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IN THE MATTER OF: 

FEDERAL AVIATION 

ADMINISTRATION 

COMPLAINANT, 

v. 

COASTAL AIR TRANSPORT, INC. 

RESPONDENT . 

FDMS NO. 

FAA-2011-1005 

Thursday, March 1, 2012 

Via Teleconference 

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The above-entitled matter came on for 

hearing, pursuant to notice, at 11:00 a.m. 

BEFORE: 

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THE HONORABLE J.E. SULLIVAN, 

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE 

RECEIVED 

'MAR 23 2012 

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APPEARANCES: 

On Behalf of the Complainant: 

RASHAWN RICH GEORGE, ESQ. 

of: Office of the Regional Counsel 

Federal Aviation Administration 

PO Box 20636 

Atlanta, Georgia 30320 

(404) 305-5200 

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1 P-R-0-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-S 

2 11:09 a.m. 

3 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: We're on the 

4 record in the matter of Coastal Air Transport 

5 Inc. Today is Thursday, March 1, 2012. And the 

6 parties have convened for a litigation scheduling 

7 conference. 

8 The Federal Aviation Administration is 

9 represented by Ms. Rashawn Rich George, the 

10 attorney of record. She is present by telephone. 

11 The Respondent, Coastal Air Transport 

12 Inc., is represented by its president, Michael 

13 Foster. He is a pro se litigant. He's not 

14 present this morning. There is no explanation 

15 for his absence. 

16 I'll note that a order setting Rule 16 

17 litigation scheduling conference and directing 

18 Rule 26 Subsection (f) , as in Frank, planning and 

19 submission, was filed on January 4th, 2012. And 

20 served on all the parties that same day. 

21 The notice of service to Michael 

22 Foster, president, was sent to his address of 

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1 record which was P.O. Box 3985, Christiansted, 

2 that's spelled C-H-R-I-S-T, as in Tom, I-A-N, as 

3 in Nancy, S as in Sam, T as in Tom, E-D, as in 

4 David, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 00822. 

5 In addition, a copy of the same order 

6 was sent to George Logan, agent for service for 

7 Coastal Air Transport Inc. That was sent to Mr. 

8 Logan's address of record, which was 1131 King 

9 Street, Suite 204, Christiansted, St. Croix, 

10 Virgin Islands, 00820. 

11 Prior to going on the record today, 

12 the Office of Hearing staff tried to reach Mr. 

13 Foster three different times by telephone. The 

14 telephone number of record that we have on file 

15 is, area code, 340-773-6862. The Office of 

16 Hearing staff tried to reach Mr. Foster on three 

17 different occasions, at 10:58 a.m., 11:01 a.m., 

18 and 11:03 a.m, with no success. 

19 I'll note that Ms. Mays just entered 

20 the hearing room. And she's advising me that 

21 they have left a message on his, Mr. Foster's, 

22 phone voice mail giving him a phone number to 

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1 call. And that would be Ms. Mays' personal line 

2 in case Mr. Foster gets that message and wants to 

3 join us. 

4 Thank you Ms. Mays. 

5 I'll note for the record that Ms. Mays 

6 is leaving my office at this time. 

7 In addition, I should note that the 

8 third phone call that was made by the Office of 

9 Hearing, which was done at 11:03 a.m. today, Ms. 

10 Mays left a phone message for Mr. Foster advising 

11 him in this phone message that the Office of 

12 Hearings was trying to reach him to try to obtain 

13 his presence for this schedule conference. And 

14 unfortunately, the phone message did not include 

15 a phone number. And so I directed the staff to 

16 call him back and leave a second message leaving 

17 a phone number for him to reach. 

18 They just did that. And the phone 

19 number they gave him was Ms. Mays' personal line, 

20 which is 202-366-2132. 

21 Ms. Mays, my legal assistant, will be 

22 monitoring that phone. And if at any time during 

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1 this conference proceeding Mr. Foster calls, 

2 she'll make sure that he gets conferenced in. 

3 I'll also note that prior to going on 

4 the record today that this Court received two 

5 different filings from the FAA. 

6 On February 23rd, 2012, the FAA filed 

7 a Rule 26(f) report. In which it noted that it 

8 was filing that by itself since it has not a 

9 chance to communicate with Mr. Foster as per the 

10 directive in the January 4, 2012 order setting 

11 Rule 16 litigation scheduling conference. 

12 In addition, the FAA filed a separate 

13 document on February 23rd, 2012. That document 

14 was entitled "Motion for decision on the 

15 pleadings," or on the alternative, "Motion for 

16 hearing on sanctions" only. 

17 At this point, Ms. George, what we 

18 should probably talk about is a couple of 

19 preliminary matters. 

20 Clearly, according to my file, there 

21 has been no formal written answer from the 

22 Respondent. 

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1 MS. GEORGE: That's correct, Your 

2 Honor. 

3 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: The Respondent 

4 appears not to have engaged in any CR 26 

5 Subsection (f), planning discussion with you 

6 prior to today? 

7 MS. GEORGE: Your Honor, Mr. Foster 

8 did not, was not available then. 

9 He did leave a message on my voice 

10 mail on February 24th. I was out of the office 

11 on travel. And he indicated that he himself was 

12 out of the country and away from his telephone. 

13 He did not, he left me the same number 

14 that you have, the 340-773-6862 number. 

15 And I have not been able to personally 

16 speak with him. 

17 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: When you say 

18 that he left a message saying that he was out of 

19 the country and not available by phone, was that 

20 for the date of February 24, 2012 or for this 

21 date? Or did he clarify that in any way? 

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1 Foster by telephone on February the 21st. And 

2 his message indicated that at the time of my call 

3 on February the 21st, he was out of the country 

4 and away from his telephone. 

5 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. He did 

6 not call you? You just received a message from 

7 his phone service? 

8 MS. GEORGE: No. He left a, he 

9 himself left a personal voice mail message on 

10 February the 24th, at 8:30 a.m. 

11 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: And in that 

12 message, did he indicate how long he was out of 

13 the country? Where he was? When he was coming 

14 back? Why he would be unavailable by phone? Any 

15 of those things? 

16 MS. GEORGE: His message just 

17 indicated that he was on a trip on the February 

18 21st date when I attempted to contact him. 

19 He's an airline pilot and the owner of 

20 Coastal Air Transport. So he was out on a trip 

21 during that time. 

22 He did not indicate what his schedule 

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1 would be for this week in that telephone message. 

2 

3 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: So in essence, 

4 if I understand your statement, you called Mr. 

5 Foster on February 21st, 2012. And received a 

6 voice mail message saying that he was not 

7 available and not accessible by telephone because 

8 of a trip he was on. 

9 MS. GEORGE: February the 21st. When 

10 I had called him. 

11 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: And then on 

12 February 24, 2012, Mr. Foster responded to the 

13 message you left him three days prior, on 

14 February 21, 2012. And Mr. Foster stated in his 

15 message on February 24, 2012, that he had not 

16 been available because of this prior travel 

17 arrangement he had on the 21st, 2012. 

18 Ms. George, could you respond to that? 

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21 exactly 

22 correct. 

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your recitation of the facts is 

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1 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. Since 

2 February 24, 2012, have you had any contact with 

3 Mr. Foster? 

4 MS. GEORGE: Have not. 

5 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Well then 

6 let's talk about the CR 26 (f) submission that 

7 you gave. 

8 I think then it's premature at this 

9 point to set any further due date for litigation 

10 since we may have a pro se litigant who, 

11 potentially, is defaulting on the notice of 

12 complaint. 

13 MS. GEORGE: Okay. 

14 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: You had 

15 indicated in your materials that you have had 

16 some type of settlement conference with Mr. 

17 Foster prior to the issuance of the complaint. 

18 When was the last time that you actually had a 

19 discussion about this case with Mr. Foster? 

20 MS. GEORGE: We had a telephonic 

21 informal conference on May 11th, 2011. And at 

22 that time, we discussed the facts of this 

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1 particular case. And discussed settlement at, 

2 during that conference. 

3 That conference was followed up with 

4 a letter from Mr. Foster on August 30th, 2011 

5 rejecting our offer of settlement. And 

6 indicating that he was interested in proceeding 

7 to the formal hearing stage. 

8 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. So the 

9 last time the two of you actually spoke was on 

10 May 11, 2011? 

11 MS. GEORGE: Exactly. 

12 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. Okay. 

13 Well then what I would suggest that we do is 

14 this, I do need to get some information from you 

15 about your complaint just so that I have an idea 

16 of where it would be best to go from here. 

17 As I understand it, you're alleging 16 

18 violations of Title 49. And it's from a shipment 

19 that occurred on October 21, 2009? 

20 Ms. George? 

21 MS. GEORGE: That's correct, Your 

22 Honor. 

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1 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. And so 

2 that the 16 violations all accrue, according to 

3 your complaint, from that one shipment? 

4 MS. GEORGE: Yes. 

5 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. 

6 MS. GEORGE: The HMR, the Hazardous 

7 Material Regulations. Each of the regulation 

8 violations we are assessing is based upon his 

9 shipment of hazardous materials while he was not 

10 authorized to do so as a Part 135 air carrier. 

11 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. 

12 Normally, when I have a pro se litigant like 

13 this, I will do some extra work on the case to 

14 make sure that full and fair notice has been 

15 provided to the litigant. So that if the 

16 litigant continues to ignore the Court's summons, 

17 ignores the Court's direction, that it's clear on 

18 its face that the plaintiff or the litigant is 

19 making that kind of choice. 

20 In this particular instance, what I'm 

21 going to propose, and I want to hear your 

22 feedback about this, is to do a couple of 

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1 different things. 

2 I can send out an order that basically 

3 directs the Respondent specifically to file a 

4 written answer to all of the allegations in the 

5 notice of complaint by date certain. Within this 

6 same order, I can also do an order to show cause, 

7 that directs the Respondent to specifically 

8 address and answer the motion that you have filed 

9 to, for decision on the pleadings. 

10 In addition, I would simply note for 

11 you that at this point, I don't believe that your 

12 motion is analogous to a summary judgement 

13 motion. I think your motion is analogous to a 

14 default judgement. Because we have no response 

15 from the claimant at all. And the motion that 

16 you have filed before me has no testimonial 

17 evidence attached, which is the general 

18 requirement for summary judgement proceedings. 

19 In other FAA cases that I've heard, 

20 in this kind of scenario, we proceeded with, you 

21 know, looking at the motion in terms of a partial 

22 default. 

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1 file a second motion for default on the penalty 

2 phase and/or to decide whether or not it would 

3 prefer to move for summary judgement on the 

4 penalty phase. 

5 Particularly in complaints like this, 

6 where it doesn't appear clear on its face, either 

7 in the complaint or in the motion for decision, 

8 how you reached the penalty that you reached. 

9 It's clear on its face both in your complaint and 

10 in your motion that you have 16 violations you 

11 are alleging. I'm not able to discern easily, or 

12 perhaps at all, how you reached the sum of 

13 $59,600.00 as a maximum penalty for those 16 

14 violations. 

15 So, that's what I would be looking at 

16 doing at this point. And then deferring the CR 

17 16/26 (f) proceedings farther out. 

18 So that if, in fact, we still don't 

19 get an answer from the Respondent either to the 

20 notice of complaint or to the motion to for 

21 decision, we can go forward and clear the plate, 

22 essentially, for what's really essentially still 

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1 missing or still in contest. 

2 If the Respondent does file an answer, 

3 if the Respondent does file a response to the 

4 motion for decision on the pleading, my order can 

5 then get parties back on track since I could 

6 ideally set out, past the due dates for the 

7 answer and the response, a second CR 16/26 (f) 

8 litigation conference. So that the parties can 

9 come together and start talking about the merits 

10 of what's before the court. 

11 Do you have any feedback, or comment, 

12 or alternate suggestion that you'd like to 

13 propose? 

14 MS. GEORGE: Your Honor, what you 

15 have proposed I have no objection to. 

16 So I will file a second motion and 

17 clearly outline how the penalty was calculated, 

18 while we are awaiting the Respondent's responses. 

19 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: I don't think 

20 you even nee to do that at this point, Ms. 

21 George. 

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1 your future if the Respondent doesn't file an 

2 answer and doesn't file a response to your motion 

3 for decision on the pleading. 

4 MS. GEORGE: All right. 

5 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: I think it's 

6 premature to ask you to do that right now because 

7 we're still in the process of trying to see if 

8 the Respondent truly wants to participate or not 

9 in these proceedings. Since this particular 

10 litigant is pro se, I always give people a little 

11 extra breathing room to show up. 

12 MS. GEORGE: I understand. 

13 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Yes. I can 

14 give you, I have a case I'm just looking at now, 

15 I can give you the name of another FAA attorney 

16 who's appeared before me on something that's 

17 quite similar. And if you want to chat with him 

18 privately, you're welcome to. And he might be 

19 able to show you some of the things that he's 

20 done in the case before me. 

21 Would you have any interest in that? 

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1 Thank you. 

2 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. His 

3 name is Mark Camacho, C as in cat, A as in apple, 

4 M as in Mary, A as in apple, C as in cat, H as in 

5 happy, 0 as in orange. And he's in the Kansas 

6 City, Missouri FAA office. 

7 MS. GEORGE: Yes. I'm familiar with 

8 Mr. Camacho. 

9 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. You can 

10 chat with him about a case that has some similar 

11 flavor about what he has been doing. Just so 

12 that you have that in your tool kit. 

13 And what I will do is chat with you 

14 now about some due dates that I would want to set 

15 for Mr. Foster to file an answer, and to file a 

16 response to your motion for decision. And then 

17 also, to set potentially another telephone 

18 conference with you. 

19 So if you give me just a moment. I'll 

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unlock my computer. Okay. Okay. 

According to my time line, at the very 

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1 material, his answer should have been filed on 

2 October 2011. And clearly it was not. 

3 MS. GEORGE: Correct. 

4 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: So let's talk 

5 about a fairly short time frame for him to file 

6 an answer from today's date. 

7 According to motion practice, even in 

8 a motion practice, he has 30 days. I'm not sure 

9 that we need to give him another 30 days. 

10 But given your own practice and cases 

11 that you have argued on appeal, do you have a 

12 preference? 

13 MS. GEORGE: Your Honor, since I have 

14 filed the motion on the 21st of February, my 

15 preference would be for him to provide a response 

16 at least by the 16th of March. 

17 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. And 

18 when you say 'a response' you're talking about 

19 both a response to the decision, motion for 

20 decision on the pleadings as well as a written 

21 answer? 

22 MS. GEORGE: Correct. 

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1 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. I'm 

2 just taking a look at my calendar to see when 

3 I'll be in the office to actually act on things. 

4 Because that makes a bit of a difference for us 

5 too. 

6 I'm currently scheduled to be in trial 

7 for the week of March 12th, the week of March 

8 19th, and the week of March 26th. So I'm not 

9 going to be in the office much at all during that 

10 period of time. 

11 MS. GEORGE: Okay. 

12 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: And it does us 

13 no good, essentially, to set a due date for the 

14 Respondent that's short in time and then not have 

15 me present to initiate action after that due date 

16 is passed. 

17 So how about if we do this? I'm going 

18 to suggest that we set a response date of March 

19 23rd, 2012. 

20 And then I'm going to note that I will 

21 be back ln the office by March, I'm sorry, by 

22 April 2nd, 2012. And I can act on any matters 

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1 that have been filed or not filed by April 2nd, 

2 2012. 

3 And then, essentially, what I will do, 

4 if I find that there has been no action by Mr. 

5 Foster in either filing a written answer or 

6 filing a response to the motion for decision on 

7 the pleadings, I will grant your motion for 

8 decision in part. And I will basically grant an 

9 admission on all the things that are in the 

10 notice of complaint. 

11 But I will defer ruling on this, the 

12 civil penalty portion. And give you a due date 

13 to decide whether or not you want to file for a 

14 default. And I'll give you some statutory and 

15 civil rule authority to look at as to whether 

16 default would work for you or whether you want to 

17 supplement your materials in a different way and 

18 move for summary judgement on the penalty. 

19 Because it doesn't make sense to schedule hearing 

20 on the matter, if in fact, we have a litigant 

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And then if Mr. Foster does respond by 

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1 March 23rd, 2012, I'll have within the order, you 

2 know, a due date for a new litigation hearing. 

3 That, we can talk about that again. 

4 Let me take a look at and I am 

5 going to take a minute to look up something for -

6 - I'm having a little trouble with my computer. 

7 And it doesn't recognize the direction I am 

8 giving it. So I'm going to try again. Okay. 

9 What I' 11 do is, I will at, March 

10 23rd, 2012 is the due date for Mr. Foster to file 

11 a written answer. I'll also set that as the same 

12 date for Mr. Foster to file an answer to the 

13 motion to deem, the motion for the decision. 

14 If he does not, I will simply reserve 

15 your motion to the date of April 2nd, 2012 to act 

16 on. And then I'll make some, I'll note in the 

17 order that if the Respondent doesn't reply then 

18 I'll grant the motion. 

19 And then set a due date for you to 

20 notify me in writing as to what motions you want 

21 to pursue to further resolve the matter. And 

22 I'll give you some ideas about that in the order 

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1 I send. 

2 I'm not sure at this point it's even 

3 meritorious to set a new telephone conference 

4 until we hear from Mr. Foster on or before March 

5 23rd, 2012. 

6 If we do, then I'll set up a second 

7 litigation scheduling conference with a due date 

8 for the two of you to talk to each other. 

9 Does that sound okay to you? 

10 MS. GEORGE: That sounds great. Thank 

11 you. 

12 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. Then is 

13 there any thing else that we need to address on 

14 behalf of your client today? 

15 MS. GEORGE: I think that's all, Your 

16 Honor. 

17 ADMIN. JUDGE SULLIVAN: Okay. Thank 

18 you very much for your presence today. 

19 I'll try and get that order out today 

20 if it's possible. If not today, tomorrow at the 

21 latest. 

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1 talking with you in person at a different time or 

2 communicating further in writing. 

3 With that, we can go off the record. 

4 And I wish you a good day. 

5 MS. GEORGE: Thank you. Have a good 

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C E R T I F I C A T E 

This is to certify that the foregoing transcript 

In the matter of: Coastal Air Transport 

Before: US DOT 

Date: 03-01-12 

Place: teleconference 

was duly recorded and accurately transcribed under 

my direction; further, that said transcript is a 

true and accurate record of the proceedings. 

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(202) 234-4433 

Court Reporter 

NEAL R. GROSS 

COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 

1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www _nealrgross.com