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In The Matter Of: 

### SERVED: April 6, 2016 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

## OFFICE OF HEARJNGS WASHINGTON, DC
·-.-11 1.....l1!E SkyWest Airlines, Inc. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) DocketNo. FAA-2014-0322 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. § 13.2l8(a), the parties filed a Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings as they continue to negotiate a possible settlement in six related cases. The parties note that, due to the complexity ofthe issues involved, the negotiation ofa global settlement is "expected to last some time." 1 Underthe Rules governing these proceedings, the parties are encouraged to consider the possibility ofsettlement and compromise. It is not, however, in the best interests ofthe parties or the public to allow a case to stop orderly proceedings indefinitely for such discussions once a
I Parties' Joint Mot. to Stay Proceedings at I.

### request for hearing has been silbmitted.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 of

### 60 days. 2. Theparties must submit ajointreport stating the progress ofthe global settlement 

### negotiations, including an indication of

### how 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 recognize, however, that compliance and enforcement objectives are enhanced when enforcement actions are ... adjudicated expeditiously.''). 2

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