BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

SERVICIOS AEREOS 

PROFESIONALES, S.A. 

for renewal of an exemption pursuant to 

49 U.S.c. § 40109 

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Docket No. OST-1997-3077-

REPLY OF EMBRAER FINANCE LTD. 

TO SERVICIOS AEREOS PROFESIONALES, S.A. 

MOTION FOR TEMPORARY DORMANCY WAIVER 

Stephen R. Stegich 

Counsel for Embraer Finance Ltd. 

CONDON & FORSYTH LLP 

7 Times Square 

New York, NY 

Tel: (212) 490-9100 

Fax: (212) 370-4453 

DATED: June 13, 2011 

Communications with respect to the 

above should be addressed to: 

Thomas J. Whalen 

Shelley A. Hession 

Counsel for Embraer Finance Ltd. 

ECKERT SEAMANS 

CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC 

1747 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Twelfth Floor 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel: (202) 659-6600 

Fax: (202) 659-6699 

twhalen@eckertseamans.com 
Application of 

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Docket No. OST-1997-3077-

SERVICIOS AEREOS 

PROFESIONALES, S.A. 

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for renewal of an exemption pursuant to 

49 U.S.c. § 40109 

REPLY OF EMBRAERFINANCE LTD. 

TO SERVICIOS AEREOS PROFESIONALES, S.A. 

MOTION FOR TEMPORARY DORMANCY WAIVER 

On March 23, 2011, the Department of Transportation ("Department") asked for 

basic information about Servicios Aereos Professionales, S.A. ("SAP") and its continued 

eligibility for exemption authority as contained in its application dated January 29, 20lO 

(Docket-OST-1977-3077). The DOT requested this information be supplied no later than 

three weeks from its request. 

On April 4, 2011, SAP requested an extension of "at least 30 days to complete the 

information and answer the Department in a proper manner." SAP, after requesting an 

extension, failed to provide the requested information. 

Instead, SAP now asks for "Temporary Dormancy Waiver" for a period of at least 

one year. A dormancy waiver is relief that is not available to foreign air carriers under 

the Department's Regulations. (See 14 C.F.R. § 204.7 and § 259.3 defining "air 

carrier".) SAP, in its June 1, 2011 filing, asserts that the findings in Orders 87-3077 and 

97-3077 that SAP is fit and financially and operationally qualified and is substantially 

owned and controlled by foreign citizens "continue to be valid". (SAP Motion, para 2 

(June 1,2011)) 

Whether this is accurate or not is the very purpose of the DOT's request for 

information. No basis exists for SAP to fail to provide this information as to the status of 
Reply of Emhraer Finance Ltd. to Servicios Aereos Profesiollales, S.A. 

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the company from January 29, 2010 to date. SAP wishes to sidestep this requirement 

until SAP "complete [ s] its reorganization and can initiate again commercial operations 

into the United States." This may be another way of saying that SAP needs to fix its 

serious deficiencies. However it cannot sidestep the obligations to provide information 

requested in the DOT's letter to substantiate SAP's repeated assertion, as continued once 

again in its most recent Motion, that SAP, as of January 29 2010, to date, is fit and 

financially and operationally qualified and is substantially owned by foreign citizens. 

Relief Requested 

Embraer respectually requests that the Department order SAP to provide the 

information requested by the Department on March 23, 2011. 

WHEREFORE, Embraer Finance Ltd. respectfully requests that the Department 

grant the relief requested herein and such other relief as would be consistent with the 

public interest. 

Dated: June 13,2011 

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Respectfully submitted, 

BY:~~ Thomas J. Whalen 

Shelley A. Hession 

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC 

1747 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Twelfth Floor 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel: (202) 659-6600 

Stephen R. Stegich 

Condon & Forsyth LLP 

7 Times Square 

New York, NY 

Tel: (212) 490-9100 
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