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of Transportation 

April 23, 2010 

Mr. Christopher Behnam 

Friendship Airways, Inc. d/b/a Yellow Air Taxi 

4201 Ravens wood Road 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 

Re: Docket DOT-OST-2005-21533 

Application to resume scheduled passenger operations as a commuter air carrier 

Dear Mr. Behnam: 

We have completed our initial review of the information you filed on April 10, 2010, on behalf 

of Friendship Airways, Inc. d/b/a/ Yellow Air Taxi ("YAT"), for the determination of its 

fitness to resume commuter operations. We have determined that we will need additional 

and/or clarifying information before we may complete our review. The attached Information 

Request lists the areas where further information and/or clarification is necessary. 

I ask that you respond fully to this request within 30 days of the date of this letter. The 

original plus 3 copies of your response should be mailed to U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations (M-30, Room W12-140), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 

20590, or you may electronically file your response at www.regulations.gov. 

As is the Department's practice, further processing of your application will be deferred 

pending receipt of this material. In addition, please remember that YAT should promptly 

provide the Department with any information regarding changes it may undergo in areas 

affecting its fitness (i.e., management, operating plans or financial condition, compliance 

disposition, or ownership) while its application is under review by the Department. 

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this letter 

or the requested information, please feel free to contact Katy O'Toole of my staff at 

(202)366-9721. 

Sincerely, 

Vanessa R. Balgobin 

Acting Chief, Air Carrier Fitness Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

Enclosure 
cc: Docket DOT-OST-2005-21533 

Mr. Jerry Proenza 

Mr. Steve Adams 

Federal Aviation Administration 

South Florida FSDO 

2895 SW 145*^ Avenue 

Suite 120 

Miramar, FL 33027 
FRIENDSHIP AIRWAYS, INC. d/b/a/ YELLOW AIR TAXI 

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 

1. Please place a copy of YAT's Pre-Application Statement of Intent ("PASI") filed with 

the Federal Aviation Administration, in the docket of this proceeding, together with 

information on any changes that have been made to this filing since its original 

submission. 

2. Please provide balance sheets and income statements for Friendship Airways Leasing, 

Inc., for the three most recent calendar or fiscal years, and for a period ending no more 

than three months prior to the date of filing. This information should include explanatory 

footnotes (including a description of the company's significant accounting policies, such 

as for depreciation, amortization of intangibles, overhauls, unearned revenues, and cost 

capitalization). 

3. In its application, YAT indicates it is in the process of purchasing or leasing another 

Cessna 402 aircraft. Please provide documentation of this transaction. Please include 

details of any subcontracting or "power by the hour" arrangements YAT has made with 

the leasing company. 

4. Please provide FAA Air Transport Pilot certificate numbers and current type ratings for 

YAT's Chief Pilot, D. Randy Conley. Please also provide Mr. Conley's work history for 

the years 1995-1998. 

5. Does YAT's Director of Maintenance, Glenn A. Horton, hold an Airframe and 

Powerplant certificate? If so, please provide the certificate number. 

6. Please provide an updated resume for Mr. Christopher Behnam that indicates his 

experience with YAT, including his position as Director of Operations. Please also 

describe how Mr. Behnam plans to divide his time between his job(s) as Director of 

Operations at YAT, President of the Behnam Group, and Pilot at United Airlines. 

7. Please provide clarification of YAT-603, detailing the number and frequency of 

scheduled flights that YAT intends to operate if granted commuter authority. 

8. Please provide clarification of YAT-604-2 and YAT-604-3, indicating the breakout of 

costs for only the air carrier's planned scheduled service. 

9. Please provide further detail on which aircraft (by N-number) YAT intends to designate 

for scheduled service. 

10. Please provide a detailed pre-operating expense forecast for the proposed scheduled 

operations. This forecast should include, among other things, lease deposits and rents, 

legal expenses, station expenses, facility deposits and rents, training, insurance, general, 

administrative, and employee expenses, and expenses related to FAA certification. 
Additionally, such list should distinguish between pre-operating expenses that have been 

paid, and those which remain to be paid. If there are no pre-operating costs, please 

explain. 

The information provided pursuant to this Information Request should be accompanied by the 

following certification: 

The contents of this application and the attached exhibit (s) are true and correct to the 

best of my knowledge and belief. Pursuant to Title 18 United States Code Section 1001, 

I [the individual signing the application, who shall be a principal owner, senior officer, 

or internal counsel of the applicant], in my individual capacity and as the authorized 

representative of the applicant, have not in any maimer knowingly and willfully falsified, 

concealed or failed to disclose any material fact or made any false, fictitious, or 

fraudulent statement or knowingly used any documents which contain such statements in 

cormection with the preparation, filing or prosecution of the application. I understand 

that an individual who is found to have violated the provisions of 18 U.S.C Section 1001 

shall be fined or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.