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W ASHINGT ON, D.C. FLI GH TLINE GR OU ND , I NC . d/ b/a ) F LI GH TLI N E F IR ST, ) ) Compl ain ant ) ) v . ) DO CK ET NO . 16- 11- 01 ) LOU ISIA NA

D EPAR TMEN T OF ) TRAN SP OR TAT IO N A N D D EV EL OP M EN T, ) AS SUCCESS OR TO T HE LOUISI ANA ) DIVISI ON OF ADMINISTRAT ION and THE ) BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR T HE ) MANAGEMENT OF THE LA KEFRONT ) AIR POR T; N ON -F LOOD PR OTECTIO N ) AS SE T MAN AG EM EN T AUT HO RI T Y, ) AS S UC CE SSORTO THE BOA RD OF ) COMMISSIONERS OF T HE ORLEANS ) PARIS H LEVEE DIST RICT an d ORLEA NS ) PAR ISH LEVE E D ISTRI CT, DI VISI ON OF ) N ON
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OPPO SITION TO COMPLA INA NT’S MOTION TO STRIKE OR I N T H E A L T ER N A

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T T H EW S IN RESPONSE TO RESPONDENT’S SUBMISSIO N OF D OCUMENTS
CO ME S NO W Re s p o n d e n t , No n - F lo o d P ro t e c t io n A s s e tMa n a ge m e n tA u t h o ri t y, suc ces sor to the Board of C ommis si oners of t he Or lea ns Lev ee Di str ict and Or lea ns Lev ee Di str ict, Di v is ion of N on- Fl ood Ass ets , Res pondent in the abov e c apti oned matter , and for it s o pposi ti on to C omplai nant’ s M oti on to Str ik e or i n the Al ter nati v e F il e Affidav itof Brayton Ma tt h e ws, re sp e ctf u lly su b m it s t h e fo llo wing: The Re q uestfor A ddi ti onal Infor mati on and Not ic e of E xtens ion of Time w hic h the- 2-

Fede ra l Av iat ion Admi nis trati on ( “F AA” ) ser v ed on Res pondentst ates , i n per tinent par

t: “P lea se prov ide the j ustifica tion , suppo rt ed by copi es of anyand all rele v ant d ocument s for th e $1, 258,000 .00 s ettl ement t o AeroPremier .” Res pondent ’s Submi ss ion of D ocument s in Res ponse to Req uest fo r Addi ti onal Informati on prov ide d the FAA w it h R espon dent’ s j ust ific ati on for settl ement al ong w it h the
re lev ant d ocument s. R espon dent’ s s ubmis si on i s w hol ly and enti rely re sp o n si v e to the FAA ’s req uestfor a ddi ti onal informati on. Compl ain ant’ s Mot ion to Str ik e therefore has no
s u b s t a n t ive b a s is wh a t s o e ve r. In d e e d , Co m p la in a n t ’s Mo t io n t o S t ri k e o r i n t h e A lt e rn a t ive Fi le Aff ida v itof Brayton M atthe w s i s s impl y an a rg ument t h a t th e s ettl ement w it h AeroPremier

w as unj ust ified

. This has been Compl ain ant’ s p osi ti on from t he out setand p ro vid e s n o t h in g n e w. Fur ther , s houl d C omplai nant be permitted to s ubmita respon se in the for m of an af f idavit of B rayton Mat the w s, w hich w e strongly o ppo se, the a pplicab le rules w ill require that Res pondentbe p er mitt ed to su bmita S ur Repl y . This w il l caus e y et an other round of submi ss ion s a fter a ll par ti es w ere not ified by

the FAA thati t wo u ld a cc e p t n o addi ti onal subm issions. The Re q uestfor Addi ti onal Infor mati on w as submi tted by the FAA to Res pondent alo ne. The Res pondentf ull y answ ered the FAA’ s q uest ion s a nd s ubmitted t he req uest ed docu me nts. T he tim e for add itiona l arg um entbyComp lainan t is ov er.- 3-

Res pectfully

su bmitted t his 16 day of Janua ry , 201 2. th
GERA RD G. M ETZGER (A PLC)
BY : s/C har les T . C ur ti s, Jr . GER A RD G. M ETZ GER

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i n the Al ter nati v e F il e Affidav itof B ra yto n M a tthews i n R espon se to Respo nde nt’s Sub mission o f Docum ent s on the followi ng persons a t the followi ng address v ia electron ic mail: Off ic e of the Chi ef Couns el Attn : F AA P art 16 Ai rp ort Proceed ing s D ock et AGC -6 10 Fede ra l Av iat ion Admi nis trati on 8 0 0 I n d e p e n d e n c e Av e
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s/C har les T. C urti s, Jr

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CHARLES T . CURTIS, JR. Cou nsel for R espon dent, N on- Fl ood Protecti on A s s e tMa n a ge m e n tA u t h o ri t y