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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 

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425-227-2007. 

DATE: August 17,2012 NO. PAGES: 7 including cover 

TO: FAA, Hearing Docket FROM: Jeffrey Harper 

Clerk; AGC-430 

FAX NO.: (202) 493~5142 FAX NO.: (425) 227-1007 

PHONE NO.: PHONE NO.: (425) 227-2161 

RE: Sky West Airlines, Inc. EMAIL: jeffrey.bamer@faa.gov 

20llNM060005 . 

Complainant's Initial Discovery Request. 
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JEfFREY M. HARPER 

FAA OF!'ICE OF REGIONAL COuNSEL 

1601 LIND A VENUE SOUTHWEST 

RENTON, W ASH!NGTON 98057 

TELEPHONE: (425) 227-2161 

FACSIJ\.IU.E: (425) 227-1007 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

In tli.e Matter of: 

Sky West Airlines, Inc. 

FAA DOCKET Not Assigned 

FAA Case No. 20 II NM060005 

DMS Nos. FAA-2012-0777 

Judge Richard C. Goodwin 

COMPLAINANT'S INITIAL DISCOVERY REQUEST 

To: Respondent 

In accordance with 14 C.F.R § J 3.220 and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, please respond 

to the following Interrogatories, Requests for Production of Documents, and Request for 

Admissions, separately and fully under oath by September 17, 2012. 

These discovery requests are intended to .discover information and! or docwnen.ts not only 

witbbJ. your personal knowledge or obtainable by you, but also information in the possession of 

or obtainable by your attorneys, investigators, representatives, employees, agents, or anyone 

acting on your behalf or ·on tl1eir behalf. 

TI1ese discovery requests are continuing in nature and any information which may be 

discovered by you subsequent to the service and filing of your answers must be brought to the 

attention of the agency attorney th!;ough supplemental answers when it becomes available to 

you, at a reasonable time prior to the hearing in this matter. If there are any additions, deletions 

or changes in the answers or information provided at any time prior to hearing the Respondent 

is specifically requested to so i.mrllediate!y inform the agency attorney. If such information is 

not furnished, the agency attorney at the thn.e of the hearing will move to exclude from evidence 

such information requested and not furnished. 

The agency attomey further requests that the Respondent produce the documents identified and 

designated herein for inspection and copying at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Office of Regional Counsel, Suite 570, 1601 Lind Avenue, Southwest, Renton, Washington 

98057, by September 17. 2012. 

Complainant's Initial DiscoVery Request 

Skywcst Air! in~- 20 l!N.M060005. F AA-201.2-0777 

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JEFFREY M. HARPER, FAA ATIORNEY 

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PRIVILEGE 

lf, in responding to, or failing to respond to these Interrogatories, Requests for Admissi.on and 

Requests for Production you invoke or rely upon any privilege of any kind, state specifically the 

nature of the privilege; the basis upoo which you invoke, rely upon, or claim it, including any 

statutory or decisional reference; and identifi all documents or other information, inc! uding 

contacts and communications. which you believe to be ern braced by the privilege invoked_ 

DATED tl1i.s 17th day of August, 2012. 

"t:f:~~ FAA Attorney 

Complainanf s Initial Discovery Request 

Sk~we;t Airlines- 2011.NM06000S, PAA-20!2-0777 

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JEFFI\EY M. HARPER, FAA ATTORNEY 

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INTERROGATORIES 

JIJterrogaton: ;tl:o. l: Identify by name, address, and telephone n=.ber all persons whom you 

know'to.have personal knowle dge of the matters alleged in fue Complaint. · 

Interrogaton: No. 2: Ident:iiy by title; date, author, present custodian, and content, all 

ndence, obtained by you or in your possession; relating to ilie 

our appeal, your answer, and ariy affirmative defenses which you 

r. See Request for Production No. 1. 

documents, including colTespo 

assertions in the Complaint, y 

anticipate raising in this matte 

Interrogaton:: No.3: IdentifY 

intend to have testify as a fac 

by name, address and telephone number, all persons whom you 

tual or expert witness iii your defense at the hearing in this matter, 

and for factual witnesses, prov ide a detailed summary of each person's anticipated testinlony. 

Interrogatory No. 4: ldeoti:fy by title, date, author, present custodian, and content, all documents 

whJ.ch you anticipate offering mto · evidence or using at ilie hearing in this matter, and through · which witness or witnesses th e ·document will be o.ffered. See Request foJ: Production No.2. 

IntelTogatou No. 5: With res pect to each expert witness identified in response to 

Ioterrogatory No. 3, specify th eir specific area. of expertise, and provide a synopsis of tl1eir 

credentials, background, traini ng, and experience. 

lnterrogatorv No. 6: With re spcct to each expert you expect to call as a witness, state the 

xpert is expected to testify, state the substance of the facts and 

s expected to testifY, and provide summary of ilie grounds for 

subject matter on which the e 

opinions to which the expert i 

each such opinion.-

Interrogaton: No.7: Describe wiili specificity all of the facts. which you anticipate presenting in 

this matter pertaiuing to the avoidance or mitigation. ofthe. sanction 

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the course of the hearinl! in 

sought by the FAA in this cas 

Intgrogaton:: No. 8: State by 

substance of conversation, all 

name, address, telephone number, date of conversation, and . persons, other furu1legal counsel or your spouse, with whom you 

have. discussed the matters all eged in ilie Complaint. · 

Int;fao&mton:: No.9: For each 

tl1e ;cts fuat are the basis for 

allegation in the Complaint that is denied, state with specificity 

that denial as well as the inquiries taken to detemine that the 

allegation in. the complaiJ1t is . not COJTect. See Request for Production No. 3. 

lnterrogaton: No. 10: For an y of the requests for admissions below that is deriied, state wifu 

specificity ilie facts that are ili e basis for that denial as well as the inquiries taken to determine 

that ilie facts in fu.e request fo. r admission are not colTect. See Request for Production No. 4. 

Interrogaton: No. 11 : Descri be wiili specificity all facts or evidence you intend to rely upon JJ1 

support of any affmnative de fenses raised in any Answer to ilie Complaint, to iJJclude 

policy you claim is violated by the proposed penalty in ilicse cases. 

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identifying tl1e specific FAA 

See Request for Production N 

REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION 

Reguest for Production No. l 

Interrogatory No. 2 

: Provide a copy of all docwnents referred to in your answer to 

Complainant's Initial DiscovcJY Rc que~t IEFJ'REY M_ HARPRR, FAA Al'TOIWEY 

Skywest A.irli.~es- 201 JNM06000 5, FM-2012-()777 T.EL: (425) 227"2161; FAX: (425) 227-1007 

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Reguest for Production No. 2: 

Interrogatory No. 4. 

Provide a copy of all doCU!T\ents referred to in your answ!"l" to 

Reguest for Production No.3: 

Interrogatory No. 9. 

Provide a copy of all documents 1hat support your answer to 

'Reguest for Production No. 4: 

Interrogatory No. 10. 

Provide a copy of all documents that support your answer to 

Reguest for Production No. 5: 

Interrogatory No. 11. 

Provide a copy of all docllll:\ents 1hat support your answer to 

REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS 

Under 14 C.P.R.§ 13.220(b) 

requested to admit 1he truth o 

and Rule 36 of1he Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, you are 

f1he following matters. A matter is adniitted unless responded to 

in a reasonable time. The Rul es of :Practice in FAA Civil Penalty Actions, 14 C.f.R. § 

l3.220(d), defines a reasonabl e time to be 30 days. TI1e agency requests 1hat an answer is served 

upon the agency attorney ei1h er admitting the matter, specifically denying the matter, stating 

why the matter cannot be a dmitted or denied, or objecting to 1he request, wlth reailons for 1he 

objection stated wi1hin 30 day s of the date of service upon you, that is, September 17, 2012. 

Reguest for Admission No. I: 

Sky West Airlines had opera 

Quarterly Financial Review ( 

Admit tl1at, for 1:he 12 mouth period ending December 2011, 

ting revetmes in. e:>:cess of $1 00 million., as shown by the Airline 

4111 Quarter 20 J 1) published by 1he Department ofT ransportati on., 

Office of Aviation Analysis, Competition and Policy Analysis Division. · 

Regucst for Admission No. 2: Acbnit that, as of December 31, 2011, Sky West Airlines employs 

more 1han I ,SOOemployees, as shown by SkyWestAirlines' 2011 Annual Report. 

R~uest for Admission No. 3: Admit trui.t Sky West Airlines has the financial ability to pay the 

$142,500 requested civil pen alty in FAA Case No. 20JlNM060005, FDMS No. FAA-2012-

0777. 

Regu.est for Admission No.4: 

paragraph 8 offue Complaint 

time on October 19,2010. 

R~uest for Admission No. 5: 

paragraph 8 of1he Complaint 

time on October 20, 2010. 

Admit 1hat 1he procedure described in MEL 27-51-41 and 

was not completed on the flight day beginning 3:00A.M. local 

Admit that the procedure described io MEL.27 -51-41 and 

was not completed on tl1.e flight day beginning 3:00A.M. local 

Reguest for Admission No.6· . Admit that Sky West operated N822SK in comin.ercial service on 

the flight day beginning 3:00 A.M. local time on October 19,2010. 

Reguest for Admission No. 7 · .Adm;t tbat Sky West operated N822SK in commercial service on 

1he flight day beginning 3:00 AM. local time October 20,2010. 

Complainant's Initial Discovery R equest 

Skywost Airlines- 2011NM06000 5, FAA·20l2·0(77 

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Jll""""y M. FlARPEJl. FAA NrtORNJiY 

TEL: (425) 2Z7-2l6l; FAX: (425) Z27-J007 
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1 Request for Admission No. 8: Admit that Sky West operated N822SK in commercial service on 

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Request for Admission No. 9: Admit that N822SK was flown 17 flight cycles between 

October 19,2010 and the completion of the MEL 27-51-4aprocedure on October 21,2010. 

Complainant's Initial Discovery R.~qucst 

Skywest.A;;I;nes -2011NM06000S, FAA-2012·0777 

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JEFFREY M, 1-!All.Prut, FAA A TTORNF.Y 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

6 I hereby certify that the foregoing Complainant's 1st Discovery Requests has been served via 

7 facsimile and certified mail - Retum Receipt Requested this date, to the following: 

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10 The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin 

11 Office of Hearings, M-20 

:1.2 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

13 East Building Ground Floor, Rm E12-320 

14 Washington, D.C. 20590 

15 TEL: (202) 366-2139 

J.6 FAX: (202) 366-7536 

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u Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

19 Wilbur Wright Buildiug- Suite 2Wl 000 

20 Federal Aviation Administration 

21 800 Independence Ave. SW. 

22 Washington, DC 20591 

23 FAX: (202) 493-5 J 42 

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25 Todd Emerson, Esq. 

26 Sky West Airlines 

27 444 S. River Road 

~ B St. George, UT 84 790 

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3o FAX: (435) 634-3505 

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0,)tnplainant'.s 1nitial Discovery Reqtlest 

Skywost Airline'·· 2011NM060049, FAA·20 1.2-0776 

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JEFFREY M. HARPER, FAA ATTORNEY 

TEL: (425) 227-2161: FAX: (425) 227-1007