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### HARPER FAA OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL 

### 1601 LIND AVENUE SOUTIIW.E.ST RENTON, WASHINGTON 

### 98057 TELEPHONE: (425) 227-2161 

### PII.CSIMU.E: (425) 227-1007 

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# HEARING 

# DOCKET

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT 

## OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

-- In the Matter-of:--·-
Cornerstone Aviation, Inc.

To the Honorable Richard C. 

### Goodvvin: FAA Case No. 

### 201JNM070022 

## DM_S lliLEM-2011-0481

. Motion for Decision Judge Richard C. Goodwin



### MOTIONFORDECISION
In accordance wjth 

### 14 

### C.F.R 

### § 13.218(f)(5) (Rule**13.218(f)(5))~** 

### the Administrator (Complainant) brings this Motion for Decision. There are no genuine issues ofmaterial fact, 

## as Respondent has admitted all relevant facts either 

### in its 

### Answer or in its 

### responses to Requests for Admissions. Complainantmoves the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to grant a Motion for Decision on the merits and limit 

### any hearing to sanction.



## Facts The Complaint was served on May IS, 2011. The Amended Complaint alleges Respondent violated 

### 14 C.F.R. 

### §§ 141.83(a)(l) and 

### 141.101(a)(1). 1 

### These violations relate to Respondent's failure to
ensure a student metthe prerequisites for Respondent's Instrwnent'Commercial Course ofT raining. The Answer admitted all the factual allegations inthe Complaint 

### with the exception ofParagraphs 9 and 10? Complainant propounded discovery requests on July 27, 2010; Respondent's initial response to those requests was received by Complainant on September 

### 13, 2010. The responses effectively admitted Paragraphs 9 and 

### 10 ofthe Complaint.3

S2 1 

### Complaint. 53 2 Answer. 

### ; Response to Complainant's Discovecy Request., Requests for Admissions Nos. 8 through 17
Complainant's Motion For**Dcci~ion** Cornerstone Aviat.ion, Inc. FAA-20li-04R1 2011NM070022 P8ge l of5 JEFFREY M.l-IARPER. FAA Art'ORNEY TEL: (425) 227-2!61; FAX: (425) 227-100711/25/2011 11•45 FAX 2024835142 FAA + OMS 

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### Respondent 1s a pilot school certificated w1der 14 C.P.R. Part 14i. Complamt Paragraph 1, Answer Paragraph 

### 1. It is authorized to provide training for the Instrument and Commercial Pilot ratings using Jeppesen Sanderson's Instrument/Commercial Course-Syllabus. Complaint Paragraphs 

### 2 and 

### 3, Answer Paragraphs 2 

### and 

### 3. That syllabus requires a student to hold a Private Pilot Certificate before beginning Instrument/Commercial 

### training. ComplaintParagraph 4, Answer Paragraph 4.

Mr. Michael Stann initially enrolled 

### inRespondent's Instrument'Commercial course August 25, 

### 2010. Complaint Paragraph 5, Answer Paragraph 5, Response to Requests for Admissions Nos. 8 through 15. He began Instrument/Commercial ground instructionunderthat initial enrollmenton August 25, 

### 2010; he beganInstrument/Commercial flight instruction on



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### 18, 2010. Complaint Paragraphs 5 and 6, Answer Paragraphs 5 and 6, Response to Request for Admission No.8. The instruction continued until October 12, 2010. Response to Requests for Admission Nos. 9 

### through 15. He did not receive his Private Pilot Certificate until October 

### 13,2010. Complaint Paragraph 8, Answer Paragraph 8. 

### Mr. Stann's Instrument/Commercialtraining was restarted on October 

### 21, 2010. Response to Request for Admission No. 

### 16.

At some point, respondent destroyed 

### Mr. Stann's training record, which recordtld the 

### traininghe receivedbefore October 

### 21, 2010 underthe initial 

### August 25, 201 0 enrollment. Response to Request for Admission No. 17. Although Re!::;pondent destroyed the training record, the Aviation Safety Inspector (ASI) investigating the case made a copy prior to its destruction. Exhibit2 . 

## Argument
Standard for Decision "The administrative Jawjudge shall grant a party's motion for decision ifthe pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions, matters that the administrative lawjudge has officially noticed

... show that there is no genuine issue ofmaterial fact and that the party 

### making the motion is entitled to a decision as a matter oflaw. 

## The party making the motion

... ha.'i the burden ofshowing that there is no genuine issue ofmaterial fact disputed by the parties." 

### 14 C.F.R § 

### 13.218(1)(5).



### Merits Respondent 1s a pilot school certified under 14 C.F.R. Part 141. Amended Complaint Paragraph 1, AnswerParagraph 

### 1.

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### a. Failure to Complywith Training Coursc-14 

## C.F.R. § 141.83(a)(l) Respondent's approved Instrument/Commercial training course requires 

### a studentto hold 

### a Private Pilot Certificate 

## as a precondition for enrollment.4 

### Here, Respondent began Instrument/Commercial

### training for a student nearly 50 d.a.ys before that studentmetthe required prerequisite. Although Respondent asserts that the ground training portion ofthe program does notrequire a Private Pilot Certificate as a prerequi.:;itc,5 

### that point is moot because Respondent admits that flight training began as early as September 18, 2010-25 days before Respondent metthe Private Pilot Certificate prerequisite.

Section 

### 141 .83(a)(l)requires a certificatedpilot school to comply withits approved course of training. Respondent's approved course 

### oftraining for the Instrument/Commercial course requires the student 

### to holdaPnvate Pilot Certificatebefore 

### beginning training. Respondent failed 

### to comply by enrolling and training a student who did not meet a required prerequisite found in the approved syllabus.



### b. Accurate Enrollment Record

- 14 C.F

### .R. § 141.101 (a 

### )(1) Pilot schools certifiedunder 14 C.F.RParll41 are required to maintain 

### a tralillng record on each student6 

### That record

### IDlL~ be maintained for a period ofat least a year from the d.ate the student graduates, terminates enrollment, or transfers to another schooL7 

### The record must contain the date the student enrolled in a given**course.~** 

### As previously discussed, Mr. Stann was initially enrolled on August 25, 201

### o_9 His enrollment was tem1inated 

### and he 

### wa.;; reenrolled around October 21, 2010. 10 

### Respondent's Response to**Complainant'~** 

### Initial Discovery Request, however, asserts that

### the training record for this enrollment

was destroyed. 11 

### In Respondent's words, Mr. Stann's CFI was instructed "to begin anewtraining record and destroy the oldrecord.'' This assertion was made before September 13, 2011, withinthe mandatory one yearretention period for an enrollment terminated on .October 

### 21, 2010. 

### Although**Re~ondent** 

### destroyed the training record, the 

### ASlwho investigated the case made a copy ofit prior to its destruction. Exhibit 2. The copy retained by the ASI was duplicated and provided to Respondent as partofComplainant's response to Respondent's Discovery Request on

4 Complaint Paragraphs 1-4, Answer

### Paragraphs 1 through 4. 5 

### Answer Paragraph 9 6 14 C.F.R. § J41.101(a). 1 14 C.F.R. § l4Ll0l(d). 8 14 C.F.R. § 14l.l01(a)(1). 9 Complaint Paragraph 5, Answer 

### Paragraph 5, 

### Responses to Requests for 

### Admission Nos. 8 through 15.**~** Response to 

### Request for Admission No. 16. 11 

### Response to Request for Admission No. 

### 17.
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### 27. 201 1

. A review ofthe copy shows that the origina! 

### training record didnot contain the student's enrollment date.

The Complaint alleges the Respondent failed to maintain an 

### accurate record ofthedate a student enrolled 

### in the course. Since Respondent admits to destroying the record, Respondent failed to maintain the record. Failing to maintain the record implies a failure to maintain an accurate record.



## Exhibits 1. Respondent's Discovery Response. 2. Copy ofinitiaJ:Part 141 instrumenttcornrnercial training record of

### :Mr.-Stann. 

## Conclusion
For the reasons stated above, the Federal Aviation Administration respectfully requests that the ALJ grantthis Motion for Decision and limit the hearing to sanction. There are no genuine issues ofmaterial fact 

## as the Answer and responses to Complainant's Requests for Admission admit all ofthe material facts which establishthe violations.

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Complainant's Motion For Decision Cornerstone Aviarion, fnc.- F AA-201 1·0481 2011NM070022 Page 4 of5 JEFFREY M HARPI<R, FAAATTORNEY TEL: (425) 227-2161; FAX; (425) 227·100711/25/2011 11:48 FAX 2024835142

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## CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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### I hereby certify that the 

### foregoing Motionfor Decision has 

### been served via

### facsimile and Certified
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### Mail-- 

### Return Receipt Requested this date, 

### to the 

### following: 8 9 

### Honorable Richard C. 

### Goodwin 10 

### Office ofHearings, M-20 11 

### 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
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### Washington, D.C- 20590 13 

### FAX: 

### 202.366.7536 14 lS 16 17 18 J9 20 21 22 23 24 2S 26 27 28 

### Attn: Hearing Docket**Clerk~** 

### AGC-430

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### Wilbtfr.Wright Building

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## 2Wl000 Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue SW 

### WashinbrtOn, 

## D.C. 20591 FAX: 

### 202.493.5020 Susan Horstman CbiefExecutive 

## Officer CornerstoneAviation, Inc. 337

### North 2370 West#1 30 Salt Lake City, UT 84116 

## FAX: (801) 355-2754

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### Dated this 9th, day 

### ofNovember, 2011. 31 32 33 34 )S .36 37 38 3.9 40 41 42 1.1 44 45 46 17 48 49 

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Complainant's Motion For Decision Cornerstone Aviation. Inc.- F A.A·2011-0481 2011NM070022 Page 5 of5 

### MOIFAIR CHIN Office ofRegional Counsel (ANM-7) FederalAviationAdministration 1601 LindAve. SW Renton, WA 98057 425.227.2160

JEFFREYM. HARPER. FA.<\ ATTORNEY TEL (425) 227-2161; rAX: (425) 227-100711/25/2011 11:48 FAX 2024935142 FAA

FAA**Corn~spondencc** Complainant's Initial Discovery Request



### INTERROGATORIES
Since complaints are consolidated intoone letter, the responses have also been

### consolida~B? referto initial letterto CSA for detail5 ofitem numbers.
1. Names, Addres<>es andTelephone Numbers {see attachment) 2.. All correspondence from FAA is in 

### the: possession of Susan Horstman, induding all copies of documents senttoher byJeffrey Harper. 3. Names, Addresses and Te-lephooe Numbers of persons whom CSA intends to have testify as a factual or expert witness in CSA's defense atthe hearing ofthis matter. (see attachment) 4. The: documents CSA <lflticipaies .:,ft'ering lrrto**evio~rr<.:e** atthe hearing oftlrl$ matter arethe**s.<~me** CSA offered

# to-fne FAA**FSDO~aif** of

### which were sent

# to Jeffrey Harper.-The matters coocerning SLCC records 

### will be addressed by either**Su~n** Horstman or fiona Silcox. 5. All expert witnesses are involved in flight training In one aspect or another, either as instructors, check pilots,**assi~ant** or chiefinstructors or FAA DP examiners.**(~attachment)** 6. All expertwitnesses are involved in flight training in one aspect or another, either i!S instructors, 

### checl< pilots, 

### assistant or chief instructors or FAA DP examiners. The subject matter 

### is my FAA Part 141TCO. One witnessis a computer softwarespecialist designing ournew program. 7. Please clarify this request

### .-.s I du notknowwho Mr. 

### Mich;,.efby is. 2. Since this**he~s** been ongoing for several months it is imJ:X'!Ssible to recall exact dates of conversations and with whom I have discussed the matters al!eged in the Complaint. It is mort 

### likely limited to persons <lffiliated**wit~** the flight school asthey have reccived instruction sothe occurren<:es 

## wm not happen again. 9. CSA'r. Part 141TCO aoo traln!ng 

### documents

REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION
1-4 The FAA already has copiesofthe documents- do you need me to make additional copies ofthe materials 

### you sentto me? The software designerofnev.t flight school**tr.~irting** program has compilter protor:ype ready. Th!s will 

### have to be 

### shown in**~rson** to FAA. 

### REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS

1. Admit 2. Admit- did atthetime; with FAA consent have now changed method ofrecord keeping 3. Admit 4. Admit

- She was a transfer student from Utah Valley**Univ~ity** where she completed her private pilot ground school course.

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## Exhibit 1 @008/01711/25/2011 11:48 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS

FM Correspondence Compl.01i11ant's Initial Discovery Request**Corn~rstone** Aviation

5. Admit -she only qualifies to**rec~ve** partial credit under her part 61 training which amounts to 25% of the cour:s€ requirements. So !itle could only count 7.5 hours towards her instrument ground instruction. During the course ofinstrumenttraining herinstructorlogged 18.8 hours

### <>f briefing time with her on a**one-<~n-one** basis. Thatequates to 26.3 hours out of dle required 30**hour~.** 6. Admit 

### 7. Admit- they used to be 141 but

### atthe time ofWilson's trainingthey were Part 

### 61. 8. Admit 9. Admit 10. Admit 

## ·-n. Admit

12.. Admit 13. Admit 14. Admit 15. Admit 16. Admit 17. No

- When CSA administration dlsc.overed that Cameron**!iow~tl,** his instructor, and Michael Stann began the flight training prior to his passing his private pilot certification checkride, CSA repaid Mr. Stann for his training up until that point {several thousand dollars} and told him that


### we could not count any of that training and would re-start his instrument program. CSA selfdisclosed that informatfon to the FSDO in SLC. C5A told his CFI to begin a new training record and destroy the old record as it couki not be used. Additionally, students have access to online scheduling program to schedule flights.**Miche~el** Stann scheduled ahead to 

### start inwument training

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FAA Corres-pondence Complainant's Initial Discovery Request

Cameron Howell- CFII for Michael Stann 12.51 North Murdock Drlve Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 (801) 623-285S

Kris Krie- CFII for Haley Wilson 8791 South Terra Point Way WestJordan, UT 84088**(&Ql)_8.2_4~2J___** ..
Michael Stann- student of Cameron Howell 2115 S. Richard St. Salt Lake City, VT 84115 (801) :244-1404 

### ATTACHMENT

Fiona Silcox -AssistantchieflnstrtJctorfor CSA at SLCC campus 250 W. 3900 So. Salt Larke City, UT84107 (801} 949-3194

BrianVandeJWel- Chiefinstructor for CSA 1015 N. lOlO W. Pleasant Grove, UT84062 (801) 836-7112. + OMS

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Hichard MarshaU- former chief instructorfor CSA- Private Pilot Certification program 7883 South Grant Street Midvale, UT 84047 (801) 671-3302

Tom Kuhlman- retired**f~J\** current Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) 9508 South Kilmuir Circle So. Jordan. UT 84095 (801) 633-6386

Jack Garzella- ComputerSofuvare specialist 1;S71 longbranch Drive Draper, UT 84020 (801) 523-8243 Page 3 of4 

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Bern:ard Connelly- FAA FSDO 1020 N. Flyer

### Way Salt 

### lake City, UT 84116 (801}257-5054

William Hughes- FAA 1020 N. Flyer Way Salt 

### lake City, UT 84116 (801) 257-5045
George David Cawthra- FAA- FSDO Manager 1020 N. Flyer Way Salt Lake City, UT 84116 (801) 257-5046

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