BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT ATIO~ 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

In the matter of the cancellation of the 

Air Taxi authority issued to: Docket DOT -OST -2012-0022 

VIH COUGAR HELICOPTERS, INC. 

VIH COUGAR'S OBJECTION TO THE AFFIDAVIT OF JONATHAN BLANK 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

David M. Nadler 

David Y. Yang 

Andrew E. Smith 

DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP 

1825 Eye Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 420-2200 

Facsimile: (202) 420-2201 

nadlerd@dicksteinshapiro.com 

yangd@dicksteinshapiro.com 

smitha@dicksteinshapiro.com 

Counsel to VIH Cougar Helicopters, Inc. 

Dated: March 23, 2012 

DSMDB-3043119vl 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

In the matter of the cancellation of the 

Air Taxi authority issued to: Docket DOT -OST -2012-0022 

VIH COUGAR HELICOPTERS, INC. 

VIH COUGAR'S OBJECTION TO THE AFFIDAVIT OF JONATHAN BLANK 

Pursuant to Rules 11 and 12 ofthe Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. § 302.11, 302.12) ofthe 

Department of Transportation ("Department"), VIH Cougar Helicopters, Inc. ("VIH Cougar") 

submits this motion asking the Department to deny interim access to all confidential information 

provided by VIH Cougar until the Department rules on the Rule 12 Motion VIH Cougar 

submitted on March 16, 2012 requesting that the Department release such confidential 

information to counsel and outside experts of interested parties only pursuant to a protective 

order under the same terms and protections as those afforded under a protective order issued by 

the U.S. Government Accountability Office for use in bid protest proceedings. 

VIH Cougar has learned that Jonathan Blank, counsel for Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., a 

competitor of VIH Cougar, has filed an Affidavit of Counsel with the Department today for 

access to the confidential information that VIH Cougar has submitted to the Department in 

connection with the above-captioned proceedings over the past four years. As fully explained in 

our March 16, 2012 Rule 12 Motion, VIH Cougar believes that the affidavit procedures set forth 

in the Department's Order to Show Cause are insufficient to adequately safeguard VIH Cougar's 

confidential proprietary information from third parties who are or may be engaged in competitive 

decision making on behalf of parties who are actual or potential competitors of VIH Cougar. 

DSMDB-3043!!9vl 
Nor are the Department's existing procedures, in VIH Cougar's view, adequate for monitoring 

compliance and enforcing any violations of those protections. Accordingly, VIH Cougar 

respectfully requests that the Department hold Mr. Blank's Affidavit in abeyance and not release 

any confidential information to him or to any other third parties who may also file affidavits until 

the Department has ruled on VIH Cougar's Rule 12 Motion, and if that decision is adverse to 

VIH Cougar, until the matter has been ruled upon by a court of competent jurisdiction. 

Dated: March 23, 2012 

By: 

2 

I 

I 

'D;s~t.~N~a~dkle~r--~ryr~~==========~ 

David Y. Yang 

Andrew E. Smith 

DICKSTEIN SH P 

1825 Eye Street, 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 420-2200 

Facsimile: (202) 420-2201 

nadlerd@dicksteinshapiro. com 

yangd@dicksteinshapiro.com 

smitha@dicksteinshapiro.com 

Counsel to VIH Cougar Helicopters, Inc. 

DSMDB-30431 19vl 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that I have on this 23rd day of March 2012 served the foregoing motion ofVIH Cougar 

Helicopters, Inc. upon the persons listed below: 

Susan L. Kurland 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey A venue, SE 

Room W96-495 

Washington, DC 20590 

Lauralyn Remo 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Room W96-495 

Washington, DC 20590 

3 

Peter Lynch, AGC-300 

Asst. Chief Counsel for Enforcement 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Ave. SW 

Washington, DC 20591 

William J. Weber 

Certification Section Manager 

FAA AFS-900 

45005 Aviation Drive Suite 131 

Dulles, VA 20166 

Roy Hardie 

Aviation Safety Inspector 

Federal Aviation Administration 

1601 Lind Avenue SW, Suite 260 

Renton, W A 98057 

Andrew E. Smith 

DSMDB-3043119vl