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### Dworkin Total Number ofPages: 5 (including this coverpage) Date: January 31,2012 Re: Martinaire Aviation, LLC FAA Docket No.: 2011-GL-70-0205 Respoudent's Status Report Pursuant the Procedll.1"a! Order01/31/2012 03:47 4154212550 DWORKIN

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### Re: Martinaire Aviation, LLC FAA CaseNo. 2011-GL-70-0205 DMS No. FAA-2011-1295

Dear Ladies aud Gentlemen: Jauuary31, 2012



### Enclosed herewith f01:: 

### filing, are an executed original and one copy each of Martinaire Aviation, LLC's Status 

### Report Pursuant to Procedural Order.



### co: The Honorable.Richard C. Goodwin,AdministrativeLawJudge Kate Barber, Complaintant 's Counsel01/31/2012 03:47 4154212550 DWORKIN AND ASSOC

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C. In the.Matter of MARTINAIRE AVIATION, LLC
FAA DOCKETNO. (CIVIL**PENA~LT=:Ycc-A-:-:::::CT=I::::O~N""")**-- FDMS NO
..fAA-2011-1295 (JUDGE: THE HONORABLE RICHARD C. GOODWIN) PAGE 03/05

RESPONDENT'S STATUS REPORT PURSUANT TO PROCEDURAL ORDER TO THE HONORABLE RICHARD C. GOODWIN, ADMINISTRATlVE LAW JUDGE AND TO MICHAEL P. HUERTA, ACTING ADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL AVIATIONADMINISTRATION, by and through his attorney, KATE BARBER, ESQ.: MARTINAIRE AVIATION, LLC, the Respondent in this matter (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "MARTINAIRE"), by and through the undersigned counsel, andin compliance with the Proceduxal Order, served January 26, 2012, submits this Status Report, consisting ofthe following; I. VENUE
Inasmuch as this case arose 

### in Lansing, Michigan, and MARTINAIRE's pilotresides in Lansing, !vlJ.chigan, MARTINAIRE requests thatthe hearing be held inDetroit, Michigan, which is approximately 50 miles from Lansing. There is no nexus between the facts ofthis case and Chicago, Illinois and/or Arlington,
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Texas. Scheduling the hearing for those cities would require that MARTINAIRE'spilot travel to Chicago or Arlington. While MARTINAIRE is headquartered in Addison, Texas, MARTINAIRE submits that ahearing in Detroitwould be moreconvenient. As o:fthe date of this Status Report, MARTINAIRE is informed and believes 

### thatthere are only two (2) percipient witnesses to the facts alleged inthe Complaint-i.e., MA.RTINAlRE's pilot and the FAA Special Agent, the latter who at the time that the case arose, was based in Detroit. While MARTINAIRE intends to call one or more witnesses to testifY as to its Affu:mative Defenses and other {actors in mitigation, MARTINAIRE has no objection to providing such person(s) at hearing in Detroit 

### II. DISCOVERY MARTINAIRE intends to conclude discovery on orbeforeApri!6, 2012. However, this is subject to Complainant'sprompt undertaking ofdiscovery andits cooperation in MARTINAIRE's discovery efforts.
III. DATES UPON WIITCH RESPONDENT/ITS COUNSEL AND WITNESSES WlLL NOT BE AVAILABLE FORHEARING April24-26, 2012; May 5-11, 2012; May 21-25, 2012; July 14-August 

### 1, 2012; August 25-September 7, 2012; September 25, 2012;
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October 

### 10, 2012; October

### 24-26, 2012; and November 1-15,2012. lt is respectfully requested that the hearing be scheduled so as not 

### to conflictwith tbese dates ofunavailability. 

### IV. STATUS OF SETTLEMENT EFFO&TS MARTlNArRE is desirous ofresolving this matter short oflitigation and has, through counsel, made settlement overtures to Complainant. MA&TINArRE believes that any disposition ofthis matterby settlement should take into consideration all matters alleged and/or averred inMARTlNAIRE'S Firstthrough SeventhAffirmative Defenses, as contained in its Answer filed and served on January 17, 2012. ln addition, MARTINAIRE would have no objectionto participating in a settlement conference or in alternative dispute resolution. Respectfully submitted.

Dated: 

### January 31,2012
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### San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 421-2500 FAX: (415) 421-2560 Email: law@avialex.com Attorney for MARTINAIRE AVIATION, LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE l hereby certifY that I have this day served the following document: Respondents Status Report Pu.-suant to Procedural Order (Martinaire Aviation, LLC, FAA Case l\ro. 2011-GL-70-0205, DMS No. 2011-1295) PAGE B5/B5

viaFAX andFEDEX standard overnight delivery, to the persons and at the addresses indicated below: HearingDocket Clerk, AGC-430 Federal Aviation Administration WilburWright Building, Suite 2W1 000 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20591 Fax: (202) 493-5142 (Executed Original plus one copyviaFEDEX; one copy via .FAX) The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin Administrative

### Law Judg<:: Office ofHearings, M-20 U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 New JerseyAvenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590 FAX; (202) 366-7536 (One copy each viaFAX and FEDEX) Kate Barber, Complainant's Counsel Attorney, Office ofthe Regional Counsel Great Lakes Region , AGL-7B Federal AviationAdministration 2300 East DevonAvenue. Des Plaines, IL 60018 FAX: (202) 366-7536 (One copy each via FAX and FEDEX) Executed this 31 •t day ofJanuary, 2012 in San Francisco, California.