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C apt a in Donald L ee Moa k P

res id e nt Air Lin e Pilots A ssoc iati o n lntem ati o na l 1625 Mas s achusett s Avenue , NW Wa s hington , DC 2 00 36 Dear C apt a in M oa k : .Jun e 9 , 2 014

Th an k you f or yo ur le tt e r regardin g th e ap p li ca tion o f No r weg ia n A ir Int e rn a ti o na l Limited (N AI) for authorit y to co nduct U.S
. se r v i ces . Giv e n th at a numb er o f int e res t e d parti es have fil e d res p onsiv e pl ea din gs to NAI 's application and thi s matt er i s c urr e ntl y pe ndin g be f o re th e Depar tm e nt , I a m s ur e yo u und ers t and that I ca nn o t co mment o n th e m e rit s o f NA I 's appli cati o n . I ass ure yo u , howeve r , th a t we w ill gi ve f ull and care ful c o n s id e r a ti o n t o a ll of th e pl ead in gs fil ed o n the r eco rd be f o re we reac h a de t e rmination in thi s m att e r. As is our s t an d ard pr ac ti ce . I am p laci n g a copy of yo ur letter an d m y respo n se in Docke t D OT- OS T- 2 0 13

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. as a co ntac t o ut side t he reco rd of thi s case. Yo u m ay track th e pr og ress o f thi s ca se and vi e w th e publicl y a va i ! abl e d oc um e nt s fil e d in th e doc k e t by access in g the Fed e r al Docket Mana ge me nt Sy s te m at www.r eg u lations
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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 a pplication for a foreign air carrier permit. In our view, thi s i s improper coercion. NAI has threatened to cause h a rm to a U.S. manufacturer if its application is not approved by the U.S
. government, instead of allowing th e application to be considered s olely on it s merits. It is clear that NAI is concerned th a t its application, should it be considered exclusively on the merit s, 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 re s orting to inappropriate coercive tactics, which the Dep artment should not countenance. I urge you to consider NAI's ap plic at ion s olely on its merits. Thank you for your service.

Captain Donald Lee Moak Pre s ident, Air Line Pilot s 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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