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U.S. Deparrment OfTransportation 

### Federal A"iation Administration Office ofRegional Counsel August 14, 2012 

### NorthwestMountain Regi&n Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utnh 1 Washington, Wyoming -+ OMS



### 1601 Lind Aven.ue S.W. Renton.. 

### Washington 98057 Tel: (425) 227-2161 Fruc (425) 227-1007 JBFFREY,HARPER@f'AA.GOV



### VIA FACSU0JLE AND CERTIFIED MAIL· RETURN RECEIPTREQUESTED

Atm: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

### Hearing Doo.ket Federal 

### Aviation Administration (Wilbur Wright Bldg-· Room 2W1000) 

### 800 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington, .D.C. 20591



### , Re: bi the Matter ofSkyWest Airlines, FAA Case No. 20llNM060072

Enclosed 

### is an origir.lal and one ropy 

### ofa 

### request for 

### hearing and Complaint.in the abovereferenc-ed proceeding. · · · . The Federal A v:iation Administration (FAA) requests that the bearing 

### in this matter be held 

### in Salt Lake City) Utah, and expects thattbe hearing wil\ lastone (1) day.**~** 002/008 PAGE 132/89



### For scheduling purposes, FAA 

### Attorney, Jeffrey Hatper

## tVill be 

### unavailable due to 

### military duty on October 1.2-15, November 2-5, and November 31-December 3, 2012. · Please

### addre.s~ all conununicati.ons for the FAAto the undersigned at: Federal AviationAdministratio!l 

### Northwest Mountain. Region, ANM-7 1601 Lind Avenue S.W. Renton, Washington 98057 

### Telephone; (425) 227-2161 FAX: (425) 227·1007



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### Si~cerey, ·

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### Harper

·. FAA Attorney



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Enclosures: Request for Hea1'ing (Appeal)

· Complaint08/15/2012 14:21 FAX 2024935142 FAA -+ OMS · 08/14/2012 06!17 4252271807 ANM7

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### F'ACSTMJLE: (425)**227~** 1 007 

### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

In the Matter of: SkyWest Airljnes FAA Case No. 2011N11060072 .Tll.dge Not Assigned



### nJDGE NOT ASSIGNED:
COMPLAINT
The Federal Aviation Admin;stration (FAA), 

### by counsel, hereby files its Complaint.

32 pu:rsuant to Rule 208 ofthe Rules

## ofP:~:actice (14 Code

## ofFeder~l Regulations (C.F.R.) 33 J4 35 :36 37 JS 39 40 41 42 43 '44 45 46 47 4e 49 so 51 5.2 53 

### Section 13.208), and 

### states as follows:
I.

On

## July26~ 2012, Sk:yWest Airlines, Inc., was advised through a Fin.al Notice of Proposed Civil

## Pc~alty that the FAAproposed to assess a civil penalty in the 

### amollnt of 

### $40.000. O.n August 8, 2012, SkyWest Airlines, Inc., through legal counsel, submitted a written request for a hearing.

COMPLAINT FAA v. SkyWest Airlines, In.c. FAA Case No. 2011NM060072 Page 2 of7 

### II.

JEFFREY 

### M. J·{,.;.RiER., FAA ATTORNEY TE.L: 425.227.1417; FAX:**425.2~7.1** 007 141003/009 PAGE 03/0908/15/2012 14:21 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS 141004/009 PAGE 04/EI9 88114/2812 06:17 4252271087 ANM7

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### SkyWest Airlines (Sky

### West), is now and**w~** 

### at all times material herein the holder of Scheduled Air Carrier Ce.rtifieate N'o. 

### SWIA011A, and conducts 

### its operations**purs~t** to 

### Part 121**oft~e** Federal**~viation ~egulations**  (FAR). 

### Pare.graph D085 of**~kyWest's** 

### Operations Spocificai:ions (OpSpecs) authoriz:e_s 

### SkyWest to use**N744SK~** 

### a Bombardier CL-600-2Cl0 

### civil aircrafl:,, in the cuoduct 

### of

· SkyWest's Part 121 

### operations.



### Pa:ra.graph A09S 

### ofSkyWest's OpSpec:s requires that 

### aircraft loading for 

### Bombardier CL-600-2Cl0 aircraftbe· accomplished in accordance 

### with SkyWesfs Wejght & 

### Balance Operations 

### Manual, SP4LOO, (W&B 

### Manual),

..Part XI!, revision Orig ofl APR 10.'' SkyWest's W&B Manual 

### contains the loading schedules and 

### instntctions for 

### SkyWest's 

### _Bombardier CL-600-2C10 aircraft.. SkyWest's W&B**Manual~** Chapter 2, 

### paragraph 2.A.58 defines "Standard Checked 

### Bag" as a "checked bag weighing 50**I~** 

### or less.'' SkyWest's W&B Manual (Temporary Revision dated 

### 14 F':EB 11), Chapter 3, paragraph 2.0.1. states the "designated CD Ground Operations loading agelJt · evaluates the 

### classification ofall checked baggage**(eitb~** 

### standard or heavy). The 

### designated 

### loading agent must mark the nutl'lbcr ofstandard aud heavy checked bagga.ge on the CJ..R." SkyWest's W&B Manual (Temporary Revision dated 14 FEB 11). Chapter 3, 

### paragraph 2.1.2 states that ''[u]pon completion 

### ofloadiTJg the cargo 

### bin/pit, the 

### designated Joading 

### agent must verjfy the _piece count 

### ofall Standard Cheeke.d, Hea-vy Checked,**an~** 

### Planeside Loaded/Service Item Baggage

... " SkyWest's W&B Manual (Temporary 

### Revisio11. <fated 14 FEB 11), Chapter 

### 3, paragraph 3.B.2. states the flight dec,k cre\Vtnember uses the information from the CLR 

### to construct the 

### A CARS load manifest. 

### SkyWest's W&B 

### Manual, Chapter 4, 

### paragraph**8.8~** requires the loading 

### agent to 

### write the total 

### number of standard 

### checked baggage loaded

### in each cargo bin/pit 

### in tlJe 

### apJ?T.Opriate "Standard Checked'' block on ·tbe CLR.
10. 

### SkyWesfs 

### W&B Ma11ual, Chapter 4, paragraph 11- Aircraft Loading, contains 

### the 

### warning:

COMPLAINT. FAA v. SkyWcst 

### Airlines, Inc. 

### FAA Ca.se No. 20J 1NM060072 

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### 11.

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### ~WARNING - 

### INACCURATE LOADING, REPORTING, 

### OR FAILURE TO REPOR.T INFORMATION 

### COULD CAUSE ISSUES 

### WITH AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND HANDLING, RESULTING IN THE 

### ENDANGERMENT OF HUMAN 

### LIFE.
III. 

### On 

### May 5, 2011, at George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston**Airp~rt** 

### (IAH), Houston, Texas, SkyWest loaded passengers and**baggag~** 

### o.nto N744SK, to. be operated as Flight ·1160 bound for Ci'ty ofColorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS)p 

### Colorado**Springs~** 

### Colorado. ' SkyWesfs**p~rsonuel** 

### at IAH loaded 35 standard checked bags onto N744SK. The CLR for 

### Flight.1160 lists 23 standard checked bags on boMd N744SK. 

### The inaccurate**da~a** 

### on the CLR was used to construct the ACARS load manifest for Flight 1160. SkyWest thereafter operated N744SK as Flight 1160 to**~OS.** 

### IV. 

### 16. · SkyWest 

### has paid civil 

### pe.nal1;ies in eight 

### previous 

### cases invo.lving loading ofcargo and baggage contrary 

### to approved procedures.


### v. By reason ofthe foregoing 

### facts. and circumstan.ces, SkyWest violated 

### the :following 

### sectio.ns

'
. 

### ofthe Fedaal 

### Aviation Regulations (14 C.F.R.):



### a. Seerion 119.5(g), 

### in 

### that! as a direct 

### air carrier, it 

### opera.ted In violation ofan 

### appropriate operations specification.
b. Section 119.5(1). 

### in

### that itope:rated 

### atrcraf't under Par.t 121 in**viol~tio:o.** 

### ofits operations specifications.

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### c. Section 

### 121.693(a), in

### that 

### it operated flights without a. 

### load .manifest that
so 

### accurately rt!!flected the wejght ofthe 

### cargo and baggage. 51**5~** 53 @005/009 PAGE 05/09**CONWL~** 

### . FAA v. 

### SkyWest Airlines, 

### Inc. 

### FAA Case 

## No. 2011NM060072 Page4 Df7 .TeFFREi:' M. 

### HARPER. FAA A iTORNEY 

### TEL: 425.227.1 417; 

### FAX: 425.227.100708/15/2012 14:21 FAX 2024935142**~v•~·•L~~£ ~o;,,**  

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## Sec~on 121.693(c). in that 

### it 

### operated flights when

## th~ total

## we.igb~ ofthe aircraft WS;S 

### not cor:nputed un.der approved procedures.



### e. Section 121.693(d), in tha.t 

### it operated flights when the, aircraft was not loaded**acc~rding t~**  

### an**approv~d** 

### schedule. · In accordance with Scct;ons 4630l(a) 

### and (d) 

### ofTitle 49 ofthe United States 

### Codll.l

• 1 I' (U.S.C.) 

### (rransportatioft) [49 U.S.C. Sectloris 46301 (a) 

### and (d)),.SkyWest is 

### liable for a civil· penalty 

### .not to exceed

### $27~500 for each ofthe violations noted.

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### 3. l6 

### . Under

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# f~e facts aod circumstances 

### oftbh case, a civil

# p~alty of$40;000 is
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### 'WHEREFORE, the Agency, by counsel, respectfully requests that the Administrative
Law

### Judge enter 

### an order 

### that SkyWest be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of$40,

## 000~

Respectfully submhted this 14th 

### day ofAugust, 2012.

# J.~~-~ FAA Attorney

COMPLAIN!

. FAA v. SkyWest Airlines, Inc. FAA Case No. 201 1NM060072 

### Page 

### 5 of7 JEFFREY 

### M. IiARPE.R, 

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### A.A. A 1\0RN.ey TEL: 425.227.1417; FAX: 425.227.1007 141008/009 PAGE 05/€1908/15/2012 14:22 FAX 2024935142

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### ANSWER

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### In accordance with Section 13.209 ofthe Fede1:al Aviation RegulatiQns, SkyWest 

### Airlines, 4 

### Inc., must answer this Complaint not later than 

### thi'rty (30) days from the time itis served o.n s it. Failure to file an Answer 

### within. thirty (30) days without good cause shall 

### be deemed an r; admission ofthe truth ofeach allegation contained 

### i1,1 the Complaint [14.C.F.R. Section 7 13.209(t)].

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### FAA v. 

### S.kyWest Airlines, Inc. FAA Ca.seNo. 2011NM060072 Page 6 

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JEFFREY 

### M. HARPER., 

### FAA AITORNEY 

### TEL: 425.227.1417; FAX: 425.227.1007 

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## CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 

### I hereby certify that the foregoing Complaint has been.

## serv~d via facsimile and certified 

### mail 4 . - 

### Return Rece).pt Requested this 

### date, to the following: 3

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### Federal Aviation Adrninistratio11 

### (Original and one copy) Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, 

### AGC·430 W.:ilbur Wright Building- Suite 2W1 000 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20591 

### 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 

### 14u, day 

### ofAugust, 2012.



### COMPLAINT FAA 

### v. SkyWest 

### Airlines, Inc. FAA Case No. 201 1NM060072 

### Page 7 of7 

### aoa Stephenson. Office ofRegional Counsel (ANM-7) Federal Avia.tion Administration 1601 Lind Ave. SW 

### Renton, WA 98057 (425) 227-2164

JEFFRE"f

### M. HARPER, 

### FAA ATTOR.NEY 

### TEL: 425.227.1417; FAX: 425.227.1007**~** 008/009 PAGE: 08/13908/15/2012 14:22 FAX 2024935142**08/1~/2012** BS:17 4252271007 OS/08/2012 U:27 FAX 4:tfi634.3505

Direer Dial: 435.634.3530 Direet Pax: 435.634.3505**~-mail: !Saw."von@sk~_cSI.@m**  FAA ANM7 PF.:OPLE

August 8, 2012

VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Federal Aviation 

### Administration ATI'N: Hearing Docket**Clerk~** AGC"430 Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2Wl000 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591


### Re: Case No. 2011NM060072
Dear**Si~:!Madam:** + OMS

The Final Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty in the above-referenced ease was

. received in our office Oil July 30. 2012.

Pursuant 

### to § 13.16 (e)(2) (ii) ofFederal Air Regulations, SkyWest Airlines hereby requests a hearing on this marter.

/**~erely,**

# ··~(.-~ Todd C. Emerson Director- 

### Government and Legal Affairs TCE/jb

cc: Jeffrey 

### M. Harper**~** 009/009 PAGE 09/139**~ll05**