THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 20590 

Captain Donald Lee Moak 

President 

Air Line Pilots Association lntemational 

1625 Massachusetts A venue, NW 

Washington, DC 20036 

Dear Captain Moak: 

.June 9, 2014 

Thank you for your letter regarding the application of Norwegian Air International Limited 

(NAI) for authority to conduct U.S. services. 

Given that a number of interested parties have filed responsive pleadings to NAI's application 

and this matter is currently pending before the Department, I am sure you understand that I 

cannot comment on the merits of NAI's application. I assure you, however, that we will give full 

and careful consideration to all of the pleadings filed on the record before we reach a 

determination in this matter. 

As is our standard practice. I am placing a copy of your letter and my response in Docket 

DOT-OST-20 13-0204. as a contact outside the record ofthis case. You may track the progress 

of this case and view the publicly avai !able documents filed in the docket by accessing the 

Federal Docket Management System at www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0204. 

I hope this information is helpful. 

in'Ccfely. 

Anthony R. Foxx 
j.. r 

AIR LINE Prrors AsSOCIATION 

INTERNATIONAL 

THE WORLD'S LARGEST PILOTS UNION • WWW.ALPA.ORG 

1625 Massad1usetts Avenue, N.W. • Washington, D.C. 20036 • 703-689-2270 • 888-FLY-ALPA 

Secretary Anthony Foxx 

Office of the Secretary 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

April 29, 2014 

I am writing in response to an ex parte communication placed in the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT) docket number OST-2013-0204 on April 25, 

2014 and subsequent press reports that gravely concern the 51,000 members of the 

Air Line Pilots Association, International. 

This communication indicates that Norwegian Air International (NAI) has 

"suspended talks" and threatened to cancel orders of up to 20 Boeing airplanes 

should the U.S. Department of Transportation reject its application for a foreign air 

carrier permit. In our view, this is improper coercion. 

NAI has threatened to cause harm to a U.S. manufacturer if its application is not 

approved by the U.S. government, instead of allowing the application to be 

considered solely on its merits. It is clear that NAI is concerned that its application, 

should it be considered exclusively on the merits, could be rejected as inconsistent 

with the public interest and Article 17 bis of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement. 

Mr. Secretary, NAI is resorting to inappropriate coercive tactics, which the 

Department should not countenance. I urge you to consider NAI's application solely 

on its merits. 

Thank you for your service. 

Captain Donald Lee Moak 

President, Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that I have, on this 29th day of April, 2014, served the foregoing Letter of 

Captain Moak to Secretary Foxx by causing a copy to be sent by electronic mail to the 

addresses identified below: 

romanow®pillsburylaw .com 

peter.nelson®pillsburylaw.com 

steve.morrissey®united.com 

dan. weiss@united.com 

sascha. vanderbellen®delta.com 

howard.kass®usairways.com 

robert. wirick@aa.com 

francis.heil@aa.com 

rpommer®atlasair .com 

mlbenge®zsrlaw .com 

jesse.elliot®faa.gov 

john.allen®faa.gov 

nssparks®fedex.com 

urskr@state.gov 

dberg®airlines.org 

jcasey®airlines.org 

edw®ttd.org 

mgoldman@sgbdc.com 

vegard.einan®parat.com 

jogabel®airfrance.fr 

arthur .molins®dlh.de 

pvs@eurocockpit.be 

Louise Fawbush 

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