### FAA + OMS 

### III 001/002 

### Q3/24/2010 10:21 FAX 2024935142


## DFPT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION 

## OF FEDERALAVIATION ADMINISTRATION WASIDNGTON,DC I.) 

### In the Matterof: AIRCHARTER,INC. 

### FAA OrderNo. 2010-1 DocketNo. CP09S00008 

### FDMS No. FAA·2009·0100 1



### . Served: March 23, 

### 2010 ORDERDENYING MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL2 

### Respondent filed a 

### motion requesting thatthe 

### Administrator dismiss the FAA's 

### appeal briefin

### this case, argUing that the 

### appeal briefwas 

### filed late. 

### Respondent's 

### motion is 

### denied because 

### the FAA's 

### appeal briefwas filed in a 

### timely manner. Administrative 

### Law Judge Isaac D. Benkin served a 

### written initial 

### decision 

### in this matter on January 1),2010, finding that the 

## FAA proved 

### that 

### Air Charterviolated 14 C.F.R. § 

### 121.141(b), but not 14 

### C.F.R. §§ 

### 119.5(8) and 91. 13(a), as alleged

### in the complaint. The 

### All assessed a $550 civil 

### penalty against Air Charter. Under the Ru1es 

### ofPracticc, each party had 50 days from the 

### service ofthe AU's written 

### initial 

### decision in whieh to 

### file 

### an appeal briefplus an additional 

### Sdays as a result of

### the "'mailing rule." 14 

### C.F.R. §§ 

### 13.233(ei 

### and 1l.211(e).4 

### Consequen1ly, 

### the FAA's

I Generally, materials fiJedin the FAA Hearing Docket

### (except for materials filed in securi1y cases) arc a1so available for viewing at

### htrp;//Wl+w.regulations.gov. See 14 C.P.R. § 13.210(e)(l).
2TheAdministrator'S civil penalty decisions, along with indexes ofthedecisions, the rilles of practice; and other infonnation, are available on the Internet at the following 

### address: wwwjaa.gov/abour/o.f/ice_org/headquarrer.f_ofjiceS/a.gclpoCadjudicationlAGC400/ Civil_Penalty. Sec 14 C,F.R. § 13.21O(e)(2). In addition, Thomson ReuterslWcst publishes 

### Federal Aviation Decisions. Finally, the decisions arc 

### available through LEXIS (TRANS libraI)') and WestLaw (FTRAN.FAA database). Foradditional infonnation, see the Weh site.
3 Section 13.233(c) 

### provides as follows:FAA ? OMS 

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appeal 

### brie[was due on March4,2010,55 

### days after the issuance oftheinitial decision
on January 8, 

### 2010. TheFAAfiled its appeal briefonMarch 

### 2, 2010. Hence, Air Charter's

### motionto dismiss is denied. Air Charter's reply brief

### is due to be :filed on or before April 

### 12, 2010, 

### under 14 C.F.R. 

### §§ 13.233(e), 

### I3.211(e), and 13.212(c). 

### 1. 

### RANDOLPH BABBITT ADMINISTRATOR Administration



### VIC I S.**EEMON~** Manager, Adjudication Branch

(c) 

### Perfectingan appeal. Unless otherwise agreed 

### by the parties, a party shan 

### pertect an appeal, not later than 50 days after entry ofthe oral initial decision on the record Or service ofthe 

### written initial decision on the party filing an appeal briefwith the FAA decisionmaker.**~** Section 13.211 (e) provides as follows; (c)

### Additional rime 

### afterservice by'/nai/. 

### Whenever a party has a right or a duty to act or to make any response witl1in a prescribed period after service by mail, or on a date certain after service by mail,S days shall be added to the prescribed period. 5 Issued under authority delegated to the ChiefCounsel and the Assistant ChiefCounsel for Litigation by 

### memorandum dated October 27, 1992, under 49 U.S.C. § 322(b) and 14 C.F.R. § 13.202 (sec 57 Fed. Reg. 58,280 (1992) and redelegated by the 

### Assistant ChiefCoullSc1 for Litigation to the Manager, Adjudication Branch, by Memorandum dated August 6, 1993.·