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### AALEGAL 

### 8179634959 03/23 110 

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAl., AVIAnON ADMINISTRATION
§ FAA Civil Penalty 2008SW2102gg FEDERAL AVIATION**ADMINISTRAnON~** § 

### Complainant § § FAA Docket No.CP09SW0006 v. § § Adrnblistrative 

### Law Judge § Ron. Rjcbard C. Goodwin 

### AMERICAN EAGLE AIRT

... JNES, INC., § 

### Respondent § 

### § March 23.20]0

),_.,) IY£SPONDENT'S RESPON§E TOADMINlSTRATOR'S REQUEST TO 

### AMENIB!S**COMPLA.I~T** 

### Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. 13.214(c), the Respondent, by 

### counsel, objects to the 

### Administrator's March 18, 2010 request

### to amend its 

### complaint. The hearing date set for this case is March 24, 2010, merely 5 

### days from the date 

### ofthe Adtninistrator·s request. Respon.dent received 

### copy of the Administrator's request OD. 

### Marcb 22, 2010, merely two days prior 

### to the 

### hearing. TIle 

### Administra.tor is well aW3l'e 1;hat

### amendments to a complaint sh.all be filed not later th.an ]

### 5days before the scheduled**h~aring** pursuant to 14 C.F. R. 13.214 (b)(1). 

### In. fact. the**AdJ.njnistratot'~** Counsel has done that in 

### this case already. Moreovc:r,**~blle** 

### an. adroini5LT.ative lawjudgemay allow 

### an am.en.dment ofa. 

### complai.llt less than 

### 15 days prior to 

### th.e scheduled hearing**dan~~** 

### such instances should ot)ly be 

### in tboS(; ca:l'es whete good cause is shown.

Here, the 

### action that is complained 

### ofin

### the Administrato:r.'s complaint, took 

### place 

### in lau: January 

### and early 

### February 2008. 

### The Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty, 

### Final Order> Complaint and 

### amen.ded Complaint all identifY Part D089 ofRespondenf

### s Operations SpecificatiOllS t11at 

### au:tborizes use oflhe time limitations specified in tbe EMB ESM Rev 17. Only 

### n.ow, after completing discovcry and Respondent taking depositions ofFAA lnsPQctoIS does the03/24/2010 09:48 FAX 2024935142 FAA

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Administrator now 

### reeogni:z:es c:.erta.in fai,)]ngs in its 

### case and seeks to 

### amen,d its complaint a 

### second time. Notwithstanding 

### the Adminjsttator's contenti.on in

### its request lhat

### the amendment would. not add any new or additionsl violations, in faet, it would do

### just

### tha.t. Adding 

### revision 16 

### would be to add lit 

### fa.oi'ual allegation. t.o support its jjndings 

### ofnoncompliance with the Operation,s SpeCifications paragraph that

### the current amended complaintcan not support. 

### Furthermore. whi1e the Respondent has adm.itted 

### to fue Iangua,ge in paragraphs 

### 4 and 

### 1 

### ofthe 

### ori.ginal complaint, the Respondent 

### denied the leading aUegation,s and 

### conclusions oflaw as those 

### provisions applied to the 

### regulations citG:d bythe

### Administrator. Morecver. wbile paragraph 4 provides for authority and para,graph 7 provides for a perform.ance, neit11er paragraph. d,tes·an effective da.te a,s to the applicability 

### ofthatrevision to the event that

### lead to Eagle's Self

### Disclosure to 

### the F AI
..... 

### In addition, Respondent 

### t'inds it 

### odd that 

### the Administrator states 

### that the amendment would 

### not incr.ease the civi] penalty amount sought in the complaint) in fact. (while Respondent contends 

### tha.t the FAA 

### should have accepted 

### its Voluntary Self

### Disolosure:) without this amendment and the previous 

### atnerl.dments (deletions) the AdministJ:ator has made 

### to its origin.al complaint, 

### the am.ount sought 

### by the 

### Administra:t.or should 

### in, fact be much less, if

### an,y1:h;ng atalL Lastly, even 

### assuming that Ex.hibit A was in fact responsive to the Administrator's production request, 

### Sxhibit A is In fact 

### a copy ofan eJeetronic document maintained in 

### the sole custody ofthe FAA, 

### not tM Respondent. As su.ch. the Administrator should not now be given the opportunity to amend its 

### complaint for failings in its 

### ovvn investigations 

### and short comings 

### at this late stage 

### in theprocess. The Administrator has the burden ofproofas to the 

### allegations in its complaint and 

### only now does it

### realize it oannot do that and 

### looks to the 

### Administrative Law Judge to assist in 

### its meeting that burden. 

### Respondent believes that doing so 

### would be prejudic;,al to its**d~;lfense.**
Accordingly. 

### Respondent requests thatthe AdminisiTative 

### Law Judge 

### deny the Administrator's 

### request to 

### amend its complaint.03/24/2010 09:49 FAX 2024935142 FAA

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Respectfully 

### submitted the 23rd 

### ofMarcb 2010.



### American Eagle Airlines, 

### Inc.

By:,

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### Francis C. Heil Senior Attorney for American Eagle Airlines, Inc. P.O, Bo>.: 619616 

### Mail Drop 5615 

### DFW Airport, TX 75261**~9616** Telephone; 202-496-5642 Facsimile;**202~496~5660**03/24/2010 09:49 FAX 2024935142 FAA

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CERl:.IFICATE OF SERvICE I hereby 

### certify that**today~** 

### March 23, 2010, I have sent by Facsimile and U.S. Mail the 

### foregoing 

### Response· to Administratof

### 's R.rtquesfto A.mend

### its Complaint in the matter ofFAA 

### y, Am.erican EagJe Airlines, Inc., to the following: ONt;COPY 

### The Honorable Richard C. Goodwin Administrative La,w JudSE: Department ofTransportation., 

### Rrn. E12

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### Office ofHearings, M·20 1200 New Jersey**Avenue~** SE Washington, DC 20590 Telephone:**202~366·2139** 

### FlilCsiro.i.le: 202-366-7536 Rena Price, 

### Attorney Federal 

### Aviation AdmJnistrati.on Office ofth.e Regional Coun.sel (ASW-7) 

### Soutbwest Region 

### Headquarters 2601 Meacham Blvd

.., 

### Rm. 663 Fon Wonh,**T~a.s** 761.37 Telephone: 817-222-5068 Facsimile: 817·222·5945
ORIGINAL & ONE COpy Federal, Avlation Administration 

### 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington., DC 20591 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building, Suite 2WI000 facsjmile:

# BY;c;&~.~arS**~~~.** Paralegal for 

### American Eagle Aidil1es, Int':. 

### Telephone! 817·967-1299 Facsimile: 817·967**~2937**