### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

IN THE MATTER OF: FDMS No. FAA-2013-0047 FACILITY SOLUTIONS, INC.: Case No. 2012NE700128 Respondent

pursuant Time. BEFORE: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Via Teleconference The above-entitledmatter came on, to notice, at 1:50 p.m., Eastern

THE HONORABLE J.E. SULLIVAN, Administrative Law Judge

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### APPEARANCES: On Behalf of the Complainant: BRIAN K. KHAN, ESQUIRE Office of the Regional Counsel Federal Aviation Administration 2300 East Devon Avenue, AGL-7H Des Plaines, IL 60018 (847)294-7652

On Behalf of the Respondent: ROY J. 

### TRANSIT, ESQUIRE P.O. Box 1578 Royal Oak, MI 48068 (586)491-6822 Also Present: CODY L. SMITH, DOT Staff Attorney

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### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: We're on 4 

### the record in the matter of Facility 5 

### Solutions, Inc. This is Docket Number FAA6 2013-0047. 

### 7 Today is Wednesday, February 26, 8 2014, 

### and the parties have convened by 9 telephone for a pre-hearing status conference 10 

### in this case. 11 

### The Federal Aviation 12 

### Administration which I'm going to refer here 13 on out as the FAA is represented by its 14 

### attorney of record, Mr. Brian K. Kahn. 15 

### The respondent, Facility 16 

### Solutions, Inc., is represented by its 17 

### attorney of record, Mr. Roy J. Transit. 18 

### Also present appearing at the 19 Office of Hearings is an observer, Mr. Cody L. 20 

### Smith, an attorney with this office. 21 

### Good afternoon, everybody. As the 22 record reflects, the parties last convened on

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### 1 January 23rd, 2014, for a pre-hearing status 2 conference. At that time the parties stated 3 they were engaged in settlement discussions 4 that would likely conclude on or about 5 February 20, 2014, and the pre-hearing status 6 conference was then rescheduled and continued 7 by agreement of the parties to today's date 8 and time. 9 The record shows that on January 10 24, 2014, an order continuing pre-hearing 11 status conference was filed that basically 12 codified what had occurred orally between the 13 parties the day before. 14 

### So, Mr. Kahn, why don't I start 15 with you. What is the status of the case at 16 this point? 17 

### MR. KHAN: Your Honor, we've come 18 to a settlement in which the FAA issued 19 Facility Solutions care of Mr. Transit an 20 order assessing civil penalty that he, Mr. 21 Transit, just received today and once payment 22 has been processed, he will withdraw the

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NEAL R. GROSS (202) 234-4433 COURT REPORTERS ANDTRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLANDAVE., N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nea!rgross.com6 1 today, but the documents requestingwithdrawal 2 of the hearing will be done on Monday. 3 I'm leaving town tomorrow through 4 Sunday, and I won't be back or have the 5 opportunity to be in the office to do that 6 until then. 7 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. We
s currently have an April 8, 2014, start date 9 for the trial, and what I'm hearing from the 10 parties is that there likely will not be a 11 trial. 12 MR. TRANSIT: That is correct, 13 Judge. I'm certain there won't be at this 14 point. The only thing that remains is for me 15 to get that check out, and will pick it up 16 today to do that. 17 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay, then 18 what I'm going to suggest is this. What I can 19 do is I can strike the trial today if the 20 parties agree that I do that, if

- and then I 21 can tick the file for another pre-hearing 22 status conference in the event that we do not

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### get settlement papers, and if that's so, then 2 

### I'll have another pre-hearing status 3 conference, and if needed, I'll reset the 4 

### trial date, but it sounds to me like I 5 

### probably will end up even canceling another 6 pre-hearing status conference if all goes as 7 

### planned, but I don't want to lose this case s and I don't want to lose any particular 9 

### timeframe for resetting the trial if for some 10 

### obscure reason that no one can think of now 11 

### things don't go as planned, and I just am very 12 cautions when it comes to letting everybodygo 13 without a date on my calendar, so how about 14 

### this. 15 

### We're talking about getting 16 something filed probably no later than March 17 21, 2014, which is about two weeks prior to 18 the actual scheduled trial date which I'm 19 going to strike if the parties agree. 20 

### How about if I reset the pre21 hearing conference to around either April 4th 22 or the first day of the trial. If I do that,

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1 then I've got something on my calendar and the 2 parties do too in the event that something 3 goes awry. 4 Mr. Transit

- I'm sorry, Mr. Kahn, 5 do you have any particular objection to 6 striking the trial date and just resetting the 7 last pre-hearing- the last conference on the 8 Court's calendar to ensure the case doesn't 9 get lost or to address problems? 10 MR. 

### KHAN: No objection, Your 11 Honor. 12 ADMIN. JUDGE 

### SULLIVAN: Mr. 13 Transit, how about you? 14 MR. TRANSIT: No objections, Your 15 Honor. 16 ADMIN. JUDGE 

### SULLIVAN: Mr. 17 Transit, since you're the one who is going to 18 be filing some additionalpaperwork, why don't 19 you suggest to us when it would be most 20 efficacious and convenient for you and your 21 client to have a pre - or another conference 22 set on the calendar. When would that work for

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### you? 2 

### MR. TRANSIT: April 8 would work, 3 

### Your Honor. That's would be a good date, and 4 

### maybe in the

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### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: One6 

### thirty? 7 

### MR. TRANSIT: Yes. 8 

### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. Mr. 9 

### Kahn, does that work for you to just basically 10 

### strike the trial date and set a pre-hearing 11 

### conference for April 8, 

### 2014? 12 

### Oh, I just heard an interesting 13 

### sound on my phone. 14 

### MR. KHAN: Is everyone still on 15 

### the line? 16 

### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Mr. Kahn, 17 

### are you present? 18 

### MR. KHAN: I'm present, Your 19 

### Honor. 20 

### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. 21 Well, Mr. Transit, are you present? Mr. 22 Transit?

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### MR. KHAN: We might have lost him. 2 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: I think 3 Mr. Transit is missing. Let me do this. 4 

### MR. TRANSIT: Oh, here we go. I'm 5 sorry. My phone clicked it off after a half 6 an hour. Sorry. 7 

### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: I'll note 8 that Mr. Transit was absent for a brief 9 moment. Mr. Transit, I was just asking Mr. 10 Kahn whether or not he would be available on 11 April 8, 2014, at 1:30 p.m., and I think I'm 12 hearing from Mr. Kahn that that's okay. 13 MR. KHAN: Yes, Your Honor, that 14 works. 15 

### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay, so, 16 Mr. Kahn, is it acceptable to strike the trial 17 in its entirety at this point for your client? 18 

### MR. KHAN: Yes, Your Honor. 19 

### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. 20 Then I will

- I'll strike the trial date of 21 April 8, 2014 to April 9, 2014, and I will 22 assess the last conference on the calendar for

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### 1 April 8, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. 2 If I receive settlement documents 3 or withdrawal notices prior to that time, I 4 will of course strike the trial, and you'll 5 get notice of that. 6 

### If for some reason settlement 7 paperwork doesn't get filed at this office, 8 then I will look forward to talking to the 9 both of you again, and at that point we'll 10 talk about what's missing or whether or not we 11 need to go to trial after all. 12 So with that, Mr. Kahn, on behalf 13 of your client, is there anything else that we 14 can address for you today? 15 

### MR. KHAN: No, Your Honor. 16 

### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: And, Mr. 17 Transit, on behalf of your client, anythingwe 18 can address for you today? 19 

### MR. TRANSIT: No. 20 

### ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. 21 Then I will do the following. I will thank 22 both counsel for your patience in waiting for

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This is to certify that the foregoing transcript

In the matter of: Facility Solutions, Inc.

Before: DOT Office of Hearings

Date: 02-26-2014

Place: Teleconference

was duly recorded and accurately transcribed under my direction; further, that said transcript is a true and accurate record of the proceedings.

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