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In The Matter Of: 

### SERVED: April6, 2016 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION· OFFICE OF HEARINGS WASHINGTON, DC 

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- ) ) Docket No.**FAA-2014~0322** SkyWest Airlines, Inc. ) Case No. 2012NM060030 Respondent ) ) Docket No.**FAA-2014~0686** ) Case No. 2014WP910006 ) ) Docket No.**FAA~2014-0809** ) Case No. 2012NM060029 ) ) Docket No.**FAA-2014~0810** ) Case No. 2012NM060123 ) ) Docket No.**FAA~2014-0811** ) Case No. 2013NM060083 · ) ) Docket No. FAA-2016-4267 ) Case No. 2015WP910079 )

.ORDER GRANTING IN PART PARTIES' JOINT MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS 

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On March 31,2016, in accordance with 14 C.F.R. § 13.218(a), the parties filed a Joint

. . . Motion to Stay Proceedings as they continue to negotiate a possible settlement in six related
cases. The parties notethat, due to the complexity ofthe issues involved, the negotiation ofa global settlement is "expectedto last some time." 1
Under the Rules governing these proceedings, the parties are encouraged to consider the possibility ofsettlement and compromise. It is not, however, in the best interests ofthe**part~es** or the public to allow a case to stop orderly proceedings indefinitely for such discussions once a

1 Parties' Joint Mot. to Stay Proceedings at I.

### request for hearing has been submitted.2 

### Therefore, pursuantto 14 C.F.R. 

### § 13.205(a)(8), it

### is hereby ORDERED: 1. 

### The parties'joint motion to stay proceedings is granted for a period of60 days. 2. 

### The parties must submit ajoint report stating the progress ofthe global settlement negotiations, including an indication ofhow much additional time, ifany, the negotiations require, no later than June 6, 2016.

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2 See Rules ofPractice for FAA Civil Penalty Actions, 55 Fed. Reg. 27548, 27554 (Jul. 3, 1990) ("The FAA does
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