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## (425) 227-2161 RE: Sky West Airlines, Inc. 

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Inthe Matter of: SkyWest Airlines, Inc. FAA DOCKETNot**As~igned** FAA Case No. 2011NM060049 OMS Nos. FAA-2012-0776 ·Judge Richard C. Goodwin



### COMPLAINANT'S INITIAL DISCOVERY REOUEST

To: Respondent

In accordance with 14 C.F.R

..§ 13.220 and the Federal.Rules ofCivil Procedure, please respond to the following Interrogatories, Requests for Production ofDocurnel\tS, and Requ.est for Admissions, separately and fully und.er oath bySeptembeJ: 

### 17, 2012

11Jese discovery requests are intended to discover information and/or docrunents not onJy within yourpersonal knowledge or obtainable by you, but also information 

### in the possession of

or obtainable by your attorneys, investigators, representatives, employees, agents, or anyone acting on yourbehalfor on their behalf.

T11ese discovery requests 

### are continuing 

### in nature and any infonnation which may be discovered by you subsequent to the service and filing ofyour answers must be broughtto the attention ofthe agency attorney through supPlemental answers whenitbecomes available to you, at a reasonable time priorto tl1e hearing inthis matter. Ifthere are any additions, deletions

or changes in the answers or iilfOim,ation provided at any time prior

### to hearing the Respondent is specifically requested to so immediately inform the agency a.ttomey. 

### IfSllch information is not furnished, the agency attorney at the time ofthe hearing will move to exclude from evidence such information requested andnot furnished. · The agency attorney further requests that the Respondent produce· the documents identified and designated herein. for inspection and copying at the Federal AviationAdministration (FAA) Office ofRegional Counsel, Suite 570, 1601 Lind Avenue, Sou.thwest, Renton, Washington 98057, by SeptembeJ:" 17.2012.

Complainant's tnitia1**Di.:::cov~::ry** Request Skywest Airlines- 201INM060049, FAA-2012-0776 Page I or7 JEFFREY M. HAANl!t, FAA ATTORNEY TEJ.: (425) 2Z7,n6I; FAX: (425) 227-100708/17/2012 08:27 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 03/08

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### 'PRIVILEGE If, in

### respo~.diug to, or failing to ;espOJld to these Interrogatories, Requests for Admission and Requests for Production you invoke orrely upon any privilege ofany kind, state specifically the nature ofthe privilege; the basis upon which you invoke, rely upon, or claim 

### it, including 

### any statutory or decisional reference; and identify all documents or other informstion, including contacts and communications. which 

### you believe to be embraced bythe privilege invoked.



### DATED this 17thday of

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Complainant's lnitiF.Ll.Di.seovery Requr::st SJ<ywest Airlines- 201INM060049, FAA-2012-0776 Page2 of7 1"-Fl'R.EY M. HARPER, FAA ATTORNEY TEL: (425) 227·2161; FAX: (425) 2:27-100708/17/2012 08:27 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 04/08

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### INTERROGATORIES InterrogatorvNo. I: know to have personIdentifyby name, address, and telephone nwnber all persons whom you al knowledge ofthe matters alleged in the Complaint. Jnterrogaton: No. 2: documents, including Identify by title, date, author, present custodian, and content, all

correspondence, obtainedby you orin your possession, relating to the plaint, your appeal, your answer, and any affirmative defenses which you this matter. See Request for Production No. 

### 1. · assertions inthe Coro anticipate raising in Interrogaton: No.3: Identify by nan1e, address and telephone nwnber, all persons whom you as a factual or expettwitness in your.defense at the hearing in this matter, sses, provide a detai.)ed sununru:y ofeach person's anticipated testimony. intend to have testify and for factual witne, lnterrogaton: No.4: whichyou anticipateIdentify by title, date, author, present custodian, and content, all docuo'J.ents offering into evidence or using at the hearing in this matter, and through tnesses the docuni.ent v.ill be offered. See Request for ProductionNo. 2. which witness orwi Interrogaton:No. 5: With respect to each expert witness.identified inresponse to specify their specific area ofexpertise, and. provide a synopsis oftheir und, training, and experience. Interrogatory No. 3, , credentials, backgw Interrogaton: No. 6: subject matter Oll wl Withrespect to each expert you expect to call as a witness, state the :Uch the expert is expected to testify, state the substance ofthe facts and e expert is expected to testify, and provide sunimru:y ofthe grounds for opinions to which th each such opinion. Interrogaton: No. 7: Describe with specificity all ofthe facts which you anticipate presenting in aring in this matter pertaining to the avoidance or mitigation ofthe san.ction the course ofthe he m this case. · soughtby the FAA · Interrogaton:No. 8: State by name, address, telephone number, date ofconversation, and ation, all persons, other thanlegal counsel or your spouse, with whom you matters alleged inthe Complaint. substance ofconvers have disc)lSsed the Interrogaton: No. 

## 2: For each allegation in the Complaintthat is denied-whetheroutright or as ufficient inforn1ation or knowledge from whichto form a beliefas to the

n-state with specificity the facts that are the basis for that denial as well a.s

determine thatthe allegation in the complaintis not correct. See Request a result ofhaving s truth ofthe allegatio the inquiries taken to for ProductionNo. 3 lnterrogaton: No. I0 : For any ofthe requests for admissions below that is denied, state with that are the basis for that denial as well as the inquiries taken to determine equest for admission are notcorrect. See Request for ProductionNo.4. specificity the facts thatthe facts in the r Interrogaton: No. 11 : Describe with specificity all facts or evidence you. intend to relyupon in mnative defenses raised in anyAnswerto the Complaint, to include support ofany affi · identifying the speci fie FAA policy you claim is violated by the proposed penalty in these cases. ductionNo.5. See Request for Pro

Complainant's Initial Disc.overy Request Skywest Airlines- 201 lNM060049, FAA·20l2·0776 Pago 3 of7**J~Y'f\1".** HARPER, FAAAITORNEY TEJe; (425) 227-2161; FAX: (4Z!5) 227-1007BB/17/2012 B8:27 4252271BB7 ANM7 PAGE 05/08

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### REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION Regyest for ProductionNo. 1: Interrogatory No. 2 Provide a copy ofall docum.ents referred to in your answer to

. Reguest for Producti.on No. 2: Provide a copy ofall documents referred to in your answer to Interrogatory No. 4. Regyest for Production No.3: Provide a copy ofall documents that support your answer to Interrogatory No. 9. Reguest for Production No. 4; Provide a copy ofall documents that support your answer to -Interrogatory No. 10. Reguest for Producti.on No.5: Provide a copy ofall documents that support your answer to Interrogatory No. 11. REODEST FORADMISSIONS

Under 14 C.P.R.§ 13,220(b) and Rule 36 ofthe Federal Rules ofCivi1 Procedure, you are requested to admit the truth o fthe following matters. Amatter is admitted unless responded to es ofPractice in FAA Civil PenaltyActions, 14 C.P.R. § 

### in a reasonable tb::ne. T11e Ru1 13 .220(d), defines a reasonable time to 

### be 30 days. The agency requests that an answer is rney either admitting the matter, specifically denying the matter, be admitted or denied, or objecting to the request, with

### reasons thin 30 days ofthe date ofservice upon you, that is, served upon the agency atto stating why the matter cannot for the objection stated 

### wi 

# .. September 17,2012. 

### Reguest for Admission No. 1: SkyWestAirlines had opera · Quarterly Fi.uancialReview ( Office ofAviation Analysis, Admit that, for the 12 month period ending Decetnber 2011, :ling revenues in excess of$100 million, as shown by the Airline

4th Quarter 2011) published by the Department ofTransportation, Competition and Policy Analysis Division. Reguest for Admission No. 2 : Ad!:nit that, as ofDecember 31, 2011, SkyWestAirlines employs
as shown by Sb.-yWestAirliues' 2011 Annual Report. more than 1,500 employees, Reguest for Admission No.3: Admit that SkyWestAirlines has the financial ability to pay the ty in FAA Case No. 2011NM060049, FDMS No. FAA-2012- $50,0()0**~equested** 

### civil penal 0776. Reguest for Admission No. 4: Arunit that at all times relevant to the Complaint, the SkyWest ctice 4100, Part XII, revision Orig of 1APR 1 0), Chapter 4, · caution substantially similar to; W&B Manual (Staudard Pra paragraph 6.B.4 contained a**Complainant~s** Initial Discovery R cqucst Slcywest Alrlines- 20llNM06D049, FAA·2012-0776 Page 4 of7 JEFFREY M.**HAlt~'"'** FAAA'ITO!<NlW TEL: (425) 227-2161; FAX (425) 227-100708/17/2012 08:27 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 05/08

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### 0CAUTION -When loading ballast, the CS Ground gent verifies ballast does not exceed weight limit. Operations A floor bearing Reguest forAdmissionNo. 5: Admit that from September 22, 2011 to present, the.SkyWest

ce 4100, Part XII, revision 01 of22 SEP 11 ), Chapter 4, W&B Manual (Standard Practi tion substantially similar to: paragra,ph 6.B.4 contains a cau



### 0cAUTION -When loading ballast, the CS ground gent vetifies ballast does not exceed floor operations a bearing weight limit. Ballast may not 

### be. stacked when floor ht limits may be exceeded. bearing weig Reguest for AdmissionNo. 6: 2011 reflects the loading of55 Reguest for Admission No.7: March 17, 2011 took theform

Reouest for Admission No. 8: Admitthat the Cargo Load Report for F1ight 4729 ofMarch 17, 0 pounds ofballast aboard the flight in the aft cargo bin.

Admit that the 550 pounds ofballast aboard Flight 4729 of of50 pound ballastbags.

top ofeach aboard :for Flight 4 Admit that two or more 50 pound ballast bags'were stacked on 729 ofMarch 17,2011. Reguest for Admission No. 9; Admit that at all times relevant to the Complaillt Sky West's

ce 4100, Part XII, revision Orig of 1APR 1 0) prohibited

on top ofeach other. W&B Manual (Standar.d Practi stacking 50 pound ballast bags ReguestforAdmissionNo. 10: Admit that three SkyWest 50 pound ballast bags stacked atop oor loading limit ofthe 

### aft cargo bin ofN464SW. each other would exceed the 

### fJ Reguestfor AdmissionNo. 11: Admit that Sky West paid a civil penalty in FAA Case No. 2009NM060023. Reguest for AdmissionNo. 12. · Admit that a violation in FAA Case No. 2009NM060023 go contrary to approved procedures in Sky West's OpSpecs. involved Sky West loading car Reguest for AdmissionNo. 13 : Admit that Sky West paid a civil penalty in FAA Case No. 2009NM060050. Reguest forAdmissionNo. 14 involved Sky West loading car : Admit that a violation in FAA Case No. 2009NM060050 go contrary to approved procedures 

### in: Sky West's OpSpecs. ReguestforAdmissionNo. 15 : Admit that SkyWest paid a civil penalty in FAA Case No. 2009NM060124.

Compla1nMt's Initial Discovery Reques;t FAA-2012-0776 JEPJ'REYM. HARPER. FAA ATTORNEY TEL: (425)227·2161; FAX: (425) 227-1007 Skywcst Airlines- 20!1NM060049, Page 5 of708/17/2012 08:27 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 07/08

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### Reguest for Admission No. 16: Admitthat a violation in FAA Case No. 2009NM060124 o contrary to approved procedures in 

### SkyWest's OpSpecs. involved SkyWest loading carg Reguest for Admission No. 17: Admitthat SkyWest paid a civil penalty in FAA Case No. 2010NM060020. Reguest for Admission No. 18: Admit that a violation in FAA Case No. 2010NM060020 illvolved SkyWest loading cargo contrary to approved procedures in 

### SkyWest's OpSpecs. Reguest for Admission No. 19: Admit that SkyWest paid a civil penalty in FAA Case No. 2010NM060068. Reguest for Admission No. 20: involved. SkyWest loading carg Adrnlt that a violation in FAA Case No. 201ONM060068 o conttary to approved procedures 

### in SkyWest's OpSpecs.

R52!Juest for Admission No. 21: Admit that SkyWest paid a civil penalty in FAA Case No. 2010NM060076. Reguest forAdmission No. 22: Admit that a violation in 

### FAA Case No. 2010NM060076 involved SkyWest loading cargocontraiy to approved procedures in 

### SkyWest's OpSpecs. Reguest for Admission No. 23: Admit that SkyWest paid a civil penal.ty in FAA Case No. 2010NM060100.**R~uest** 

### for Admission No. 24: Admit that a violation in FAA Case No. 2010NM0601 00 cargo contrary to approved procedures in SkyWest's OpSpecs. involved SkyWest loading Reguest forAdmission No. 25: Admit that SkyWest paid a civil penalty in FAA Case No. 2010NM060106.

Reou.est for Admission No. 26: Adrnlt that a violation in FAA Case No. 2010NM0601 06 argo contrary to approved procedures in SkyWest's OpSpecs. involved SkyWest loading c

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### CERTIFICATE OF S:ERVICE

6 I hereby certify that the foregoing Complainant's Initial Discovery Requests has been served 7 via facsimile aud certifi.ed mail -Return Receipt Requested this date, to the followiug: 9 9 10 11 :\:>. 13 14 ).5 16 17 18 19 20 21 2'1 23 24. 25 7.6 7.7 28 29 30 31 32 

### The Honorable Richard 

### C. Goodwin Office ofHearings, M-20 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.

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### East Building Ground Floor, 

### Rm. E12-320 Washington, D;C. 20590 · 

### TEL: (202) 366-2139 FAX: (202) 

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Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Suite ZWl000 Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independe!lCe Ave. SW. Washington, DC 20591 FAX: (202) 493-5142

Todd Emerson, Esq. SkyWest Airlines 444 

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