09/05/2012 14:10 FAX 2024935142 FAA**~** OMS @001/008**~.** 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1'5 Hi 1 ? 18 19 20 :n 22 23 21. :25 26 27 J.S 29 ·30 31 :l:l D 34. 35 36 17 "Hl 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 JEFFREY M. ll'\RPF.,R FAA OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL 160 I LIND A VENlJE SOUTJ-IW:CST RENTON, WASHINGTON 98057 TELEPTIONE: (425) 227-2161 fACSlMILE: (425) 227-1007 

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UNITED STATES OF AM.E.RICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

In the Matter of:**SkyW~st** 

### Airlirit;S, Inc. FAA DOCKET Not Assigned FAA Case No. 2011NM060005 DMS Nos. FAA-2012-0777 

### J**udg~** Richard C. Goodwin



### COMPLAINANT'S iNITIAL DISCOVERY REQUEST
To: Respondent 

### In accordance with 

### 14 C.F.R. 

### § 13.220 and the Federal Rules ofCivil Procc:dure, please respond to the following Interrogatories, Requests for Production ofDocuments, and Request for Admissions, separately and fully under oath by 

### September 17,2012.

These discovery requests arc intended to .discover information andJor documents not only within your personal knowledge or obtainable by you, but also infonnation in ll1e possession of
or obtaimt.bk 

### by your**anorn~..:ys,** investigators, representatives, employees, agents, or anyone 

### acting on 

### your behalfor on 

### lheir behalf

These discovery requests are continuingin 

### narure and 

### any information which may be discovered by.you subsequent to the service and filing ofyour answers must be brought to the attention ofthe agency attorney through supplen"lental answers when it becomes available to you, at a reasonable time prior to the hearing 

### in this matter. Ifthere are 

### any additions, deletions
or changes inthe answers or information provided at a:ny time priorto hearing the Respondent is specifically requested to so immediately .infom1 the agency attorney. Ifsuch information is not furnished, the agency attorney at the time ofthe bearing 

### will move to exclude from evidence**~uch** information requcst.ed 

### and not furnished.

The agency attorney ·further requeSL'> that lhe Respondent produce the documents identified and designated herein for inspection and copying at t.he FederalAviation Administration (EAA)

## :~ Office ofRegional Counsel, Suite 570, 1601 LindAvenue, SouLhwest, Renton, Washington 51 ·-98057,byScpterobed7,2012. , .............,.... . 52 53 Complainam's Initial Discovery Request Skyvvcst**Airline~-** 2011NM060005. F AA-2012-0777 Page l of6**Jr-n'R~Y** M. !iARl''ER, FAA ATTORNEY TEL: (425) 227-2161; FAX: (425) 227-100709/05/2012 14: 11 FAX 2024935142 FAA**~** OMS @ 002/00B

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### PRIVILEGE 

# u: in

### responding to, or failing to respond to Ihese Interrogatories, Requests for Admission and Requests f<)r Production you invoke or rely upon any privilege ofany

### kind, state specifically the nature ofthe privilege; the basis upon which you invoke, rely upon, or 

### claim it, including any statutory or decisional reference; and identify all do9uments or other information, including contact2 and

### communicatio~ 

### which you believe to be embraced bythe privilege invoked.

DATED 

### this 17th day ofAugust, 2012.

# JL!:~~ FAAAttorney

Complaimtnt"s Initial Discovery**R~quesL** Skywest Airlines·· 20 11NM060005, FAA-2012·0777 l'af',e 2 of6 JEFFREY M. HARPER, FAA ATTORNEY TEL: (425) 227-2161; FAX: (425) 227-100709/05/2012 14:11 

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### FAA -> OMS @ 003/00B

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3 Interrogatory No. 1: IdentitY by name, address, andtelephone number all persons whom you 4 know 10 have personal knowledge ofthe matters alleged in the Complaint. 5 6 fu.terrogatory No. 

## 2.: Identjfy by title, date, author, present

### custodian, and content. al1 7 

### documents, including correspondence, obtained 

### by 

### you or 

### in your possession, relating 

### to the 8 assertions 

### in the Complaint, 

### your appeal, your answer, and any affirmative defenses which you 9 anticipate raising 

### in this matter. See Request for Production No. 1. 10 11 Interrogatory No.3: Identify 

### by name, address and telephone number, all persons whom you 12 intend to have testify as a factual or expert 

### witness inyour defense at the hearing in this matter, 13 and for factual witnesses, provide a detailed sumn1ary of**ea~h** person's anticipated 

### testimony. 14 1. s ID.terrogatory No. 

### 4: Identify 

### by title, date, aulhor, 

### present custodian, and 

### content, 

### all docunients 16 which you 

### anticipate offering into evidence orusing at Lhe hearing 

### in this malter. andthrough l'/ which witness or witnesses the document will be otlered. See Request for Production No.2. 19 19 

### Interrogatory 

## No- 5: With 

### respect to each expert witness 

### identified in response

### to 20 Interrogatory No. 3, speGify 

### Lheir specific area ofexpertise, and provide a synopsis oftheir '-1 credentials, background, training, and experience.

23 Interrogatmy**No.~:** With respect to each expertyou expect to call 

### as a witness, state the 24 subject matter 

### on which the expert is expected to 

### lt;stify, state Ihe substance ofthe facts· and 2s opinions to 

### which the cxpert is expected to testify, and provide summary ofthe grounds for 26 each such opinion. · 2"1 

### '-8 InterrogatoryNo. 7: Describe with specificity all ofthe facts 

### which you anticipate presenting in 29 the course ofthehearing in this matterpertaining to the 

### avoidance or mitigation ofihe sanction 3

### o sought by the fAA in this 

### case. '' Interrogatory No. 8: State by 

### na.rne, address, telephone number, 

### date ofconversation, and

. :. 3 substance 

### ofconversation, all persons, otherthan legal counsd 

### or your spouse, 

### with whom you 34 have. discussed the matters**allcg~::d** 

### in the Complaint. 35 3 6 Interrogatory No. 9: Foreach allegation in the Cornp]aintthat 

### i.e; denied, stale with specificity 3 7 Ihe facts that are the basis 

### for that denial as well a':i the inquiries taken to determine that the 3 s allegation in the complaint is not correct. See Request for Production No. 3. 39 40 Interrogatory N.o. 10: for any oftb.e requests 

### for admissions below that is denied, state v.ith**>~1** specificity the facts that 

### are the basis for that**denial~** well as the inquiries taken to 

### derem1inc 42 that the facts in the request for adrni.c;sion arc not correct See Request it)r Production No.4. 43 44 Interrogatory No. 11: Describe with specificity all facts or evidcm;e you intend to rely upon in

.q !i support ofany aflirrnative defenses raised in 

### any f\nswer to the Complaint, to include tJ 6 ·identifying the specific FAA 

### policy you claim is violated bythe proposed penalty 

### in these cases. 47 See Request for 

### Production No.5. 48 49 REOUESTS 

### FOR

. .P.RODlJCTION ?(1 51 Request for**Produc~ion** No. 1 : Provide a copy ofall documents referred to in your answer to s2 

### Interrogatory 

### No. 2 53 Complainant's Initial Discovery Request**Skywe~t** Airlines- 2011NM060005, FAA-2012·0777 Page 3 of6 JEFFREYM. HAil.PER. FAAAT1'0RNEY TEL: (425) 227·2161; FAX: (425) 227-100709/05/2012 14:11 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS @004/008

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### Reguest for Production No.2 Provide a copy ofall document.c; referred to in your answer to Interrogatory No.4. Reguest for ProductionNo. 1

### : Provide a copy ofall documents that support your 

### answer to Interrogatory No.9. Reguest for Production No. 

### 4 Provide a copy ofall documentc; that suppo1t your answer to interrogatory No. 10. 

### Reguest 

### for Production No.5 Interrogatory No. 

### II, Provide a copy ofall documents that support your answer to

REQUEST FORADMISSIONS

Under 14 

### C.F.R. § 13.220(b) 

### requested to admitthe truth o 

### in a reasonable time. The Ruland Rule 36 oftlle Federal Rules ofCivil Procedure, you are· fthe following matters. A matter is admitted unless responded lo 

### cs ofPractice 

### in .FAA Civil Penalty Actions, 14 C.f.R. 

### § B.220(d), defines a reasonable time to be 30 days. The agencyrequests that an answer is served
er admitting the matter; specifically 

### denying the mat1er, stating upon the agency attorney eith why the matter cannot be admitted or decied, or objecting to the request, with

### reasons for Ihe ys 

### ofthe elate ofservice upon you, that is, 

### September 17, 2012. objection staled within 30 da Reguest for Admission No. 1: Admitthat, for the 12 month period ending December 20ll, SkyWest.Airlines had operating revenues in excess of$100 million, as shown

### by theAirlllic 4th Quarter 2011) published hythe Department ofTransportation, Competition and PolicyAnalysis Division. Quarterly Financial Review ( Office ofAviationAnalysis, Reguest for Admission No.2: Admii 

### that, as ofDecember 31,2011, SkyWestAirlines employs
as shown by SkyWest Airlines' 2011 Annual Report. more than 

### 1 ,500 employees, Rcgucst for Admission No.3: Admit that SkyWest Airlines**ha~** 

### the financial ability l.o pay 

### tl1e alty in FAA CaseNo. 2011NM060005, FDMS No. FAA-2012- $142,500 requested**~ivil** 

### pen 

### 0777. Reguest for Admission No. 4 : Admit that the procedure described in MEL :27-51-41 and wa$ 

### not completed on the flight day beginning 3:00AM. local paragraph 

### 8 ofthe Complaint time on October 19, 2010. Reguesl forAdmission No.5: Admit that the proeedure described 

### in MEL 27-51-41 and was not completed on the flight day beginning 3:00A.M. local paragraph 8 ofthe Complaint time on October 20, 2010. Reguest for Admission No. 6 the 

### flight day beginning 3:00 Reguest for Admission No. 7 the flight day beginning 3:00 : Admit that SkyWest operated.N822SK in commercial service on A.M. local time on October 19,2010.

: Admitthat Sky

### West operatedN822SK in commercial service on A.M. local time October 20, 2010. · C()mplainant'$ Initial**Di~covery** Request JEFFREY M. HARJ'>ER, f'/\A A ITORNEY TEL: (425) 227-2161; FAX: (425) 227-1007 Skywe$t Airlines- 20 IINM06000S, FA.A-20 12-0777 Page 4 of609/05/2012 14:11 FAX 2024935142 FAA -. OMS 141005/008

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### Request for Admission No. R: Admit that SkyWest operated N822SK in commercial service on the flight 

### day 

### beginning 3;00 AM. 

### local time October 21, 

### 2010. Request for Admission No._2: Admit that N822SK was flown 17 flight cycles between October 19,2010 

### and the completion ofthe MET, 27·51-4aprocedure on October 21,2010.

Complainum·s Initial Discc-very Request Skywest Airlines- 2011 NM060005, FAA-20 12-0777 Page 5 of6 JEFFREY M. HARPsn., F A.A. AnoRNEY TEL: (425) 227-2!61; FAX; (425) 217-1007·09/05/2012 14:11 FAX 2024935142 FAA**~** OMS

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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 5

6 I hereby certify that the foregoingMotion to Consolidate has been served via facsimile and 7 certified mail

- Return Receipt Requested this date, to the following: 

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40 41 42 43 4'1 45 46 47 48 -19 ')0 51 52 53 The Honor(lble Richard C. Goodwin Office of

### Hearings, M-20 1200 NewJersey 

### Avenue, S.E. East Building Ground Floor, 

### Rm El2-320 Washington, D.C. 20590 

### TEL: (202) 366-2139 

### FAX: (202) 366-7536
Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building·- Suite 2Wl000 Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Ave. SW. Washington, DC2059l 

### FAX: (202) 493-5142
Todd Emerson, Esq. SkyWest Airlines 444 S. River Road St. George, UT 84790 TEL: (435) 634-3530 FAX: (435) 634-3505

DATED this 

### 17th day ofAugust



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### Aviaiion Administration 

### 1601 Lind 

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# no57 (425) 227-2164 141008/008

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