U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

September 23, 2014 

Mr. Luis A. Irizarry 

Aviation Consultant 

L.A. Irizarry & Associates, Inc. 

P.O. Box 37212 Airport Station 

San Juan, PR 00937-0217 

Re: Docket DOT-OST-2014-0116 

'1200 New Jersey Avenue SE 

Washington DC 20590 

Application of Aviation Partners of Boynton Beach, LLC, dba Hummingbird Air, 

for authority to conduct operations as a commuter air carrier 

Dear Mr. Irizarry: 

We have completed our initial review of the application filed on June 25, 2014, by 

Aviation Partners of Boynton Beach, LLC, dba Hummingbird Air ("Hummingbird Air"), 

for the determination of its fitness to conduct scheduled passenger operations as a 

commuter air carrier under 49 U.S.C. 41738. 

This review has revealed the need for additional and/or clarifying information before we 

can complete processing of Hummingbird Air's application. The attached Information 

Request lists the areas where further and/or clarification information is necessary. I ask 

that you respond fully to this request within 30 days of the date of this letter. You may 

upload your response via the web at www.regulations.gov, or you may mail your 

response to U.S. Department of Transportation Dockets, West Building, Ground Floor, 

(M-30, Room W12-140), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. 20590. In 

either case, your response should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0116. 

As is the Department's practice, further processing of Hummingbird Air's application 

will be deferred pending receipt of this material. In addition, please remember that 

Hummingbird Air should promptly provide the Department with any information 

regarding changes it may undergo in areas affecting its fitness (i.e., management, 

operating plans or financial condition, compliance disposition, or ownership) while its 

application is under review by the Department. 
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this 

letter or the requested information, please feel free to contact me at (202) 366-2999 or 

vanessa.balgobin@dot.gov. 

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Sr. Transportation Indust An 

Air Carrier Fitness Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

cc: Docket DOT-OST-2014-0116 

Mr. Jorge Echegoyen 

Principal Operations Inspector 

Federal Aviation Administration 
INFORMATION REQUEST 

AVIATION PARTNERS OF BOYNTON BEACH, LLC, 

DBA HUMMINGBIRD AIR 

KEY PERSONNEL 

1. For the resume of Mr. Samuel Raphael, please provide the month and year for 

dates of employment. 

2. For the resume of Mr. Jose Manuel Coto, please provide employment history for 

the period beyond February 2012. Also, please provides his Air Transport Pilot 

certificate number and state his citizenship. 

3. For the resume of Mr. Ira Williams, please account for all gaps in employment 

where applicable. If the individual was unemployed, please indicate the person 

was unemployed. Also, please state his citizenship. 

OPERATIONS AND FINANCES 

To meet the Department's financial fitness criteria, an applicant should have access to 

financial resources sufficient to cover its pre-operating expenses and the expenses that are 

reasonably projected to be incurred during three months of "normal" operations. 1 Please 

provide the information requested below to demonstrate the applicant's financial fitness. 

4. Provide a 12-month pro forma income statement for Hummingbird Air's proposed 

operations. 

5. Provide a forecast balance sheet for the first year of operations ending after the 

initially proposed operations commencement date. 

6. Provide an updated income statement and balance sheet for Hummingbird Air 

current within the past 3 months. 

7. The financial statements submitted in support of Hummingbird Air's applications 

identify long-term debt to White River Camp and Dan Crimm. Please provide 

additional information about these obligations. Also, please explain why the debt 

amount and terms change frequently year over year and why there is no current 

portion of debt due reflected in the balance sheet when the description of the 

terms identifies annual payments. 

8. With respect to Hummingbird's Aircraft, based on the information provided in the 

application, it appears that the aircraft are owned by a relevant corporation, Ay 

Because projected expenses during the first several months of air transportation services frequently do 

not include all costs that will be incurred during a "normal" period of operations, it is our practice to base 

our three-month test on an average of one-quarter of the first year's operating cost forecast. In calculating 

available resources, projected revenues may not be used. 
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Ay Holdings, Inc. ("Ay Ay"), but will be leased by Hummingbird Air from Ay 

Ay. Please describe the terms of the lease and ensure that the lease payments are 

reflected in the applicant's expense projections. 

9. The third-party financial verification letters do not provide account balances. 

Please provide revised letters that show balances. 

COMPLIANCE 

10. Provide a description of all charges of unfair or deceptive or anticompetitive 

business practices, or of fraud, felony or antitrust violation, brought against any 

relevant corporation or person having a substantial interest in any relevant 

corporation, or member of the key personnel employed (or to be employed) by 

any relevant corporation in the past 10 years. Such descriptions shall include the 

disposition or current status of each such proceeding.