ENVOY AIR MAS ER EXE UTIVE COUNCIL 

AIR LINE PILOTS AsSOCIATION, lNTERNATIONAL 

150 Westpark Way, Suite 130 • Euless, TX 76040 • 817-685-7474 • Fax 817-685-9797 

February 12, 2015 

VIA EMAIL TO CARRIERS ON THE SERVICE LIST WITH ORIGINAL FILED 

ELECTRONICALLY AT REGULA TIONS.GOV 

Department of Transportation 

Washington, D.C. 

RE: Answer of Envoy Air Pilots Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots 

Association, International Application of Mesa Airlines, Inc. for an exemption 

under 49 USC Sec. 40109 

Dear Sirs: 

I am the Chairman of the Envoy Air Pilots Master Executive Council of the Air Line 

Pilots Association, International ("ALP A"). Envoy Air, Inc. is a wholly owned 

subsidiary of American Airlines Group that employs over 2200 pilots represented by 

ALPA. Until2014, Envoy Air, Inc. was known as American Eagle Airlines, Inc. Envoy 

Air, Inc. conducts flight operations exclusively under the "American Eagle" brand. 

Envoy Air, Inc. currently conducts over 1500 flights per day in the U.S., Canada, Mexico 

and the Caribbean. 

I write in opposition to the Application of Mesa Airlines, Inc. for Exemption Authority 

filed with your agency on or about February 6, 2015. Mesa Airlines has applied for 

exemption authority, "effective as soon as possible," to engage in scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas and 

Monterrey, Mexico ("MTY") and between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas and San Luis 

Potosi ("SLP"). On behalf of the Envoy Air Pilots Master Executive Council of the Air 

Line Pilots Association, I strongly object to the Exemption Authority requested by Mesa 

Airlines. 

This objection by the Envoy Air Pilots Master Executive Council is based on the 

following: 

1. As indicated in paragraph 4 of the Mesa Application, Envoy Air, Inc. ("Envoy") 

currently holds designations for both DFW-MTY and for DFW-SLP. 

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2. Paragraph 4 of the Mesa Application states that "Current plans call for Mesa to 

substitute for Envoy on the DFW-MTY route and to operate the DFW-SLP route 

previously served by Envoy." I believe this is inaccurate as Envoy currently 

serves SLP and American Airlines currently serves MTY from DFW. 

3. Envoy currently serves San Luis Potosi, Mexico and previously served 

Monterrey, Mexico from DFW. 

4. The pilots employed by Envoy have not been consulted with respect to any 

"current plan" to have Mesa "substitute for" Envoy to any Mexico location. 

5. The training and experience of the Envoy pilots uniquely qualifies them to 

continue to provide service from DFW-MTY and DFW-SLP. 

6. Envoy and its pilots have ample aircraft and pilots to serve both MTY and SLP 

from DFW. DFW-MTY and DFW-SLP are desirable routes valued by Envoy and 

its pilots. 

7. The proposed substitution is highly detrimental to Envoy and is highly 

disruptive and detrimental to the pilots employed by Envoy, including more 

than 700 Envoy pilots who are domiciled in DFW and depend upon Envoy's 

DFW-based routes for their livelihood. 

8. There has been no showing by Mesa that Envoy's designations to MTY and SLP 

should be withdrawn. Absent a showing that carrier designations are at their 

maximum, Envoy should retain its designations to these markets. Transferring 

the designations to Mesa unnecessarily forecloses future opportunities for Envoy 

to serve these markets. 

For these reasons, I ask that this Department deny the exemption authority requested 

by Mesa Airlines on or about February 6, 2015, so that this important flying will remain 

in the capable hands of Envoy Air. The current designations and authorities are 
entirely sufficient and the authority requested by Mesa is unnecessary and without 

public benefit. 

Thank you for your attention to this important matter. 

Very truly yours, 

~L 

Sam Pool 

Chairman, ENY MEC 

cc: Captain Timothy G. Canoll 

Robert E. Cohn 

Patrick R. Rizzi 

[Elected] US House of Representative 

[Elected] US Senate