U.S. Department ofTransportation Office ofthe Secretary ofTransportation

Mr. Jeffrey Peterson Assistant Secretary April 19, 2012

President, AlaskaAirlines MasterExecutive Council Association ofFlight Attendants

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### #192 SeaTac, W A 98188 DearMr. Peterson: 

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Thankyou for your letter to Secretary ofTransportation Ray LaHood, supporting the application ofAlaskaAirlines, Inc. for four beyond-perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan WashingtonNational Airport (DCA). Alaska's application proposes to serve Portland International Airport, Oregon, and SanDiego, California, eachwith one round trip per day from DCA. Secretary LaHood asked me to respond to your letter. Under authority granted inthe FAAModernization and Reform Act of2012 (FAA 2012), the Department ofTransportation will be awarding a total ofeight slot exemptions at DCAto new entrant or limited incumbent carriers, which would support four daily round-trips. We received Alaska's application on March 12, 2012. Othertimely applications were received from Air Canada, proposing one round trip to Vancouver, British Columbia; FrontierAirlines, one round trip to Colorado Springs and beyondto SanDiego; JetBlue Airlines, one round trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and one round trip to Austin, Texas; SouthwestAirlines, oneround trip to Austin and San Diego beyond; Sun Country Airlines, one round trip to Las Vegas; and Virgin America, Inc., two round trips to SanFrancisco. As the matter is still pending, I cannot comment onthe merits ofthe points raised inyour letter. However, I can assure youthat all applications the Department received will be given full and fair consideration and will be evaluated against the selection criteria specified inthe statute. The Department's action onthis matter is being administered through a public docket, which allows all interestedparties the opportunity to comment. Following our normal practice, I am placing a copy ofyour letter andthis response in docket number DOT-2012-0029. I appreciate your interest inthis matter. Sincerely yours,

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International AffairsFrom: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: as79661@gmail.com on behalf of Jeffrey Peterson LaHood. Ray COST> \leda Shook; Kathj Bruni; B@d Tilden; Shane Jackett; Andy Schnejder; Megan Lawrence; Elizabeth Ryan Re: Letter In support ofAlaska"s application for POX-DCA and SAN-DCA service, Docket No. DOT-OST-2012- 0029 Monday, March 12, 2012 5:03:23 PM AFA Alaska MEC support of Alaska Airlines application for PPX-PCA and SAN-PCA siQts.pdf Attachment included. On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:02PM, Jeffrey Peterson <jpeterson@alaskamec.org> wrote: Dear Secretary LaHood: On behalf ofthe nearly 2,900 flight attendants atAlaska Airlines as represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, I am writing to pledge our support for Alaska Airlines' application to provide one daily round-trip flight between Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) and Portland International Airport (POX) and one daily round-trip flight between DCA and San Diego International Airport (SAN). Please refer to the attached letter. We respectfully urge you to grant Alaska Airlines' application to provide POX-DCA and SAN-DCA service. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely,

Jeffrey Peterson 

### President, Master Executive Council Association ofFlightAttendants-CWA atAlaska Airlines (206) 243-8411 Office (206> 246-4752 Fax jpeterson@alaskamec.org