DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,985

BRANTLY HELICOPTER, INC.
VERNON, TEXAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 1, 2009 on behalf of workers of Brantly
Helicopter, Inc., Vernon, Texas. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of helicopters.
The investigation revealed that workers of Brantly
Helicopter, Inc., who are engaged in activities related to the
production of helicopters, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers are threatened to become separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to China by Brantly Helicopter contributed
importantly to threatened worker group separations at the
Vernon, Texas facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Brantly Helicopter,
Inc., Vernon, Texas, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of helicopters meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Brantly Helicopter, Inc., Vernon, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 30, 2008, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of December, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance