DO N YOUNG C ONG R ESSMA N FOR ALL A LASKA WASHINGTON OFFICE :

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T h e Honorable A n thony Fox ' Sec retary of Tran s p ortation U.S. Dep artment of Transportation 1 200 New Jerse y Ave nue , S.E. Washington , D C 20590
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lll as l ! i ngl tln , .IUC. Z ll 3 1 .3 March 20, 2014 COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE O N INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIV E AFFAIRS COMM I TTEE ON T R

ANSPO RTATION & INFRAS T RUCTURE R EPUB LI CAN POLICY COMMITTEE

I w rite to exp re ss deep conc e rn over th e application before your Department by Norwegian A i r International Limited (NAI) to operate into the U.S. as a foreign a ir carrier. Approval of this app li ca tion 

### would not be in t h e public intere st. The NA I app lic ation proposes a g l obal outsourcing business that will put U .S
. airlines and their e mpl oyees at a competitive disadvantage. In deed, this ai rlin e bearing the name "Norwegian " describes itself in th e application as "a fo re i gn ca r r ier of Ireland
. " NA I ' s application p r ovides little information abo ut it se lf or it s p lans , but it appears to be in the sam e corpo rate fami ly w ith anoth er carrier, a r apidly

g ro w in g lo w-cos t a irline, No rw eg ia n A ir Shuttle (NAS)
. For one thing, the CEO of NA I , named in the application as Asgeir Nyseth, i s the C hi ef Operating Officer of NAS. Fo r another, NA I is seeking an operat in g lic ense from Iri s h aviation a uth or iti es, a s t e p that NAS previously signaled it would take
. NAS has stated th at to conduct its n ew lon g -h aul ope r ation s it w ill seek to register its aircraft and receive an air operator's certificate from a European Union country whose labor Jaws will allow ou t sourci ng of a ircrew b eyo nd the EU. NAS/NA I h as chosen Ire land and s t ated that it plans to operate this Iri s h s ub s idiary-reg i ste red ai rcraft to fl y f rom No r way a nd other EU po int s to the United States
. . These flights w ill be operated b y outsourced l owe r- wage aircrew , based in So u theast As ia , und er individual emp l oyme n t co ntr acts governed by Singapore law. It is clear that NAS intends to use NAI as its Irish affiliate to brin g it s plan to f rui tio n. This business model i s designed expressly to un de rmin e fair wages and workin g conditions. 

### It wo ul d also put U
. S. ca rri ers who h ave to co mp ete aga in st it at a competit ive disad v antage. Finall y, approva l of NAI's app lication for a uthority would be incon s i s tent wi th th e Co n g r ess ion a ll y - estab li s h ed public inte rest as set forth in the av i ati on statutes and runs afo ul of the current EU

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### I hope you will reject this misguided application and thank you for your consideration of this critical matter. Sincerely ,



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