BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Applications of

AERODYNAMICS INCORPORATED

for certificates of public convenience and 

necessity under 49 U.S.C. § 41102 to engage in 

interstate and foreign charter air transportation of 

persons, property and mail

 

 Dockets DOT-OST-2001-10985

 DOT-OST-2001-10986

 

MOTION OF AERODYNAMICS INCORPORATED

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE UPDATED FITNESS INFORMATION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Aaron A. Goerlich

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC

1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20036-6802

(202) 776-3974

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

Counsel for Aerodynamics Incorporated

March 12, 2014
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Applications of

AERODYNAMICS INCORPORATED

for certificates of public convenience and 

necessity under 49 U.S.C. § 41102 to engage in 

interstate and foreign charter air transportation of 

persons, property and mail

 Dockets DOT-OST-2001-10985

 DOT-OST-2001-10986

MOTION OF AERODYNAMICS INCORPORATED

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE UPDATED FITNESS INFORMATION

Pursuant to 14 CFR § 204.7 and Air Carrier Fitness Division practice, a carrier 

whose DOT certificate authority has become dormant is ordinarily required to file 

continuing fitness information at least 45 days prior to expiration of the one-year 

dormancy period stated in the regulation. Aerodynamics Incorporated (ADI), to the 

extent necessary, hereby requests an extension of time for submission of its continuing 

fitness information. In support of this motion, ADI states as follows.

ADI’s certificates of public convenience and necessity for interstate and foreign 

charter air transportation of persons, property and mail were issued by Order 2003-9-29. 

ADI operated a large aircraft under this authority until late 2010, and continued operating 

small aircraft (as defined in the Department’s regulations) under its certificate authority 

until October 15, 2012, when ADI temporarily ceased air transportation operations. 

In late July 2013, ADI resumed air transportation operations with 50-passenger 

small aircraft pursuant to reissued FAA authority and an approved DOT Part 298 air taxi 
registration. On August 30, 2013, more than 45 days prior to expiration of the one-year 

period referenced above, ADI submitted a substantial quantity of continuing fitness 

information to the Department’s Air Carrier Fitness Division. The update process was 

completed (subject to any DOT request for additional information) with submission to the 

Fitness Division of additional and further-updated information on February 28, 2014. 

In view of these circumstances, an extension of time to the extent necessary for 

acceptance of the final installment of ADI’s continuing fitness information is fully justified. 

Most of ADI’s information was included in its initial submission on August 30, 2013, within 

the customary time frame. Were the Department to decline to provide an extension for 

the later filing, ADI would be forced to apply for entirely new certificate authority. 

Requiring such an application would be contrary to the public interest since (i) ADI is an 

operating air carrier, (ii) it would waste the Department’s and ADI’s valuable resources to 

require the carrier to repeat a process previously completed, and (iii) such action would 

delay the availability of ADI’s pro-competitive certificated service, to the public detriment. 

Favorable action on this request would be additionally in the public interest in that 

it would help enable ADI to inaugurate its proposed new service in a timely fashion. That 

service is described in Exhibit B to ADI’s Notice of Intent to Resume Certificated Air Carrier 

Operations in this docket. Daily service involving a route not currently served, as ADI 

proposes, is very much in the public interest. 

Wherefore, ADI requests that its motion for extension of time to file updated 

fitness information be granted. 

Respectfully submitted,

Aaron A. Goerlich

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC

March 12, 2014 Counsel for Aerodynamics Incorporated