Jeffrey M. Harper FAA Office of Regional Counsel 1601 Lind Avenue Southwest Renton, Washington 98057 Todd C. Emerson SkyWest Airlines, Inc. 444 South River Road St. George, Utah 84790 T (435) 634-3530 

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### In the Matters of: F(435) 634-3505 

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. FAA CaseNo. 2012NM060030 DMS No. FAA-2014-0322 FAA CaseNo. 2014WP910006 DMSNo. FAA-2014-0686 FAA Case No. 2012NM060029 DMS No. FAA-2014-0809 SkyWest Airlines, Inc. FAA CaseNo. 2012NM060123 DMS No. FAA-2014-0810



### Third FAA CaseNo. 2013NM060083 DMS No. FAA-2014-0811 FAA Case No. 2015WP910079 DMS No. FAA-2016-4267 Honorable Douglas M. Rawald



### Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings and Joint Report on Progress of Negotiations In accordance with 14 C.F.R. 

### § 13.218(a), the partiesjointlybring this Motionto Stay Proceedings. OnMarch 31, 2016, the pat1iesjointly moved to stay theproceedings inthese cases on the basis thatthe pat1ies have begun negotiating a global settlementto all pending cases involving Respondent SkyWest. Those cases include the six before this forum, and 22 others in various procedural postures.On April6, 2016, the court granted the requested stay through June 6, 2016, and directed the parties to submit ajoint repmi onthe progress ofsettlement negotiations on or before that date. On June 6, 2016, the parties submitted a Second Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings; which the court granted, directing the parties to submit ajointreport no later than October 1, 2016 providing an update on the status ofproceedings. On September20,2016, SkyWest and the Department ofJustice entered into a second tolling agreement, extending the statute oflimitationsfor the cases withinthe exclusive jurisdiction ofthe District Comis to March 1, 2017. Exhibit 1. Settlement negotiations have been ongoing since that time, with progress made. Although a final agreement has not been reached, the parties have reached broad agreement on a number ofthe issues between the parties, and continueto work towards reaching agreement the details ofimplementation for those issues, as well as agreement on resolving other issues involved in the cases. The parties remain confident that an agreement will be reached. Accordingly, the parties move the court to extend the stay ofproceedings to March 1, 2017, consistent with the tolling agreement entered into by theparties on September 20, 2016. Respectfully submitted this 

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Jeffrey M. Harper, FAA Attorney Federal Aviation Administration T (425) 227-2161 F(425) 227-1007 Todd C. Emerson SkyWest Airlines, Inc. T (435) 634-3530 F(435) 634-3505

### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing JointMotion to Stay Proceedings has been served via faesimils and Gertifieg Mail 

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### R-ettun Reeeipt Requested this date, to the following: The Honorable Douglas M. Rawald Office ofHearings, M-20 1200NewJersey Avenue, S.E. (Ell-310) Washington, DC 20590 Fax: (202) 366-7536 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2Wl000 Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591 Fax: (202) 267-1293

Dated this 3'd day ofOctober, 2016.

Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings (3rd) In the Matters of SkyWest Airlines, Inc. OMS Nos. FM-2014-0322, -0686, -0809, -0810, -0811, FM-2016-4267 Page 3 of 3 Jeffrey M. Harper, FAA Attorney Federal Aviation Administration T(425) 227-2161 F(425) 227-1007 Todd C. Emerson SkyWest Airlines, Inc. T(435) 634-3530 F(435) 634-3505