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wil l b e dismissed . r . Backgroun d 1 Sg t Michae l P . Le e an d Mr . GaryJ . Le e (hereinafte rrespectivel y"Sgt . Lee " an d 'Gar yLee, " or , collectively , "th e Lees " o r"Respondents" ) wer e passenger s o n a Southwes t Airline s flight-from Phdenix , A Z t o Philadelphia , P Ao n February23 , 200 5 (tr . 13-14 , 65) . Th e Federa l Aviatio n Administratio n (hereinafte r"Complainant " o r "th e agency" ) issue d separat e Complaint s agains t them . Th e agenc ycharge d Sgt . Le e wit h a violatio n o f §121.580 , allegin g tha t h e interfere d v^'t h crewmember s i n th e performanc e o f tiieirduties . I t seek s th e maximu m civi l penalt yo f $1,100 - (Docke t No . CP05SW0012) . Th e agenc ykis o charge d Gar yLe e wit h a violatio n o f §121.58 0 fo rsimila rreasons , an d seek s the ! maximu m civi l penalt yamoun t o f $1,10 0 agains t hi m a s wel l (Docke t No . CP06SWboi3) . Th e matter s wer e combine d fo rhearing . I hel d a n ara l evidentiar yhearin g i n Sa n Francisc o o n February2 7 an ^ 28 , 2006 . Th e partie s hav e file d brief s an d th e matter s ar e no wread yfo rdecisioiji .c* A* nM S 0)009/02 7 05/25/201 0 15-4 G FAX 202493514 2 FA At D" ^ f

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t Th e Lee s ar e brothers . Sgt . Le e i s a n Arm ymechani can d ha d inecentl y returne d fro m servic e i n Iraq , dar yLe e work s I n a plan t i n Californi a ( 2 Tr . 274) . Th e Lee s wer e th e las t t o board . The ytoo k seat s i n a ro wnea rth e rea ro f th e aircraft . Sgt . Le e sa t i n a n aisl $ seat , aircraf t lef t (sea t 23C) , an d Gar yLe e too k

th e windo w- sea t (23A) . The yleft'ai n empt ysea t betwee n them . Th e Boein g 73 7 aircraft , whic h seat s 137 , wa s a bi t rhioretha n hal ffull . APhoenix-Philadelphi a fligh t last s betwee n fou ran d five hours , dependin g o n wind s ( 1 Tr . 65 , 68-70,100-01,165-66,168,192 , 195 , 213 ; 2 Tr . 314-15;.Exh , R4) . 1 

### Th e Lee s wer e excite d abou t th e trip . The ywer e travelin g hom e t o Philadelphi a fo ra famil yreunior i an d birthda yparty . I n keepin g wit h thei rmood , the y wer e somewha t lou d an d boisterou s ( 1 Tr . 111 , 204 ; 2 Tr . 341-42) . Directl yafte rth e Lee s bonarded , th e lea d o r"A " flight attendant , Lor l Harmon , mad e a n announcemen t t o prepar e doon s fo rpushback . Thi s standar d announcemen t include s a requds t t o tur n cel l phone s off . Th e door s wer e secure d ( 1 Tr . 103,166-69 , 197-98) . i



# • i Sgt . Le e ha d isee n talking j o n hi s cel l phone . Th e "B " flight attendant , Nanc y Mason , whois e are a o f responsibilit yinclude d th e ro wi n whic h th e Lee s sat . aske d Sgt . Le e t o tur n i t off . Sh e go t n o respons e ( 1 Tr . 71 , 75 , 102-04) . Ms . Maso n proceede d t o mid-cabin , wher e sh e performe d he rseatbel t demonstratio n an d othe r necessar ytasks . B ythi s tim e th b aircraf t ha d pushe d bac k an d wa s taxiin g ( 1 Tr . 68 , 72,104-05,168) . Sg L Le e remaine d o n hi s cell . Ms . Maso n agai n approache d Sgt . Le e an d aske d hi m t o tur n i t of f (i 1 Tr . 104) . H e initiall yagai n feiled t o compl y( 1 Tr . 106) . . Momentarily , Sgt . Le e brcik e of f hi s conversation . Th e Lee s resume d conversin g wit h eac h other , bu t rpor e loudl ytha n before . Thei rlanguag e als o wa s liberall ypeppere d wit h profanit y( 1 Tr . 16-17 , 44 , 47-48 . 55-56 . 58 . 73) . Althoug h the ysa t severa l row s fro m an yothe rpassenge rsav e on e (wh o sa t i n th e ro wi n fron t o f them) , a fs wpassenger s complaine d abou t bot h th e conversation' s decibe l leve l an d th e constan t cursin g ( 1 Tr . 7|S-77,128 , 132-33 , 178-79 , 206 , 232 ; . 2 Tr . 342-43) , Ms . Maso n aske d th e Lee s t o toiji e i t dow n an d t o refrai n fro m usin g profanity . Respondent s reacte d wit h inritatip n an d agitation , sh e said , bu t complie d ( 1 T r73-74 , 117-18 ; 2 Tr . 289 , 296) . A s soor i a s sh e walke d away , however , the yresume d thei r lou d an d rud e tal k

( 1 tr . 54-55) . iSgt . Le e loudl yan d continuall ystate d tha t th e cre w shoul d b e gratefu l fo rhi d service r( 1 Tr . 114) . Probabl yMs . Maso n spok e t o them thre e o rfou rtime s altogethe rafte rth e plan e bega n t o taxi , sh e sak i ( 1 Tr . 125) . Sh e foun d th e situatio n "Ver yuncomfortable. " ^

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### Ms . Mason , wh o ha s beej n a Southwes t Airline s fligh t attendan t fo rtv^'enty-fiv e year s ( 1 Tr . 63) . ha d trie d everythin g sh e coul d thin k o f t o ge t thes e passenger s t o compl ywit h he rrequests . Sh e ^ilke d t o th e fron t o f th e aircraf t t o discus s th e matte r wit h th e othe rtw o flight attendariits , Ms . Harmo n an d Vick i Storey . Sh e tol d the m tha t th e Lees ' languag e an d behavioi " wa s "no t acceptable " ( 1 Tr . 180) . Sh e aske d th e othe rattendant s t o tal k t o them. ' Ms . Harmo n spok e t o th e captai n abou t it . bot h o n th e aircraf t interphon e an d i n perso n ( 1 Tr . 254) . Sh e the n wen t bac k an d to W Sgt . Lee , wh o wa s bac k

o n th e phone , t o en d hi s conversation . Lik e Ms . Mason , sh e initiall yreceive d n o respons e ( 1 [Tr . 66 , 72 , 77-78,120-21 , 124,170) . Th e plan e continue d t o taxi . I t eventuall ybecam e airt>om e ( 1 Tr . 250) . i 

### Th e captai n wa s disgustei d wit h th e situation . H e determine d tha t h e coul d diver t th e aircraf t an d lan d a t Albjuquerqu e i f necessar y( 1 Tr . 172) . Ms . Hanmon , a twenty-one-yea rSouthwes t vetera n who , a s lea d flight attendant , wa s ultimatel y responsibl e fo rth e entir e cabin , decide d t o giv e Respondent s on e fina l warning . Sh e tol d the m tha t th e plan e woul d reftur n t o th e gat e i f the yfaile d t o compl ywit h instructions . Sh e specificall yrequeste d Sgt . Le e t o tur n of f hi s cel l ( 1 Tr . 170 , 172 - 73 , 186 , 198) . Sg t Le e respondkl , i n s o man ywords , "Fine . G o ahea d an d land " ( 1 Tr . 80 . 204) . j Sgt . Le e finallyran g of f ( 1 Tr . 170 , 198-99) . Bu t hi s behavio rbecam e mor e aggressive , eve n truculent . A s Ms . Harmo n pu t It , h e "go t res i ugl yabou t W ( 1 Tr . 173 , 204 . 220) . H e though t hi s right s wer e bein g take n fro m him . H e wave d his do g tag s in,Ms . Mason' s fac e i n a hostil e manner , agai n suggestin g t o bot h Maso n an d Harmo n tha t the yshoul d b e gratefu l fo rhi s wa rservic e ( 1 Tr . 84,156 , 204-05 ; 2 Tr . 350 , 360-61 . 364) . Ther e vm s "cpnstan t mouth, " Harmo n adde d ( 1 Tr . 220) . Finally , whe n Respondent s realize d tha t o n accoun t o f the m th e aircraf t wa s actuall ygoin g t o diver t an d land , the ybecam e contrite . The ypromise d t o behav e ( 1 Tr . 63-84) . Bu t i t wa s to o late . Th e captai n lande d i n Albuquerque , a t whic h poin t th e Lee s lef t th e aircraf t an d wer e me t b yauthoritie s ( 1 Tr . 123 , 178 , 220) . A . Sgt . Le e (Docke t

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attendants ' request s ( 1 Tr . 209)1 . Th e evidenc e showe d tha t Maso n aske d Sgt . Le e severa l time s t o tur n of fhi s cellphon e an d t o ton e dow n hi s lou d an d profan e conversatio n wit h hi s brothe r(llTr . 86) . Althoug h Sgt . Le e claime d tha t h e trie d t o ge t of t th e phon e a s quickl ya s possibl e ( 2 Tr . 333) , I d o no t credi t ^i s testinrtony . I fin d tha t h e faile d t o foHo winstn^ctions . Hi s behavio rcompelle d Ms . Maso n t o enlis t th e hel p o f tile lea d flight attendbnt , Ms . Hanmon , wh o i n tur n consulte d th e captain . ' Ms . Maso n als o spok e t o th e captai n ( t Tr . 123) ; An d th e thir d flight attendant , Vick y Storey , als o spok e t o th e Lee s 0 1 Tr . 125-26) . Thu s fou rmember s o fth e cre w neede d t o dea l wit h Sgt . Lee' s refusal t o confor m hi s coaduct . Th e cre wwa s "consume d wit h handlin g th e tw p o f them " ( 1 Tr . 148 ) ~ primarily , I find, wit h Sg t Le e

- t o th e exclusio n o f al l othe robligation s ( 1 Tr . 87 , 110-11 , 251-53) . Paramoun t amon g th e man ydutie s o f flight attendant s i s th e safet yo fth e aircraf t an d it s passenger s ( 1 T n 152,176,249) . Th e behavio ro f th e Lee s distracte d th e attendant s fro m thes e duties ! ( 1 Tr . 174-75 , 256) . (Seein g t o passenge rcomfor t i s a strictl ysecondar yobligatio n |( 1 Tr . 152 , 244)) . Th e cre wsimpl ycoul d no t effectivel yatten d t o thei rprimar yobligation s ( 1 Tr . 86-87) . An d thes e dutie s ar e particularl ycritica l durin g taxiin g an d takeof f—whe n th e conduc t complaine d o f too k plac e ( 1 Tr . 200) . Exacerbatin g th e distractipn s cause d b ySgt . Lee' s conduc t wa s it s escalatin g nature . Th e brothers ' tal k becam e loude ran d increasingl yhostil e ( 1 Tr , 115,122) , Sgt . Lee' s irritatio n seeme d t o intensif yfollowin g eac h reques t t o en d hi s offensiv e behavio r( 1 Tr . 140) . Ms . Masor^ foun d thi s unsettling . Sh e wa s wonie d tha t hi s attitud e woul d continu e t o worse n ( 1 Tr , 84 , 122) . Eve n "mere ' loudnes s o n a four hou rflight coul d b e a significan t proble m —especiall ywhe n i t i s upsettin g othe r passenger s - becaus e o n a fligh^ o ftha t lengt h i t risk s spinnin g ou t o fcontro l ( 1 Tr , 180-81) . Sg t Lee' s constan t cursin g als o wa s a n elemen t i n causin g Ms . Mason' s uneasines s ( 1 Tr . 209) . Th e us e o fprofanit yca n creat e a climat e o fapprahensio n sufficien t t o find th e ofliendtn g passenge ri n violatio n o f §121.58 0 (se e Avrgdb rShallif , FA ADocke t No . CP99EA0051 , ihitia l Decisio n o f Administrativ e La wJudg e Burto n S . Koik o date d Septembe r22 , 2000 , 200 0 FA ALexi s 955) . I t i s absolutel ycritica l "t o kee p contro l o fth e aircraft, " Ms . Maso n sai d ( i Tr . 132) . Contro l issue s ar e especiall ysensitiv e sinc e th e multipl e aircraf t hijacking s o f 2001 . Aircraf t crew s ar e littl e disbose d t o risk consequence s o fincreasingl y aggressiv e o rhostil e passenge rbehavio r(se e 1 Tr . 210) . I n thi s atmosphere , too , flight attendant s ar e require d t o b e acutel yawar e o f thei rsurroundings . The yalways'mus t t>e i n a positio n t o detec t anythin g unusual . T o bes t effectuat e thi s standard , fligh t attendant s shoul d b e staggere d throughou t th e cabi n ( 1 Tr . 254) . Bu t th e Lees ' behavior , particularl ytha t o fSgt . Lee , foreclose d this . Sgt . Lee' s conduc t require d th e persona l attentio n o f tw o flight attendants . Hi s actio n i n aggressivel yshakin g bi ^ do g tag s a t th e attendant s confirme d thei rvie wtha t hi s presenc e o n th e aircraf t unne|cessaril yburdene d an d distracte d the m an d mad e the m uncomfortabl e (se e 1 Tr . 151 , 180) .05/25/201 0 15;4 7 FA X 202493514 2 FA A• » DM S 2)012/02 7 

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o f Transportation i 40 0 Sevmt hStreet , S . W . Washington , D.C . 2059 0 , Fajc : (202 ) .366-753 6 Vi afacsimil e an dcertifie dmail , retur nreceip t requeste d i Stellamari s Williams , Esq. , Federa l Aviatio nAdministratio n• Safet y Enforcemen t

Branc hl Offic e o f Regiona l Coianse ] 260 1 Meacha mBlvd. , 6- E! For t Worth , T X 76137-000 7 Fax:(817)222-50.9 2 • Vi afacsimil e an dcertifie dmail , reStu mreceip t requeste d Federa l Aviatio nAdministratio n 80 0 Independenc e Avenue , S W Washington , D C 2059 1 ATTN : Hearin g Docke t Clerk , AGC-43 0 Wilbu r Wrigh t Buildin g - Roo m201 4 Fax : (202 ) 493-502 0 ; Vi afacsimil e an dcertifie dmail , retur nreceip t requeste d Date dthi s % da y o f

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