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In The Matter Of: 

SERVED: April 6, 2016 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARJNGS 

WASHINGTON, DC ·-.-11 

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SkyWest Airlines, Inc. 

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Docket No. F AA-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. § 13.2 l 8(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 of the issues involved, the negotiation of a 

global settlement is "expected to last some time." 1 

Under the Rules governing these proceedings, the parties are encouraged to consider the 

possibility of settlement and compromise. It is not, however, in the best interests of the 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, pursuant to 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. The parties must submit a joint report stating the progress of the global settlement 

negotiations, including an indication of how much additional time, if any, the 

negotiations require, no later than.June 6, 2016. 

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Administrative Law Judge 

Attachment: Service List 

2 See Rules of Practice 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.''). 

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Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, DC 20591 . 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2W10003 

Todd Emerson; Respondent's Col!,nsel 

SkyWest Airlines, Inc. 

444 S. River Road 

St. George, UT 84 790 

TEL: 435-634-3530 

FAX: 435-634-3505 

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Jeffrey M. Harper, Complainant's Counsel 

Federal Aviation Administration 

· Northwest Mountain Region, ANM-7 

1601 Lind A venue Southwest 

Renton, WA 98057 

TEL: 425-227-2161 

FAX: 425-227-1007 

The Honorable Douglas M. Rawald, Administrative Law Judge 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

· . U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. (El 1-310) 

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-366-5121 Staff Assistant 

FAX: 202-366-7536 

Docket No. FAA-20\4-0686 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

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address: Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Wilbur Wright 

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