onbehalfofparties who are actual or potential competitors of

### VIH Cougar. Nor arc the Department's existingprocedures, 

### in VIH Cougar's view, adequate for monitoring compliance and enforcing any violations ofthose protections. Accordingly, iftbc Department finds that Mr. Chew is eligible for access to protected information, notwithstanding the fact that he is neither counsel nor an outside expert for Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. orthat thereis no provision in the Department's Show Cause Orderwhich accords access to paralegals and similarpersonnel, VIH Cougar respectfully requests that the Departmenthold Mr. Chew's Affidavit in abeyance and not release any confidential information to him (orto any other thirdparties who may also file affidavits) until the Departmenthas mled on VIH Cougar's Rule 12 Motion requesting that the Department release such confidential infonnation to counsel and outside experts ofinterestedparties only pmsuant to a protective orderunderthe sameterms and protections as 

### those afforded under a protective order issued by the U.S. GovernmentAccountability Office for use in bid protest proceedings. Moreover, 

### ifthe Department's decision is adverse to VIH Cougar, we further 

### request that any release 

### ofprotected information be 

### held in abeyance until 

### the matter has 

### been ruled upon 

### by a court of

### competentjurisdiction.



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### E. Smith DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP 1825 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 420-2200 

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### VJH Cougar Helicopters, Inc.

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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that Jhave on this 28th day ofMarch 2012 served the foregoing upon the persons listed below: 

### Susan L. Kurland Office ofthe Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Arfairs 

### US. Department ofTransportation 1200 NewJersey Avenue, SE Room W96-495 Washington, 

### DC 20590 Lauralyn Rcmo Office ofthe Assistant Secretary for Aviation and Interna6ona] Affairs U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200NewJerseyAvenue, SE Room W96-495 Washington, DC 20590



### 3 Peter Lynch, /\GC-300 Asst. ChiefCounsel for Enforcement Federal AviationAdministration 800 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC 20591 William

### J. Weber Certification SectionManager FAA AFS-900 45005 Aviation Drive Suite 131 Dulles, VA 20166 RoyHardie Aviation Safety Inspector 

### Federal Aviation Administration 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Suite 260 Renton, W A 98057

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