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Jeffrey M. Harper FAA Office of Regional Counsel 1601 Lind Avenue Southwest Renton, Washington 98057 Todd C. Emerson SkyWest Airlines, Inc. 444 South River Road St. George, Utah 84790 T ( 435) 634-3530 T (425) 227-2161 F (425) 227-1007



### r nthe Matters of: F (435) 634-3505 

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. FAA Case No. 2012NM060030 OMS No. FAA-2014-0322 FAA Case No. 2014WP910006 DMS No. FAA-2014-06&6 FAA CaseNo. 2012NM060029 DMS No. FAA-2014-0809 SkyWest Airlines, Inc. FAA CaseNo. 20l2NM060l23 DMS No. FAA-2014-081

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Second FAA Case No. 2013NM060083 DMS No. FAA-2014-0811 FAA CaseNo. 20I5WP9l0079 OMS No. FAA-2016-4267 Honorable Douglas M. Rawald



### Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings and Joint Report on Progress of Negotiations In accordance with 14 C.P.R. § 13.2l8(a), the partiesjointlybringthis Motion to Stay Proceedings. On March 3

### J, 2016, thepartiesjointly moved to stay the proceedings in these cases on the basis that the partieshave begun negotiating a global settlement to all pending cases involving Respondent SkyWest. Those cases include the six before this forum, and 22 others in various procedura.l postures. PAGE 02/0505/05/2015 13:28 4252271007 ANM7

On April 6, 2016, the comt granted the requested stay throc1gh .Tune 6, 2016, and directed the parties to subrnit ajoint report on the progress ofsettlement negotiations on or before that date. Settlement negotiations have been ongoing since that time. Theparties have agreed on the anticipated scope 

### ofthe agreement, have generally agreed on

### the general structure of

### a proposed settlement, and have regularly scheduled meetingsto advance the state of negotiations. The parties note four ofthe cases in whichthe settlement is beingnegotiated are within theexclusivejurisdiction ofthe United State District Courts. Inthose cases, Respondent SkyWest Airlines and the Department ofJustice haveentered into a toll[ngagreement thrmtgh October 1, 2016. Exhibit 

### I. The part[es remainconfident that an agreement will be reached, but, given the scope of the desired settlement, thenumber ofthe issues involved, the complexity ofthe issues involved, and the varied procedural postures ofthe covered cases,more time is required for negotiations. Accordingly, the pmi[es move

### the comtto extcqd the stay ofproceedings granted to October 1, 2016, consistent withthe tolling agreement entered into by the parties on March 

### 31, 2016, or, in the alternative, at least another 60 days until August 

### 5, 2016. Respectfully submitted this 6"' day ofJune, 2016. 

### JEFFREY M HARPER 2016.06.06 ·,....----'!i¥.N.;-l8-B7'00' 

### J. M. Harper Attorney for Complainant 

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Todd C. Emerson Attorney for Respondent PAGE 03/05

Joint Motion to Stay Proc;ee:dings In the Matters of SkyWest Airlines, lrrc. DMS No•. FAA·2014·0322, ·0666. -0809. JP.ffrey M, Harp€r, FAA Attorney Federal Aviation Admlnistratlon T 1426) 227-2161 Iodd C. Emerson SkyWest Airlines, Inc. ·08,.0, 0811, FM-<016·4267 Page 2 of 3 F {425) 227·1007 T (435) 634·3530 F (435) 634·350505/05/2015 13:28 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 04/05



### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE l hereby certifythatthe foregoing Joint Motion to StayProceedings has been served via facsimile and Certified Mail- Return Receipt Requestedthis date, to the following: TheHonorable Douglas M. Rawa\d Office ofHearings, M-20 1200 New 

### Jersey Avenue, S.E. (Ell-310) Washington, PC 20590 Fax: (202) 366-7536 Attn: 

### Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2W1000 Federal 

### Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue SW 

### Washington, DC 20591 Fax: (202) 267-1293

Dated this 6th day ofJune, 2016.

Joint**Mo~ion** to Stay Proceedings 

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In the Matters of SkyWest Airlines, Inc. DMS Nos. FAA-2014-0322, -0686, -0809, Jeffrey M. Harper, FAA Attorney Federal Aviation fldmil1iStratlon T (425) 227-216J. -OB10, -0811, FAA·2016-4267 Page 3 of 3 F (425) 227·1007 Todd 

### c. Emerson SkyWest**Airlin~s.** Inc, T (435) 634·3530 F 1435) 634-350505/05/2015 13:28 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 05/05



### AGREEMENTTOTOLL STATIJTE OFLIMITATIONS WHEREAS, the United States of America has informed SkyWest Airlines, Inc. ("SkyWest'') that the United States and its agencies (the "United States") believe thattbeymay have certain civil causes of action and claims against Sky West, arising from 

### violations ofthe Federal 

### Aviation Regulations (specifically including the following FAA Case Numbers: No. 20!2NM060033, No. 2014NM060089, No. 2014NM060096 & 

### No. 2015NM060050); and WHEREAS, 

### the United States 

### and SkyWest wish to enter 

### into discussions relating 

### ro resolution ofthe above-referenced claims priorto the filing of

### a lawsuit; and WHEREAS, the undersigned represent that they have authority on behalfofSkyWest and the United States, respectively, to enterinto 

### this agreement; NOW, TIIEREFORE, through the 

### undersigned counsel, the United States and SkyWest 

### agree that, 

### as consideration 

### fllr the United States not filing, or 

### asserting claims in, a civil action against SkyWest on orbefore October 1, 

### 2016, the period oftime between and including April 

### l, 2016 and October 1, 

### 2016 shall be excluded when determining whether lll)y 

### civil or administrative claim relating to !he above-referenced subject matter are time-barred by statute of limitations, laches, or any other time-related defenses. 

### The United States further agrees !hat SkyWest, by enteringthis agreemeot, does not waive 

### any potentia) defense thatthe United Statesfailed to act in a timely fashion, under any applicable statute of limitations, laches, or other similar time-related defenses, on conduct that may be time barred prior to April!, 2016. SkyWest further agrees 

### that it will not assert or argue in anyjudicial or administrative forum 

### that the United States bas 

### failed to act in a timely fashion 

### and will not plead statute oflimitations, laches, or other 

### similar time-related defenses to any civil or administrative action against SkyWest based on conduct that 

### is asserted by the United States.on orbefore October 1, Z016, except to the extent such

**defe~;~ses** 

### were avaitable to Sky

### West onorbefore April!, 2016.

Dated:



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By: Todd Emerson Attorney for Sky West, Inc. UNlT:ED STATES OFAMERICA 

### JOHN W. HUBER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

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Sandra L. Steinvoort 

### Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for the United States 

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### Federal Aviation Administration

Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430, and Judge Office ofthe Regional Counsel, ANM-7 1601 Lind Ave., S.W To: Douglss M. Rawald. Phone: Fax: 1202\ 267-1293 202-366-7536.
From: Jeffrev Harner Title: FAA Attomev, ANM-7 

# I Date: 'I June 6, 2016 5 Pages wlcover:

D Peryour Request

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