January30, 2015
The Honorable Barack H. Obama President TheWhite House Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President: 

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Norwegian Air Shuttle OksemZlyveien 3 Postboks 115 N-1330 Fornebu Norway Phone: +47 67 59 30 00 Telefax: +47 67 59 30 01 www.norwegian.no post@norwegian.no N0965 920 358 MVA

As members of Norwegian Air's U.S.-based crew, we would like to express our strong supportfor swift approval of Norwegian Air International's foreign aircarrier permit application currently pending before the U.S. Department of Transportation. We humbly request that your administration approve NAI's permit, which will deliver substantial economic and job creation opportunities to America's communities, help achieve your stated goal of significantly increasing foreign tourism to the U.S., and provide the public on both sides ofthe Atlantic a new, consumer-friendlyoption in airtravel.
We are among a growing cadre of Americans working for Norwegian, and are anxiously awaiting the launch of NAI's transatlantic service. We and our fellow crew are grateful for the opportunity to join the Norwegian family, as we have found Norwegian's training program, compensation and benefits package to be of the highest qualityand market competitive. In fact, many of us have left U.S. legacy carriers because the wages and benefits at Norwegian are better. Of the 5,500 U.S. applications Norwegian received, we are among the 300 selected for cabin crew posts. Along with cabin crew, Norwegian is poised to begin hiring its first series of U.S.-based pilots to operate the carrier's transAtlantic service.
As a fully-licensed European carrier meeting all U.S. statutory and regulatory requirements to serve the United States, NAI is entitled to be granted "appropriate authorizations and permissions with minimum procedural delay'' by DOT

- which is provided for under the U.S.-EU Open Skies Agreement. However, opponents of Norwegian are working to undermine NAI's application and its ability to serve the United States. Such efforts go against America's international commitments and go againstthe American spirit of competition. Norwegian, in its efforts to affordable international air travel to the U.S., has made a strong commitmenttothe U.S. economy. Norwegian is investing heavily in its U.S.-basedworkforce of which we are proud to be a part. In addition, Norwegian is helping to grow our economy through the purchase of billions of dollars of Boeing's most modern and fuel-efficient aircraft, which will be the backbone of NAI's international fleet. Norwegian also is helping to achieve your laudable goal of bringing 100 million new foreign tourists annually to American destinations by 2021, which you have stated will have asubstantial and direct positive impact on our overall economy.
As part of its U.S.-based crew, we are grateful forthe opportunityto workfor Norwegian and excited aboutthe carrier'sfuture prospects. We humbly askyour administration to approvewithoutfurther delay Norwegian Air International's application

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.Sincerely, The Undersigned Norwegian Crew

cc: Denis McDonough, Chief of Staffto the President JeffreyZients, Director ofthe National Economic Council Valerie Jarrett, SeniorAdvisorto the President Anthony Foxx, United States Secretaryof Transportation

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Leah Bowser Ariel Perez Reyes Sheila Anselmo Cabin Crew Member SeniorCabin Crew Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL Member NewYork-JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL Stephanie Zielinska Rex Edwards Cabin Crew Member Vanessa Villa-Neumann Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL Joseph Gabriel HermanTchigirinski Base ChiefCabin Crew Deborah Zolla Cabin Attendant Ft. Lauderdale, FL Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL Carrie Landis Allyn Eltanal Cabin Crew Member Wayne AnthonyVivino Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL Greg Gibson AndrewVaughan Gregory Cabin Crew Member Vincent Caiola Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL Katrina Gilbert Christopher Mastroianni Cabin Crew Member Maria Belen Del Canto Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL Nicolau NewYork -JFK SeniorCabin Crew Gustavo Leguizamon Member ArturG. Danes Escolar Ft. Lauderdale, FL Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL Ana DeFelippis SeniorCabin Crew Ashton Rudder Juan Bach Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL NewYork -JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL Leonardo Gutierrez Vicky Chumpitaz Tatiana Petrovich Cassina Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin CrewSupervisor Ft. Lauderdale, FL Ft. Lauderdale, FL Ft. Lauderdale, FL Jasmine Brown Bianca Loubeau JhenelleJacas Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK NewYork -JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FLChristopherAlan Johnson Patrick McClave Eugene Ryan S. Alonzo Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL NewYork-JFK
Myrtha Feliz Cheyenne Victoria Abidi Asawari Sawant Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL NewYork-JFK

Luis Morales Grace Liang Abbigale Hannides Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member 

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LeifAndre Moland Francis S.N. Brewah Silvia Torrecilla Pilot Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Arendal, Norway NewYork-JFK NewYork-JFK

MichaelTorres Rose Jellen V. Espinosa Shonelle Waithe Cabin Chief Cabin Crew Member Cabin Chief Ft. Lauderdale, FL NewYork-JFK NewYork-JFK

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Patricia Cadette NancyVijil Lopez Glenesha Williams Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL Los Angeles, CA NewYork-JFK

Annette M. Rosa Alexandra Weir Dennis Reilly Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK NewYork-JFK NewYork-JFK

Marissa Testani Lisa Y. Whitmore Richard Yepez Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK 

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ArleneO'Connor Jocelyn E. Smith Ileana Romero Cabin Crew Supervisor Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member 

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MariaTeresa Alberotanza Joseph Longo GustavoAlbertoTorres Cabin Crew Member Cabin Crew Member Cabin Chief Ft. Lauderdale, FL NewYork-JFK Ft. Lauderdale, FL.l •

lonut Bogdan Cabin Crew Member London- LGW
Kathryn Crowley Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL
GrietjeJ. Nijboer Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Peter Blackman Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Adriana Butler Macagi Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Nolan Negron Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL

TheodoreJPavlikJr SeniorCabin Crew Member NewYork-JFK

Lillian Casey Cabin CrewSupervisor NewYork -JFK

Manuel F. Castineiras Cabin Crew Member Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Christian Esperance Cabin CrewSupervisor NewYork-JFK

Anna Strojek-Puchalska Manager Norway