**~==~**ENVOY AIR MASTER EXECUTNE COUNCIL AIR LINE PILOTS AsSOC IATION, INTERNATIONAL 150 Westpark Way, Suite 130

•Euless, TX76040

•817-685-7474

•Fax 817-685-9797 February 13, 2015 VIA EMAIL TO CARRIERS ONTHE SERVICE LIST WITH ORIGINAL FILED ELECTRONICALLY

AT REGULATIONS.GOV Department

of Transportation Washington, D.C. RE: Amended Answer of EnvoyAir Pilots Master Executive Council of theAir Line Pilots Association, International

tothe Application

of Mesa Airlines, Inc.for an exemption under 49 USC Sec. 40109 DearSirs: Iamthe Chairman
ofthe EnvoyAir Pilots Master Executive Council oftheAir Line Pilots Association, International ("ALP A"). Envoy Air, Inc.isawholly owned subsidiary
of American Airlines Group that employs over2200 pilots represented
by ALPA

.Until2014, Envoy Air, Inc.wasknown asAmerican Eagle Airlines, Inc. Envoy Air, Inc. conducts flight operations exclusively under the" American Eagle" brand. Envoy Air, Inc

.currently conducts over1500 flights perdayin the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Iwritein opposition

tothe Application

of Mesa Airlines, Inc.for Exemption Authority filed with your agencyonorabout February

6,2015. Mesa Airlines has applied for exemption authority, "effective
assoonas possible,"
to engagein scheduled foreign air transportation

of persons, propertyand mail between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texasand Monterrey, Mexico ("MTY") and between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texasand San Luis Potosi ("SLP

" ).On behalf ofthe EnvoyAir Pilots Master Executive Council oftheAir Line Pilots Association,

I strongly object tothe Exemption Authority requested by Mesa Airlines. This objection by the EnvoyAir Pilots Master Executive Council

is based onthe following: 1.As indicated
in paragraph

4ofthe Mesa Application, Envoy Air, Inc. ("Envoy") currently holds designations
for both DFW-MTY and for DFW-SLP. SCHEDULE WITH SAFETY **e~3**AFFILIATED WITHAFL

-CIO AND CLC2. 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. Envoy should retain its designations

to these markets especially
in the absence of a showing that the carrier designations
are at their maximum. There has been no such showing. 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 areentirely 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