Q 

U.S. Department ?.°° '."""Ef^l^^f^n^^H ®•^• 

of Transportation Office of the Chief Counsel Washington, D.C. 20691 

Federal Aviation 

Administration 

November 4,2010 

Mr. Antonio M. Sabino 

Soar Minden, Inc., & Minden Aviation, Inc. 

PO Box 1764 

1138 Airport Road 

Minden, NV 89423 

Re: Soar Minden. Inc.. & Minden Aviation. Inc.. v. Douglas County Airport. 

FAA Docket No. 16-10-06 

Dear Mr. Sabino: 

The Federal Aviation Administration ('TAA") received your letter submitted as your Part 16 

Complaint dated October 27,2010. The letter and attachments are being returned to you and 

your complaint is dismissed pursuant to 14 CFR § 16.27 because it is incomplete and your 

submissions do not meet the requirements under 14 CFR Part 16 to serve as a complaint. 

Specifically, the complaint: 

• Was not served by the proper method as required by 14 CFR §16.13(b) in that it 

was not sent by personal delivery, mail, or facsimile followed by personal deliver 

or mail to the proper parties. 

• Does not have on the fii^t page of the Complaint a list information of the 

person(s) to receive service as required by 14 CFR § 16.13(f). 

• Does not contain a Certificate of Service as required by 14 CFR §16.15. 

• Does not contain sufficient information to show that the Complainant initiated 

and engaged in good faith efforts to resolve the disputed matter informally with 

those individuals or entities beUeved responsible for the noncompliance as 

required by 14 CFR § 16.21(a), Mediation in a related district court proceeding is 

not considered informal resolution required under this Part, 

• Does not certify that substantial and reasonable good faith efforts to resolve the 

disputed matter were made informally prior to filing the complaint and that there 

appears no reasonable prospect for timely resolution of the dispute. Further, it 

does not include a brief description of the party's efforts to obtain informal 

resolution as requu-ed by 14 CFR §16.21(b). 
• Does not state the name and address of each person who is the subject of the 

complaint and, with respect to each person, ^ e specific provisions of each Act 

that the complainant believes were violated as required by 14 CFR §16.23(b)(l). 

• Does not show that the Complainant served the proper parties involved as 

required by 14 CFR § 16.23(b)(2). 

• Does not provide a concise but complete statement of the facts relied upon to 

substantiate each allegation as required by 14 CFR §16.23(b)(3). 

• Does not describe how the complainant was directiy and substantially affected by 

the things done or omitted to be done by the respondents as required by 14 CFR 

§r6.23(b)(4). 

Accordingly, the complaint is dismissed without prejudice as incomplete under 14 C.F.R. § 

16.27 to allow the Complainants the opportunity to correct the deficiencies noted above. Part 

16 Docket No. 16-10-06 is hereby closed. You may file a new complaint consistent with the 

requirements of Part 16. 

Should you have any questions on this matter, please call me at 202-267-9676. 

Sincerely, 

aymondVeatch 

Attorney, Airport Law (AGC-610) 

Office of the Chief Counsel 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

enclosures: your complaint and its attachments 

cc: ACO-lOO (without enclosures) 

Part 16 Docket Clerk (without enclosures)