Benjamin Edelman 

Third-Party Complainant 

) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2014-0230 

v. ) 

) 

Srilankan Airlines Limited ) 

___________________________________________________________________________ ) 

UNCONTESTED MOTION OF SRILANKAN AIRLINES LIMITED 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE AN ANSWER 

TO THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT 

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: 

December 29, 2014 

DAVID HEFFERNAN 

COZEN O'CONNOR 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone (202) 463-2537 

E-mail: dheffernan@cozen.com 

Counsel for 

SRILANKAN AIRLINES L TO. 
Benjamin Edelman 

Third-Party Complainant 

) 

) 

) Docket DOT-OST-2014-0230 

v. ) 

) 

SriLankan Airlines Limited ) 

______________________________ ) 

DATED: December 29, 2014 

UNCONTESTED MOTION OF SRILANKAN AIRLINES LIMITED 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE AN ANSWER 

TO THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT 

Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 302.405(a), SriLankan Airlines Ltd. ("SriLankan") 

respectfully requests an extension of time until January 16, 2015, to answer the 

third-party complaint filed by Mr. Benjamin Edelman (the "complainant") in the 

above-captioned docket. Absent the requested extension of time, SriLankan's 

answer would be due on January 7, 2015. In response to undersigned counsel's 

request, the complainant has advised that he does not object to the requested 

time extension sought by SriLankan. 

SriLankan submits that good cause exists for the Department to grant its 

uncontested motion for an extension of time. Counsel for SriLankan was served 

a copy of the complaint only two days before the Christmas/New Year holiday 

period. Due to the time difference between the U.S. and Sri Lanka, the relevant 

executive at SriLankan did not receive the complaint until December 241h. Due to 

the year-end holiday absences of the SriLankan personnel with responsibility for 
review of the matter at issue, and the time extension would not unduly delay this 

proceeding. Furthermore, there is ample precedent for the Department's 

granting of the requested time extension.1 

WHEREFORE, Srilankan respectfully requests that the Department 

extend to January 16, 2015, the deadline for answering the above-captioned 

third-party complaint. 

Dated: December 29, 2014 

Respectfully submitted, 

DAVID HEFFERNAN 

COZEN O'CONNOR 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone (202) 463-2537 

E-mail: dheffernan@cozen.com 

Counsel for 

SRILANKAN AIRLINES LTD. 

1 See E-mail from Mr. Nicholas Lowry to Mr. Alec Bramlett Granting the Uncontested Motion of 

American Airlines, Inc. for Extension of Time to File Its Answer to Third-Party Complaint, 

February 14, 2013 (Docket DOT-OST-2013-0024); E-mail from Mr. Nicholas Lowry to Mr. John 

Mietus Granting the Uncontested Motion of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited for Extension of Time 

to Answer Third-Party Complaint, February 14, 2013 (Docket DOT-OST-2013-0027), E-mail from 

Mr. Nicholas Lowry to Mr. Don Hainbach Granting the Motion of British Airways PLC for 

Extension of Time to File Its Answer to Complaint, February 14, 2013 (Docket DOT-OST-2013-

0025). 
Benjamin Edelman, Esq. 

169 Walnut Street 

Brookline, MA 02445 

ben@benedelman.org 

Blane Workie, Esq. 

Assistant General Counsel for 

Aviation Enforcement & Proceedings 

Office of the General Counsel 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

blane. workie@dot.gov 

Nicholas Lowry, Esq. 

Senior Attorney 

Office of Aviation Enforcement & Proceedings 

Office of the General Counsel 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

nick.lowry@dot.gov 

DATED: December 29, 2014 

LEGAl \2 1 H5-1117\ l 

Kenneth C. Hines