BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

CSI Aviation Services, Inc. ) 

 ) Docket OST-2009-0311 

for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 

49 U.S.C. § 40109 to continue to act as an ) 

indirect air carrier charter broker under ) 

contract to the General Services Administration ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

 David M. Hernandez, Esq. 

 Vedder Price P.C. 

 875 15th Street NW, Suite 725 

 Washington, DC 20005 

 Direct: +1.202.312.3340 

 Fax: +1.202.312.3322 

 dhernandez@vedderprice.com 

 Attorney for CSI Aviation Services, Inc. 

Date: February 14, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

CSI Aviation Services, Inc. ) 

 ) Docket OST-2009-0311 

for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 

49 U.S.C. § 40109 to continue to act as an ) 

indirect air carrier charter broker under ) 

contract to the General Services Administration ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

CSI Aviation Services, Inc. (“CSI”) hereby requests renewal of the exemption 

authority granted to it by the Department of Transportation (“Department”) in the abovecaptioned docket to continue to perform under General Services Administration (“GSA”) 

Contract GS-33F-0025V, Special Item Number (“SIN”) 599-5, Air Charter Services–

Brokers. In support of its Application, CSI states as follows: 

1. Order 2010-4-7 provides that the Department “will favorably consider an 

extension of this exemption authority if a rulemaking on this subject is underway, but not yet 

final, and GSA advises the Department that such an extension of the exemption authority is 

necessary for the acquisition of airlift for the Federal government agencies.”1

2. The Department has previously indicated that a rulemaking is underway, but 

not yet final. 

 

1

 Order 2010-4-7 at 5, note 8. 
CSI Aviation Services, Inc. 

Application for Renewal of Exemption 

Page 2 

3. We also understand that GSA has advised the Department that such an 

extension of the exemption authority is necessary for the acquisition of airlift for the Federal 

government agencies. 

4. Therefore, CSI respectfully request that the Department renew CSI’s 

exemption request. 

Respectfully submitted,

 David M. Hernandez, Esq. 

 Vedder Price P.C. 

 875 15th Street NW, Suite 725 

 Washington, D.C. 20005 

 Direct: +1.202.312.3340 

 Fax: +1.202.312.3322 

 dhernandez@vedderprice.com 

 Attorney for CSI Aviation Services, Inc. 

Dated: February 14, 2011 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I hereby certify that on this 14th day of February, 2011, a copy of the foregoing 

Application for Renewal of Exemption was served by e-mail on the parties named below: 

Virginia Grebasch, Esq. 

General Services Administration 

virginia.grebasch@gsa.gov 

Clereece Y. Kroha 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

Office of Aviation Enforcement and 

Proceedings (C-70) 

clereece.kroha@dot.gov 

Sam Podberesky 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

Office of Aviation Enforcement and 

Proceedings (C-70) 

sam.podberesky@dot.gov 

Thuy H. Cooper 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

thuy.cooper@dot.gov 

Thomas J. Spulak, Esq. 

King & Spalding LLP 

tspulak@kslaw.com 

Carl M. Smith 

(for Omni Air International) 

McGovern & Smith, LLC 

carl.smith@mcgovernandsmith.com 

Ron Priddy 

National Air Carrier Association 

rpriddy@naca.cc 

Robert Binns 

Mark M. McMillin 

Global Aviation Holdings 

rbinns@glah.com 

mmcmillin@glah.com 

Mark A. Robinson 

Ryan International Airlines 

MarkRobinson@rubloffusa.com 

David McCown 

Air Partner, Inc. 

david.mccown@airpartner.com 

Scott Bickford, Jonathan Tasler & 

David McCown 

Air Charter Association of North 

America c/o Air Planning, LLC 

sbickford@flyacana.org 

jtasler@flyacana.org 

dmccown@flyacana.org 

Nick Franzen 

Capital Aviation 

Nick.franzen@capitalaviation.us 

John S. Fredericksen 

VP – General Counsel 

(for Sun Country Airlines) 

MN airlines, LLC 

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com 

Aaron A. Goerlich & Victor H. Smith 

(Sundowner Oklahoma City, LLC) 

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com 

vsmith@ggh-airlaw.com 
Pierre Murphy (for USA 3000 Airlines) 

Law Offices of Pierre Murphy 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

Chip Credno 

Zephyr Aviation, LLC 

Chip.credno@zephyraviation.net 

Nelson Ramiz, Jr. 

Falcon Air Express 

nramiz@mac.com 

Mark W. Atwood 

(for Xtra Airways) 

Cozen O’Connor 

matwood@cozen.com 

Mike Nichols 

National Business Aviation Association

mnichols@nbaa.org 

Frederick W. Credno, Jr. 

Capital Aviation, Inc. 

fcrednojr@capitalaviation.us 

James W. Tello 

(for Miami Air International) 

jamestello@earthlink.net 

Submitted by: 

________________________________ 

Cristina Richards 

Associate 

Vedder Price P.C. 

Dated: February 14, 2011