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VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Federal Aviation Administration ATTN: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2Wl000 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591 Re: 

### Case No. 2014WP910006 Dear Sir/Madam:
The FinalNotice ofProposed Civil Penalty inthe above-referenced case was received 

### in our office on September 12, 2014.
Pursuantto §13.16 (e) (2) (ii) ofFederal Aviation Regulations, Sky West Airlines hereby requests a hearing onthis matter. Sincerely,

Todd C. Emerson Director- Government and Legal Affairs

TCE/jb

cc: Jeffrey M. Harper

444 South River Road // St. George, Utah 84790 /! Phone 435.634.3000 :: www.skywest.com

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### September 9, 2014 Northwest Mountain Region Office of Regional Counsel Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming 1601 Lind Avenue SW. Renton, Washington 98057 Tel: (425) 227-2161 Fax: (425) 227-1007 jeffrey.harper@faa.gov


### FAA Case No. 2014WP910006 VIA CERTIFIED MAIL- RETURN 

### RECEIPT REQUESTED

Michael B. 

### Thompson ChiefOperating Officer SkyWest Airlines, Inc. 444 SouthRiver Road Saint George, UT 84790-2086 

## HE/iRING DOCKET
FINALNOTICE OF PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY 

### On April 25, 2014, SkyWestAirlines, Inc. was advised through aNotice ofProposed Civil Penalty that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed to assess a civil penalty io the ammmt of$295,750. After consideration ofall information presently available inthis proceeding, iocludiog the ioformation SkyWest presented at the informal conference held on July 

### 9, 2014, it appears that: 1. SkyWest Airlines, Inc. (SkyWest) is now, and was at all times relevant hereio, the holder ofAir Carrier Certificate No. SWIAOllA, and condncts its operations pursnant to Part 121 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), 14 Code ofFederal Regulations (C.F.R.) Chaprer I. 

### 2. At all times relevant herein, SkyWest held appropriate Operations Specifications (OpSpecs) certifying it would comply with the requirements of 14 C.F.R. Part 

### 120 and 49 C.F.R. Part 

### 40 for its Antidrug andAlcohol Misuse Prevention Program. 3. Selections were made from SkyWest's random testing pool on July 6, 2012, and January 21,2013. 4. The followiog SkyWest employees were assigned to safety-sensitive functions with SkyWest on and immediately before July 

### 6, 2012: Dennis Adams Troy Allen Chris Aguirre Thomas Altenburg Marco Alcazar Douglas AmbroseSkyWest Airlines, Inc. -FAA Case No. 2014WP9!0006 September 9, 2014 Page2 of6
Joe Anderson NathanAndersen Helmuth Araya Bryan Atkinson Jeffrey Baker Albert Barcena Ian Benton Daniel Berru Randy Bugni Robert Bunnell James Bybee Arnold Cabantac Joseph Casey Marc Chance Gary (Scott) Clark Robert Clarke Timothy Courtney SeanDanet David Ebersole Eric Engelldng Daniel Estrada Bruce Evans David Garcia Michael Gerthoffer Clinton Godfrey Franz Golbeck James Govier Nicholas Gutknecht James Hall Charles Hampton Lawrence Hanna Christian Hansen William Harmon Augo Harris Guy Hawkins James Hayes Christoph Hechtle Andrew Hendrickson Corey Hogberg Ryan Holland David Hosler Matthew Huckabay Robert Jardine Jedadiah Jindra Jerrett Jones Brian Joyce Nathan Kloster David Kuhnhausen Michael LaPo!lette Gregory Lake TaeLee Andres Limon Eric Lopez Brian Lott John Malinka Keith Malnar Brian Marion Phillip A. Martin John Maxwell LauraMeidell James Mooney Rodolfo Morales Richard Mueller Adam Mundt Shawn Nelson Howard Newson Casey Opdahl Gustavao Ortega Andy Ostler JohnPaley Dave Pfingsten Robert Phelps Phillip Anthony Daniel Ayotte Anthony Bartlett Craig Brown Aaron Buttars Alejandro Caravantes Kevin Chio Damon Clement Ian Dougherty Kenneth England Kenneth Frasson Gary Giessen J. Gonzalez Lucatero Jedidiah Gwinn William Hancock Joshua Harmon ChristopherHawes Jill Hebert Jason Hintgen Lynn Holyoak Bobby James Mark Johnson Joshua Kelly Daniel Kuttz David Lalowski David Lopez Joseph Lyons Michael Manding Oscar Martinez Brandon Miller Raymond Morse Paul Nelson ScottNordbye Mark Osborn Charles Peterson Simon PipeSkyWestAirlines, Inc.- FAA Case No. 2014WP910006 September 9, 20 14 Page 3 of6
Donald Powell Robert Price Todd Rimmereid Keith Robinson John Rush Robert Salisbury Randy Schaaf Jim Schoenfelder Sean Shepard Bradley Smith Darin Smith Jacob Smith Kevin Sokol Todd Spindler Jeremy**StefarL~ki** John Stewart Jolm Szrnurlo Robert Taylor Michael (Tupac) Tveten Thao Vang Yang Vue Scott Waters John Vvbitcomb Thomas Wilks John Zielinski Peter Questi Angel Rodriguez-Alicea Eliseo Sanchez Todd Schreier Bryann Smith Jeffrey Smith Timothy Stamps JohnSyme Reginald Teague Edward Vasquez Ian Weight Michael Witek

5. The employees listed inparagraph 4 were not in SkyWest's randomtesting pool on July 6, 2012. 6. 

### Mr. BrandonJennings:

a. On and immediately before January 21,2013, SkyWest employee 

### Mr. Jennings was assigned to safety-sensitive functions with Sky West. b. On January 21, 2013, Mr. Jennings was not in SkyWest's random testing pool.
7. Mr. Matthew Barber:

a. SkyWest hired 

### Mr. Barber to perform a safety-sensitive function on May 23, 2012. b. SkyWest did not receive a verified negative drug test result for Mr. Barber before May 24, 2012. 8. Ms. Adriana Chagas:

a. SkyWest transferred Ms. Chagas to a safety-sensitive function on July 26, 2013. b. Sky West did notreceive a verified negative drug test result for Ms. Chagas before July 29, 2013. 9. SkyWest subjected the following employees to drug testing on the dates listed: Employee Date ofTest Nexus Geronimo I. Gallermo April28, 2012SkyWest Airlines, Inc.- FAA Case No. 2014WP910006 September 9, 2014 Page 4 of6
YueZaho Ryan Quintanilla November {.7, 2012 November 28, 2012 10. The employees described in paragraph 9 were not assigned to safety-sensitive duties onthe dates they were subjected to testing. ll. The employees described in paragraph 9 were not involved in any accidents on or about the dates when they were subjected to post-accidenttesting. 12. The tests described in paragraph 9 were documented on a Federal DrugTesting Custody and Control Form (CCF). 13. The CCFs described inparagraph 12 specified "post accident" as the reason for the test. 14. OnMay 31, 2013, SkyWest's Medical Review Officer canceled a return to duty test due to the failure to collectthe specimenunder direct observation. 15. SubstanceAbuse Professional (SAP) writtenreports concerning follow-up evaluations, dated June 8, 2013 and July 10,2013, did not include the inclusive dates ofthe employees' program participation. Byreason ofthe foregoing facts and circumstances, it appears that Sky West violated the following sections ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations (Title 14, Code ofFederal Regulations, ChapterI):

a. Section 120.105, in that employees performing safety-sensitive functions were not subject to a drug testingprogram implemented in accordance with 14 C.F.R Part 120, Subpart E. b. Section 120.109(a)(l), in that ithired an employee to perform a safety-sensitive function listed in 14 C.F.R. Section 120.105 when it did not first receive a verified negative drug test result for that individual.

c. Section 120.I09(a)(2), in that it transferred an individual from a non-safety-sensitive to a safety-sensitive function when it did not first receive a verified negative drug test result for that individual. d. Section 120.215(a), in that employees performing safety-sensitive functions were not subject to an alcohol testing program implemented in accordance with 14 C.F.R. Part 120, Subpart F.
In addition, by reason ofthe foregoing facts and circumstances, it appears that SkyWest violated the following sections ofTitle 49, C.P.R.:

a. Section 40.47(a), in that itused a Federal CCF for a non-Federal urine collection.SkyWestAirlines, Inc.- FAA Case 

### No. 2014WP910006 

### September 9, 2014 Page 5 

### of6 b. Section40.209(b)(6), in 

### that its MRO declared a test canceled based on an errorthat does not have a significant adverse effect on the right ofthe employee to have afair and accurate test; specifically, the failure to directly observe or monitor a collection that the rule require to be directly observed or monitored.

c. Section 40.311(d)(6), in thatits SAP's written reports concerning follow-up evaluations did not contain the inclusive dates ofthe employees' program participation. Under Title 49, United States Code, Sections 46301(a) and (d), as modified at 14 C.P.R. Part 13, 

### Subpart H, 

### Sh.')'West is subjectto acivil penalty not to exceed $27,500 for each of the violations noted. We propose to assess a civil penalty inthe amount .of.$280,375. Unless SkyWest mails orpersonally delivers, in writing, its requestfo,ra]1.eari;I)g,i)lthj§ matte,r, onor before fifteen(15)•days after SkyWest receives this. FinalNotice. ofPtciposed Civil Penalty (Final Notice), an OrderAssessing Civil Penalty will 

### be issued andSkyWest 

### willhave

# nofurther rightto ahearing.IfSkyWest does not submit awritten request for a hearing, SkyWest must pay the proposed civil penalty. Arequest

### for a hearingmust

### be sentto: Federal AviationAdministration Attention: Hearingpocket Cler.k, AGC-430 WilburW,right Building 800 Independence Avenue Southwest Washington, DC 20591 Acopy must also be sentto.the undersigned FAA attorney at the following address: F.ederal AviationAdministration Office ofRegional**Counsel~ANM-7** 

### Northwest Mountain Region 1601 LindAvenue, Southwest Renton, WA 98057 SkyWest request's mustbe dated and signed,.inaccordancewith Section 13.16 ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations (14 C.P.R. Section 13.16), sent to SkyWest with the Notice. SkyWest may pay the proposed penalty by submitting a certified check or money order, payable to the "Federal Aviation Administration," to the Office ofRegional Counsel, Northwest Mountain Region, 1601 LindAvenue Southwest, Renton, Washington 98057. In

### the alternative, SkyWest may pay its civil penalty with a credit card or a bank account debit over the Internet. To pay electronically, visit the web site at https:/lwww.pay.gov. Under the Search Public Forms option type in "FNM-FINEl." Click on "FAA Civil PenaltySkyWest Airlines, Inc.- FAA Case No. 2014WP910006 September 9, 2014 Page 6 of6 Payments-- NorthwestMountainRegion." SkyWest mustthen complete the requested information and click "Continue." SkyWest will thenbe directed to enter its credit card or bank account debit information. To use thebank account debit SkyWest will need its bank routing, account, and checknumbers.
IfSky Westhas 

### any questions regarding this FinalNotice, please contactFAAAttomey 

### J. M. Harper at telephone number (425) 227-2161. DWIGHT S. WILLIAMS Regional Counsel



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