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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

I: lt l OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, DC 

TRAVEL GROUP, INC., D/B/A REPUBLIC AIR TRAVEL 

AND SCOT SPENCER 

AIRLIFT GROUP, INC. 

AND RICHARD BERNARD 

Unauthorized Air Transportation, 

Unfair and Deceptive Practices and Unfair Methods of 

Competition, and Violations of Public Charter Rules 

EXPRESS ONE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

Unfair and Deceptive Practices and Unfair Methods of 

Competition, and Violations of Public Charter Rules 

Enforcement Proceeding 

STATUS REPORT 

DOT -OST -1995-272 

formerly Docket 49233 

The Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and 

Proceedings ("Enforcement Office"), pursuant to Your Honor's March 22, 2006, Order 

staying this proceeding, files this report detailing the current status of this proceeding and 

settlement negotiations. 

The Department has not ruled on the outstanding motions filed by Respondents 

and opposed by the Enforcement Office in Ascend Aviation Group, Docket OST-2004-

17486. 

There have been no further settlement discussions. 

Additionally, recent service of process ofthe Status Reports to Mr. Scot Spencer 

at 255 S Leland Norton Way, San Bernardino, California 92408, the address on record 
2 

for Mr. Spencer, have been returned to the Enforcement Office as "undeliverable." In 

March 2013, Mr. Spencer was arrested and charged in San Bernardino, California, for 

conspiracy to commit a crime, perjury under oath, and preparing false evidence. 1 Mr. 

Spencer was held at San Bernardino County's West Valley Detention Center from March 

27, 2013, to April15, 2013, when he was released on bail for $1 million. However, the 

the Status Reports are still being returned to the Enforcement Office as "undeliverable." 

The Enforcement Office has attempted to contact Mr. Spencer through his court 

appointed defense attorney, Mr. Andrew Moll. However, Mr. Moll has not yet responded 

to our inquiries into Mr. Spencer's current address. Therefore, in order to serve Mr. 

Spencer with the Status Reports, we are adding Mr. Moll as his point of contact. 

Date: August 30, 2013 

Respectfully submitted, 

Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings 

Vinh Q. Nguyen 

Senior Trial Attorney 

United States Department of Transportation 

Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Room 96-429 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

TEL: 202-366-9342 

FAX: 202-366-7152 

1 The People of the State of California v. Scot Matthew Spencer, No. FSB 1301129 (Cal. Crim. Dist. Ct. 

filed Mar. 22, 2013). 
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Docket No. DOT-OST-1995-272 

I hereby certify that on this 3Oth day of August, 2013, a true and correct copy of the 

foregoing Status Report was served in the following manner to the following: 

Original 

U.S. Depmiment ofTransportation 

Docket Operations, M-30 

West Building Ground Floor 

Room W12-140 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

By First Class Mail 

The Honorable Ronnie A. Yoder 

Chief Administrative Law Judge 

Otlice of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

TEL: (202) 366-2142 

FAX: (202) 366-7536 

By First Class Mail 

Scot Spencer 

SBD Aircraft Services 

255 S Leland Norton Way 

Sam Bernardino, CA 92408 

Andrew Moll 

Attorney for Scot Spencer 

Public Defender Office 

County of San Bernardino 

303 West 3rd Street 

Ground Floor 

San Bernardino, CA 92415 

TEL: (909) 382-7639