BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, DC

In the matter of the cancellation of the

Air Taxi authority issued to:

VIH COUGAR HELICOPTERS, INC. 

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Docket DOT-OST-2012-0022 

MOTION OF PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. NORTHERN PIONEER 

HELICOPTERS LLC AND SOLOY HELICOPTERS LLC TO 

WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

John Longstreth john.longstreth@klgates.com 202-661-6271

Timothy Hobbs tim.hobbs@klgates.com 206-370-7664

K&L Gates LLP

1601 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20006-1600

202-778-9100 (fax)
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BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, DC

In the matter of the cancellation of the

Air Taxi authority issued to:

VIH COUGAR HELICOPTERS, INC.

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Docket DOT-OST-2012-0022 

MOTION OF PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. NORTHERN PIONEER 

HELICOPTERS LLC AND SOLOY HELICOPTERS LLC TO 

WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE 

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, 14 C.F.R. § 302.12, Petroleum 

Helicopters, Inc. (“PHI”), Northern Pioneer Helicopters LLC (“Northern”) and Soloy

Helicopters LLC (”Soloy”) hereby move to withhold from public disclosure the unredacted 

Opposition of Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., Northern Pioneer Helicopters LLC, and Soloy 

Helicopters LLC to VIH Cougar Helicopters, Inc. and Construction Helicopters, Inc.’s Motion 

for Reconsideration of Final Order and for a Hearing filed in this docket on July 12, 2013. The 

motion is necessary because the Motion contains information that has been designated as 

confidential by VIH Cougar. 

In filing this motion, movants do not concede that any of that material has been properly 

designated as confidential. Movants believe that the information on which this pleading relies 

and any other information on which VIH Cougar has relied in responding to the Department’s 

Order to Show Cause and in responding to Movants’ Motion for Final Disposition in this matter 

should be made public. As Movants have previously pointed out, VIH Cougar has previously
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filed in the pubic docket information it has designated as purportedly confidential, and its lack of 

any principled and consistent basis in treating its designated material as confidential is itself a 

basis to make this information public, as it suggests VIH Cougar’s goal is more to disrupt to the 

proceeding and Movants’ ability to respond than it is to protect any legitimately confidential 

information. 

A redacted version of the Response has also been filed electronically in the docket, which 

public filing does not contain any of the material that has been designated as confidential. 

Respectfully submitted, 

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John Longstreth

Timothy Hobbs

K&L Gates LLP

1601 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20016

Counsel for Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.

Dated: July 12, 2013
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have on this 12th day of July, 2012 served the foregoing Motion to Withhold 

Materials from Public Disclosure upon the persons listed below, and have also filed a copy 

electronically in the docket of this proceeding:

Susan L. Kurland

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

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

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 
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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.

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John Longstreth