### GLOBAL " AVIATIO N

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. G

A 3026 9 US A n ; L + 1 (770 ) 632.800 0 March 5 , 201 0 www.giah.co, „
Mr
. Paul L
. Gretc h - 7 Director Zl ] Officeo f Internationa

l Aviatio n -7; ? U.S
. Departmen

t o f Transportatio n - • 120 0 Ne w Jersey Avenue , S.E
. Washington , D.C
. 2059 0
. . , '

Re : Applicatio n of

CS I Aviatio n Services , Inc
. fo r a n Emergenc y Exemptio n - Docke t OST-20Q9-Q31 1
Dea r Mr
. Gretch : I n respons e t

o th e Notic e issue db

y th e Departmen

t o n March 3 , Globa

l Aviatio n Holdings , Inc
. ("Globa

l Aviation" ) submit s thes e comment s o n behal f o f it s ai r carrie r subsidiaries , WorldAirway s an dNort h America n Airlines
. The Department' s Notic e requeste d comment s o

n th e lette r date dFebruar

y 1 2 submitte db

y the Genera

l Service s Administratio n ("GSA" ) regai"din

g the emergenc y exemptio n reques t of CS I Aviatio n Services , Inc
. ("CSI")
. Globa l Aviatio n strongly object s t o th e statement

in th e penultimat

e paragraph o f

GSA' s lette r tha t i t wouldsuppor

t actio n b y th e Departmen

t permittin g "charter

brolcer s t o continu e to perfor mtheir GS A MAS contract s a s well a s contract s th e broker s ma y hav e wit

h othe r Federa l agencies " (emphasi s added)
. It i s entirely inappropriate , an doutside th e scop e o f

DOT' s reques t fo r it s input , fo

r GS A to commen

t o n wha t th e procurement

practice s o f

othe r Federa l Governmen

t agencie s shoul db e wit

h respec t to the eligibilit

y o f charter broker s to bidon air transportatio n service s contracts . A s GS A itsel f acknowledges , "[e]ac h Federa l agency establishe s it s requirement s an dprocure s th e sei-vice s it

need s through avariet

y o f methods. " Eac h agenc y therefor

e need s t o mak e it s ow n detenninatio n a s to tl: e rol e charte r broker s should o r shoul dno t

pla y in th e procurement

of it s airlif t requirements
. I

t i s presumptuou s o f

GSA , a t th e ver y least , to sugges t

tha t charter broker s shouldhave th e abilit y to contrac t

a s principal s in connectio n wit

h th e procurement

procedure s o f

other Federa l Governmen

t agencies , o f

whic h GS A ma y kno w nothin g about
. DO T di dnot ask fo r inpu t fro mGS A on an

y procuremen

t practice s othe

r tha n it s own , an

dan y comment s GS A ha s mad e regardin g it s prescriptio n fo r othe r Federa l Governmen

t agencie s shoul db

e disregarded
.An y relie f grante db

y th e Departmen

t i n coimection wit

h CS I Aviation' s exemptio n applicatio n shoul db e expressl y limite dt o contract s awarde dunde r GSA' s Multipl e Awar

d Schedule , a s th e recor

di n thi s proceedin g doe s not suppor t actio n wit

h respec t to th e airlif

t procurement

practice s o f

an y other Federa l Governmen

t agency . Sincerely yours , >

, ' I n i l A 

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. Vtc e President

& Genera l Counsel MMM/m m Direc t Dial : Facsimile ; Email : 770.632.821 5

770.632.804 8 mmcmilliiii@elah.com

### CERTIFICAT E O FSERVIC E

I hereb y certif

y tha t o n thi s 5t

h day o f Marc h 2010 , acop y o f

th e foregoin g answe r

o f Globa l Aviatio n Holdings , Inc
. wa s serve db y first clas s mail , postag e prepaid , o n th e partie s name dbelow :
Edwar dW
. Saue r (fo r Evergree n Internationa l Aviation ) Squire , Sander s & Dempsey , L.L.P
. 120 1 Pennsylvani aAve. , NW , Ste
. 50 0 Washington , D C 2000 4 esauer@,ssd.co m
C
. Kami k Fligh t Work s 50 0 Townpark

Lan e NW , Ste
. 35 0 Kennesaw , G A 30144-587 0 ckamik(g),flightworks.co m
Southeastern Ohi o Ai r

Servic e 85 0 Airport

Roa d Zanesville , O H 43701-097 1 Lani.zaviationfSjrrohio.co m
Joh n Tasle r Ai r Charte r Team 1001 5 N
. Ambassado r

Driv e #20 2 Kansa s City , M O 64153-143 7 tasler(a),aircharterteam.co m
S
. Bickfor d Ai r Plannin g 1 2 Heritag e Wa

y North Reading , M A 01864-280 0 sbickford(g),airplanning.co m N
. Lanz a Executiv e Fliteway s 1 Clar k Drive , Unit

B Ronkonkoma , N Y 11779-735 4 nlanza@flY-efi.co m Jame s Tell o (for Miam i Ai r

International ) 102 5 Connecticu t

Avenue , N.W
. Ste
. 100 0 Washington , D C 2003 6 iamestello(a),erthlink.ne t Eilee n M
. Gleime r (for Visio n Airlines , Inc. ) Crowel l & Morin g LL P 100 1 Pennsylvani aAvenue , N W Washingto n D C 2000 4 egleimer(a),crowell.co m Davi dMcCow n Ai r Partne r Ai r Partner , Inc
. 110 0 Le e Wagne r

Blvd. , Ste
. 32 8 Ft
. Lauderdale , FL 3331 5 David.mccown@airpartner.co m Nic k Franze n Capita l Aviatio n 4408 1 Pipelin e Plaza , Ste
. 22 0 Ashbum,V A 2014 5 Nick.franzen(a),capitalaviation.u s Ji mCar o Privat e Je t

Service s Grou p 5 Batchelde r

Roa d Seabrook,N H 03874-440 2 Jim.caro(g).pi sgroup.co mChi p Credn o

Zephy r Aviation , LL C 39 0 Industria l Drive , Unit 3 Louisa, V A 23093-421 6 Chip.credno(a),zephyraviation.ne t Greg g Lukenbil l SkyKing , Inc
. 360 0 Powe r

In n Road , Ste
. H Sacramento , C A 9582 6 Do737@aol.co m
Gre g Cirill o (fo r Capita l Aviation ) Wile y Rei n LL P 762 5 Jone s Branc h Driv e McLean , V A 2210 2 gcirillo@wilevrein.co m Mark W
. Atwoo d (fo r Xtr aAirways ) She r & Blackwel l 185 0 M Street , N W Washington , D C 2003 6 matwood@,sherblackwell.co m Peggi e Ramse y Bimin i Islan dAi r Fort Lauderdal e Exe c . Airpor t 300 0 N W 59 * Stree t Fort Lauderdale , FL 3330 9 pramsev@crestonaviation.co m Ro n Pridd y Presiden t an dCE O Nationa l Ai r

Carrie r Associatio n 100 0 Wilso n Boulevar d Suit e 170 0 Arlington , V A 2220 9 rpriddy@naca.c c Davi dM
. Hernandez , Esq
. (Attorne y for

CS I Aviatio n Services , Inc. ) Vedde r Pric e P.C
. 87 5 15"'StreetNW , Ste
. 72 5 Washington , D C 2000 5 dhemandez@vedderprice.co m
Joh n S
. Fredericksen Vic e Presiden t

an dGenera l Counse l M N Airlines , LL C db aSu n Country Airline s 130 0 Mendot aHeight s Roa d Mendot aHeights , M N 5512 0 iohn.fredericksen@suncountry.co m Virgini aGresbach , Esq
. Genera l Service s Administratio n 180 0 FStreet , N.W
. Washington , D C 2040 5 Virginia.gresbasch@gsa.go v Pierr e Murph y (fo r Falco n Ai r

Expres s & IB C Airways ) La w Office s o f

Pierr e Murph y 120 0 Ne w Hampshir e Ave
. NW , St e 80 0 Washington , D C 2003 6 pmurphy@,lopmurphy.co m
SamPodberesky Clereec e Y
. Kroh a U.S
. Departmen t

o f Transpotatio n Offic e o f Aviatio n Enforcemen t

an d Proceeding s (C-70 ) 120 0 Ne w Jerse y Ave
. S E Washington , D C 2059 0 Sam.podberesky@dot.go y Eclereece.kroha@dot.go vCar l M
. Smith , Esq
.

(fo r Omn i Ai r

Internationa l Inc. ) McGove m& Smith , LL C 112 9 20th Street , NW , Suit e 30 0 Washington , D C 2003 6 Carl.smith@mcgovemandsmith.co m Aaro n Goerlich , Esq
. (fo r Sundowne r

Oklahom aCity LLC ) Garofal o Goerlic h Hainbac h P C 120 0 Ne w Hampshir e Avenu e N W Washington , D C 2003 6 agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.co m

Kath y L
. Luhmaan