Gormas, Michael (OST) 

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Dear Mr. Schlemmer : 

Randy Robertson <citymanager@cityofcordova.net> 

Sunday, November 30, 2014 11:26 PM 

EAS (OST) 

tim.thompson@alaskaair.com 

Air Support to Cordova Alaska 

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I serve as the City Manager of Cordova, Alaska, and the purpose of this letter is to express my support for 

Alaska Airline continued essential air service to my community. 

Alaska's service connects Cordova to major communities of interest either within the state or thru 

Seattle. From these hubs, Cordovans can access the airline's extensive route system and benefit from its 

marketing relationships with other carriers. The passenger and cargo aircraft, which Alaska Airlines proposes 

to continue using on this route, provides freight, mail and cargo capacity that other carriers simply cannot 

provide. Further, Alaska Airlines aircraft are equipped with Required Navigation Performance Technology, 

which enables the airline to reliably access the airport during inclement weather, thus reducing diversions and 

cancellations and, in turn, enabling people and products to dependably reach or leave Cordova. 

Alaska Airlines' service is vital to the social and economic well-being of our community and I whole heartedly 

support their application to provide Essential Air Service to Southeast Alaska. 

Sincerely, 

Randy E. Robertson 

City Manager 

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Mr. Kevin Schlemmer: 

I am writing in reference to Alaska Airlines service to Wrangell, Alaska. Its loss 

would be economically disastrous to Wrangell. The seafood market alone would 

lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in the sail of salmon, crab, and shrimp 

which are sent to markets on a world-wide scale. As a fisherman, it is a vital 

service to me personally to send out king salmon and receive equipment and 

parts promptly to keep my business operating. 

Medically, Alaska Airlines is essential to many Wrangell residents. Many of us 

need to go to larger medical facilities quickly and on a regular basis. The only 

other travel services we have are the ferry and one small plane charter company. 

Losing Alaska Airlines would cause extreme hardships to the Wrangell economy, 

and the health of its citizens. 

Sincerely, 

Ron Merritt 
Gormas, Michael (OST) 

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Tim Joyce > 

Saturday, November 29, 2014 3:08 PM 

EAS (OST) 

tim.thompson@alaskaair.com; Randy Robertson 

Essential Air Service 

As a Cordova resident, former Mayor and current sitting member of the Cordova City Council I want to 

express my strong support for the essential air service that is provided by Alaska Airlines to the City of 

Cordova. Cordova's main industry is Commercial Fishing. Each year there are thousands of people that 

transit into and out of Cordova to participate in that industry in some way form crewing on a boat to 

working at a cannery. It is essential that scheduled air service be available for those people to enter' into 

our community to insure that the economy remains healthy and viable. There are no roads into or out of 

Cordova so driving is not an option without securing a spot on a ferry from Whittier or Valdez, both of 

which are commutes from Anchorage. many workers arrive by air from distant locations and once at the 

Anchorage airport their only viable option to get to Cordova is by air and Alaska Airlines Essential Air 

Service provides that option. 

As a frequent user of Alaska Airlines both as a passenger and for shipping air freight. It would be 

problematic to conduct business around the state out of Cordova without scheduled daily air service 

provided by Alaska Airlines. Again the essential air service is a part of the Cordova economy that if lost 

would devastate or community. 

Please renew the Essential Air Service contract with Alaska Airlines into Cordova so that the economy of 

Cordova will remain strong into the future. 

Sincerely 

Timothy L. Joyce 

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November 28 , 2014 

Mr. Kevin Schlemmer, Chief, EAS Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Continuation of Alaska Airlines' Essential Air Service at Cordova, Gustavus, 

Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat, Alaska, Docket OST-1998-4899 

Dear Mr. Schlemmer : 

This letter is to express strong support for the selection of Alaska Airlines to continue to 

provide essential air service to our community. 

Alaska's service connects Southeast Alaska passengers to one or more major 

communities of interest, with single-plane service to Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan or 

Seattle. From these hubs, our community can access the airline's extensive route 

system and benefit from its marketing relationships with other carriers. The passenger 

and cargo aircraft, which Alaska Airlines proposes to continue using on this route, 

provides freight, mail and cargo capacity that other carriers simply cannot provide. 

Further, Alaska Airlines aircraft are equipped with Required Navigation Performance 

Technology, which enables the airline to reliably access the airport during inclement 

weather, thus reducing diversions and cancellations and, in turn, enabling people and 

products to dependably reach the community. 

Simply put, Alaska Airlines' service is critical to the economic well being of our 

community and we support their application to provide Essential Air Service to Southeast 

Alaska. 

Sincerely, 

Dennis and Janet Strom 

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Gormas, Michael (OST) 

From: Nicki Nikodym · > 

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Thursday, November 27, 2014 10:22 PM 

EAS (OST) 

Subject: Letter of Support 

November 26,2014 

Mr. Kevin Schlemmer, Chief, EAS Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey A venue, S .E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Continuation of Alaska Airlines' Essential Air Service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and 

Yakutat, Alaska, Docket OST-1998-4899 

Dear Mr. Schlemmer : 

This letter is to express strong support for the selection of Alaska Airlines to continue to provide essential air 

service to our community. 

Alaska's service connects Southeast Alaska passengers to one or more major communities of interest, with 

single-plane service to Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan or Seattle. From these hubs, our community can access 

the airline's extensive route system and benefit from its marketing relationships with other carriers. The 

passenger and cargo aircraft, which Alaska Airlines proposes to continue using on this route, provides freight, 

mail and cargo capacity that other carriers simply cannot provide. 

Further, Alaska Airlines aircraft are equipped with Required Navigation Performance Technology, which 

enables the airline to reliably access the airport during inclement weather, thus reducing diversions and 

cancellations and, in turn, enabling people and products to dependably reach the community. 

Simply put, Alaska Airlines' service is critical to the economic well being of our community and (1/we) support 

their application to provide Essential Air Service to Southeast Alaska. 

Sincerely, 

Jacqueline Nikodym 

"Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the realization that something is more important than fear." 

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November 24,2014 

Mr. Kevin Schlemmer, Chief, EAS Division 

Ot1ice of Aviation Analysis 

U.S. Department ofTransportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

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CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL 

INCORI'ORJ!TED MAY 30, 2008 

Office of the liorough Manager 

P.O. Box 531 

Wrangell. AK 99929 

907-874-2381 

907-874-3952 

Re: Continuation of Alaska Airlines' Essential Air Service at Cordova, Gustavus, 

Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat. Alaska, Docket OST -1998-4899 

Dear Mr. Schlemmer : 

This letter is to express Wrangell's strong continued support for the selection of Alaska 

Airlines to continue to provide essential air service to our community. 

Alaska's service connects Southeast Alaska passengers to one or more major 

communities of interest, with single-plane service to Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan or 

Seattle. From these hubs, our community can access the airline's extensive route system 

and benefit fi:om its marketing relationships with other carriers. The passenger and cargo 

aircraft, which Alaska Airlines proposes to continue using on this route, provides freight, 

mail and cargo capacity that other carriers simply cannot provide. 

Further, Alaska Airlines aircraft are equipped with Required Navigation Perfom1ance 

Technology, which enables the airline to reliably access the aiqJort during inclement 

weather, thus reducing eli versions and cancellations and, in tum, enabling people and 

products to dependably reach the community. 

Simply put, Alaska Airlines' service is critical to the economic wel1-bcing of our 

community and on behalf of the citizens and business community ofWrangell, we 

support their application to provide Essential Air Service to Southeast Alaska. 

Sincerely, 

~~<~·~ Jeff Jabuscli 

Borough Manager 
CITY & BOROUGH of YAKUTAT 

November 25, 2014 

Mr. Kevin Schlemmer, Chief, EAS Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

P.O. Box 160 · 

Yakutat, Alaska 99689 

Phone (907) 784-3323 

Fax (907) 784-3281 

Re: Continuation of Alaska Airlines' Essential Air Service at Cordova, Gustavus, 

Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat, Alaska, Docket OST-1998-4899 

Dear Mr. Schlemmer: 

This letter is to express strong support for the selection of Alaska Airlines to continue to 

provide essential air service to Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat, 

Alaska. 

The importance of Alaska Airlines daily flights to Cordova and Yakutat provide singleplane service to both Anchorage and Juneau; similarly, Alaska's Wrangell and Petersburg 

flights provide single-plane service to Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle. 

Through plane service from Southeast communities to hubs in Anchorage, Juneau and 

Seattle provide easy access to Alaska Airlines extensive route network linking Southeast 

to the West and East coasts. 

The cities of Southeast Alaska harvest, process and sell fresh commercial seafood 

products that require efficient transportation to customers. Additionally, visitor services 

are provided to a large population of sport anglers during the summer months and reliable 

air transport plays a key role in destination attraction for Southeast Alaska communities. 
Southeast communities depend on Alaska Airlines daily flights for economic 

development and stability. 

Alaska Airlines' investment in required navigation performance (RNP) flight technology 

allows continued access to airports in Southeast Alaska during periods of inclement 

weather. Alaska is the only carrier certified for such instrument flight approaches in the 

state of Alaska. RNP technology enables the airline to reliably access Southeast 

communities year-round by reducing diversions and cancellations and, in turn, enables 

passengers and products to dependably reach their intended destination. 

Alaska Airlines' service connects Southeast Alaska passengers to one or more major 

communities of interest, which serve as a hub to small communities, such as Yakutat. 

From these hubs, our community can access the airline's extensive route system and 

benefit from its marketing relationships with other carriers. The passenger and cargo 

aircraft, which Alaska Airlines proposes to continue using on this route, provides freight 

mail and cargo capacity that other carriers simply cannot provide. 

Simply put, Alaska Airlines' service is critical to the socioeconomic wellbeing of our 

community and the citizens of Yakutat support this application to provide Essential Air 

Service to Southeast Alaska. 

Sincerely, 

U·f?t 

Cindy Bremner 

Mayor City and Borough Y aktutat 

PO Box 160 

Yakutat, AK 99689 

Office (907) 784-3323 

Cc: tim.thompson@alaskaair.com 

EAS@dot.gov 
PETERSBURG 

ALASKA 

November 26, 2014 

Mr. Kevin Schlemmer, Chief, EAS Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Continuation of Alaska Airlines' Essential Air Service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, 

Wrangell, and Yakutat, Alaska, Docket OST-1998-4899 

Dear Mr. Schlemmer : 

This letter is to express strong support for the selection of Alaska Airlines to continue to provide 

essential air service to our community. 

Alaska's service connects Southeast Alaska passengers to one or more major communities of 

interest, with single-plane service to Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan or Seattle. From these 

hubs, our community can access the airline's extensive route system and benefit from its 

marketing relationships with other carriers. The passenger and cargo aircraft, which Alaska 

Airlines proposes to continue using on this route, provides freight, mail and cargo capacity that 

other carriers simply cannot provide. 

Further, Alaska Airlines aircraft are equipped with Required. Navigation Performance 

Technology, which enables the airline to reliably access the airport during inclement weather, 

thus reducing diversions and cancellations and, in turn, enabling people and products to 

dependably reach the community. 

Simply put, Alaska Airlines' service is critical to the economic well being of our community and 

(l!we) support their application to provide Essential Air Service to Southeast Alaska. 

Sincerely, 

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Mark Jensen 

Mayor 

Borough Administration 

PO Box 329, Petersburg, AK 99833- Phone (907) 772-4519 Fax (907)772-3759 

www.petersburgak.gov 
November , 2014 

Mr. Kevin Schlemmer, Chief, EAS Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Continuation of Alaska Airlines' Essential Air Service at Cordova, Gustavus, 

Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat, Alaska, Docket OST-1998-4899 

Dear Mr. Schlemmer : 

This letter is to express strong support for the selection of Alaska Airlines to continue to 

provide essential air service to our community. 

Alaska's service connects Southeast Alaska passengers to one or more major 

communities of interest, with single-plane service to Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan or 

Seattle. From these hubs, our community can access the airline's extensive route 

system and benefit from its marketing relationships with other carriers. The passenger 

and cargo aircraft, which Alaska Airlines proposes to continue using on this route, 

provides freight, mail and cargo capacity that other carriers simply cannot provide. 

Further, Alaska Airlines aircraft are equipped with Required Navigation Performance 

Technology, which enables the airline to reliably access the airport during inclement 

weather, thus reducing diversions and cancellations and, in turn, enabling people and 

products to dependably reach the community. 

Simply put, Alaska Airlines' service is critical to the economic well being of our 

community and (1/we) support their application to provide Essential Air Service to 

Southeast Alaska. 

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From: John Bitney 

Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 11:08 AM 

To: EAS (OST) 

Subject: Alaska Airlines' Essential Air Service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and 

Yakutat, Alaska, Docket OST -1998-4899 

Mr. I<evin Schlemmer, Chief, EAS Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Mr. Schlemmer: 

This is to express my personal support for the selection of Alaska Airlines to 

continue to provide essential air service to coastal communities across the 

state of Alaska. 

The service from Alaska Airlines connects the coastal communities of 

Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat to one or more major 

communities of interest, with single-plane service to Anchorage, Juneau, 

I<etchikan or Seattle. From these larger hubs, passengers can access the 

airline's extensive route system and benefit from its marketing relationships 

with other carriers. The passenger and cargo aircraft, which Alaska Airlines 

proposes to continue using on this route, provides freight, mail and cargo 

capacity that other carriers simply cannot provide. 

Further, Alaska Airlines aircraft are equipped with Required Navigation 

Performance Technology, which enables the airline to reliably access the 

airport during inclement weather, thus reducing diversions and cancellations 

and, in turn, enabling people and products to dependably reach the 

community. 

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The pilots of Alaska Airlines are renowned locally for being some of the 

safest and best aviators in the community, and we entrust them to reliably get 

us in and out of these locations during all types of weather and 

conditions. This is a relationship that we would not readily want to see 

handed over to another carrier. 

Thank you for this opportunity to offer comment. 

John Bitney 

PO Box 521072 

Big Lake, AI< 99652 

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