### ENVOYAIR 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 REGULATIONS.GOV Department ofTransportation Washington, D.C. RE: Answer ofEnvoy Air Pilots Master Executive Council ofthe Air Line Pilots Association, International Application ofMesa Airlines, Inc. for an exemption under49 USC Sec. 40109 Dear Sirs: I am the Chairman ofthe Envoy Air Pilots Master Executive Council ofthe Air Line Pilots Association, International ("ALPA"). 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 AmericanEagle Airlines, Inc. Envoy Air, Inc. conducts flight operations exclusively under the "AmericanEagle" brand

. Envoy Air, Inc. currently conducts over 1500 flights per day inthe U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. I write in oppositionto the Application ofMesa Airlines, Inc. for Exemption Authority filed withyour agency on or aboutFebruary 6, 2015. Mesa Airlines has applied for exemption authority, "effective as soon as possible," to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation ofpersons, property and mail between Dallas/FortWorth, Texas and Monterrey, Mexico ("MTY") and betweenDallas/FortWorth, Texas and SanLuis Potosi ("SLP"). Onbehalf ofthe Envoy Air Pilots Master Executive Council ofthe Air Line Pilots Association, I strongly object to the Exemption Authority requested by Mesa Airlines. This objectionby the Envoy Air Pilots Master Executive Council is based on the following: 1. As indicated inparagraph4 ofthe Mesa Application, Envoy Air, Inc. ("Envoy") currently holds designations for bothDFW-MTY and for DFW-SLP.

SCHEDULEWITH SAFElY • ..-,, AFFIUATED WITH AFL-CIOANDCLC2. Paragraph4 of the Mesa Application states that "Currentplans 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 SanLuis Potosi, Mexico and previously served Monterrey, Mexico from DFW. 4. The pilots employed by Envoy have notbeen consulted withrespect to any "currentplan" to have Mesa "substitutefor" Envoy to any Mexico location. 5. The training and experience ofthe 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 uponEnvoy'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 aboutFebruary 6, 2015, so that this importantflying will remain in the capable hands ofEnvoy Air. The current designations and authorities areentirely sufficient and the authority requested by Mesa is unnecessary and without public benefit. Thankyou for your attention to this importantmatter. Very truly yours,



## ~L SamPool Chairman, ENY MEC

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