SERVED: MAY 16, 2013 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, DC 

IN THE MATTER OF 

SKYWEST AIRLINES 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA-2012-'- 0777 

SKYWEST AIRLINES 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA-2012- 0776 

SKYWEST AIRLINES 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA-2012- 0869 

SKYWEST AIRLINES 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA-2012- 0868 

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SKYWEST AIRLINES 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA-2012- 0874 

SKYWEST AIRLINES 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA-2012- 0872 

SKYWEST AIRLINES 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

FDMS NO. FAA-2012- 0873 

SKYWEST AIRLINES 

FAA DOCKET NO. [TO BE ASSIGNED] 

(Civil Penalty Action) . 

FDMS NO. FAA-2012- 0904 

HEARING NOTICE 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that testimony and evidence will be heard and considered 

commencing at 1330 hours on July 15 and continuing from 0900 hours to 1630 hours 

on July 16, 17, 18, and 19,2013, inclusive, in the U.S. Tax Court, Courtroom 5223, 

Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, 125 S. State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 841381

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1 The court has a matter scheduled for hearing at 0900 hours on July 15, which it anticipates will conclude 

on or about 1200 hours. After a lunch recess, the court will take up the above matters. 

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The court intends to hear all of the above cases during the week of July 15 through 19, 

2013. We leave it to the parties as to what order the cases are heard and/or whether 

matters are consolidated for any purposes. · 

Settled cases will not be removed from the docket until the Judge receives the 

proper pleading(s).2 Pleadings3 may be forwarded by fax, express mail, courier or 

postal service 4 

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Richard C. Goodwin 

U.S. Administrative Law Judge 

Attachment - Service List 

2 "The public policy of favoring and encouraging settlement makes necessary the inadmissibility of 

settlement negotiations in order to foster frank discussions". Fiberglass Insulators. Inc. v Dupuy, 856 F. 2d 

652,653 (4 Cir. 1988); Wright & Graham, Federal Practice and Procedure: Evidence, §5302 (1980). Rule 

408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence excludes from evidence all statements made in the course of 

settlement negotiations. 

3 Materials tiled in the FAA Hearing Docket (except for materials which are sealed) are also available for 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov. For additional information see: http://dms.dot.gov. 4 The Administrator's civil penalty decisions, along with indexes of the decisions, the Rules of Practice, as 

well as other materials relating to civil penalty cases, are available on the internet at: 

http://wwwjaa.gov/ about/office_ orglheadquarters _offices/ age/pol_ adjudication/ agc400/civil _penalty/; see 

also: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgilt/text/text-idx? c=ecfr&tpl=lecfrbrowse/Title 14/14tab _ 02. tpl. In 

addition, Thomson Reuters/West Publishing publishes Federal Aviation Decisions. Finally, the decisions 

are available through LEXIS (TRANS library) and Westlaw 9FTRAN-FAA database). For additional 

information, see the Web site. 

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FDMS Nos. FAA-2012-0776, 2012-0777, 2012-0869, 

2012-0868,2012-0874,2012-0872,2012-0873,2012-0904 

(Civil Penalty Actions) 

SERVICE LIST 

ORIGINAL & ONE COPY 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, DC 20591 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2W10001 

ONE COPY 

Todd C. Emerson, Respondent's Counsel 

Director, Government and Legal Affairs 

SkyWest Airlines 

444 South River Road 

St. George, UT 84 790 

TEL: 435-634-3530 

FAX: 435-634-3505 

Robert Spitzer, Complainant's Counsel 

Attorney, Office ofRegional Counsel 

Northwest Mountain Region, ANM-7 

Federal Aviation Administration 

1601 Lind Avenue, S.W. 

Renton, W A 98057 

TEL: 425-227-1417 

FAX: 425-227-1007 

The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin, Administrative Law Judge 

Office ofHearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (E11-310) 

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-366-2139 Attorney-Advisor 

202-366-5121 Staff Assistant 

FAX: 202-366-7536 

1 Service was by U.S. Mail. For service in person or by expedited courier, use the following address: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 

2Wl 000, Washington, DC 20591; Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430. 

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