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U.S. Department ofTransportation Federal**Aviatlo~** Administration April 8, 2014 4252271007 ANM7

Northwest Mountain Region Office of Regional Counsel Colorado, Idaho, Montana, oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming 1601 Lind Avenue S.W. Renton, Washington 98057 Tel: (425) 227-2161 Fax: (425) 227-1007 jeffrey.harper@faa.gov

VIA FACSlMILE AND CERTifiED MAIL- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Federal Avi.ation Administration Attn: HearingDocket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Room 2Wl000 800 Independence Avenue, Southwest Washington, DC 20591 {-\ (___()
_ () \\'-\ Re: 

### In the Matter ofGreatWestern 

### Air, LLC, FAACase No. 2013WP910239 Enclosed please find a copy ofa request for hearing and the original and one copy ofthe Complaint in

### this proceeding. The FAArequests thatthe hearing inthis matter be held 

### in Las Vegas, Nevada, and expects that 

### th<:; hearing 

### will last one day. For scheduling purposes, counsel :for 

### the FAA is unavailable onth.e following dates 

### in 2014: May 

### 2,--4, May 

### 16---23, June 

### 20--23, July**13~29,** August 22-25, 

### and September 

### 12-15. Please address 

### ail communications 

### to 

### the undersigned at: Federal Aviation Administration NorthwestMotmtain Region, 

### ANM-7 1601 LindAvenue Southwest Renton, Washington 98057 

### (425) 227-2161, Fax: (425) 227-1007 Sincerely,

# t~~ FAAAttorney 

### JMH/ds Enclosure: Request for Hearing (Appeal) Complaint PAGE**~2/10**04/08/2014 09:27 4252271007

Jeffrey M. Harper FAA Office of Regional Counsel 1601 Lind Avenue, Southwest Renton, Washington 98057 (425) 227-2161, Fax: (425) 227-1007 ANM7



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

WASHINGTON, D.C.

In the Matter of: Great Western Air, 

### LLC FAA Case No. 2013WP9101239 DMSNo.:NotAssigned \ JudgeNot Assigned


### COMPLAINT The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), by counsel, hereby files itsComplaint, pursuant to Rule 208 ofthe Rules ofPractice 14 C.P.R.§ 13.208, and states as follows: 

### I. On March 18,2014, Great Western Air, 

### LLC was advisedthrough a Final Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty that the FAAproposed to assess 

### a civil penalty in the amount of $35,925. OnApril 3, 2013, GreatWestem, through its legal counsel, submitted a written request for a hearing. II. 1. GreatWesternAir, LLC (GreatWestern) is now, and at all times relevant herein was, 

### t11e holder of

### Air Carrier Certificate No. N2UA274L issued under

### Title 14, C.P.R., Part 

### 119, and conducts 

### .its operations pursuant to Part 

### 135 ofthe FederalAviation Regulations (FAR), 14 C.P.R. Chapter 

### I. PAGE 03/10

2. At all times relevant herein, GreatWestern held appropriate Operations Specifications (OpSpecs) certifying 

### it would comply wit11 the requirements of 14 C.P.R. Part 120 and 49 C.F.R. Part

### 40 

### for its Antidrug andAlcohol Mi.suse Prevention Program. 

### 3. 

### Mr. Kelly Campbell:04/08/2014 09:27 4252271007 ANM7

a. 

### Mr. Campbell was hiredby GreatWestern to perform a safety·sensitive fi.mction onNovember 19,2012. b. 

### Mr. Campbell was not in GreatWestern's Department ofTransportation (DOT) random testing pool onJanuary 1, 2013.
c. 

### Mr. Campbell was notin Great Western's DOTrandomtesting pool on April 

### I, 2013. d. 

### Mr. Campbell was notin GJ:eat Westen1's DOTrandom testing pool on 

### July l, 2013.
e. Mr. Campbell was added to Great Western's DOTrandon) testing pool on July 17,2013. f. 

### Mr. Campbell was a flight crewmember on flights operated by GreatWestern under 14 C.F.R. Part 135 on: (I) November 25, 2012; (2) January 5, 2013; (3) January 10, 2013; (4) April28, 2013; (5) May 3, 2013; (6) May 5, 2013; (7) May 6, 2013; (8) May 7, 2013; and (9) June 16,2013, 4. Mr. Daniel Ford:
a. 

### Mr. Ford was hiredby GreatWestern. to perfonn a safety-sensitive function on March 1, 2013. b. Mr. Ford was not in Great Western's DOTrandom testing pool onApril 1, 2013.
c. 

### Mr. Ford was not in GreatWestern's DOTrandom. testing pool onJuly 1, 2013. PAGE 04/10

C\1mpl0.f11t ln. tbe ]\.1atter of**Gn~at Wr;~·•tcrn**  Ai:r, LJ.,C JEFFREY M. 1-:IAR.PI::H., FAA ATTOR.NEY TEL (425) 2Z7·2161; FAX: (4!5) 227,J007 FAA Case No. 2013WP91 0239. [)MS No. Not**A~'igned P~lg:e**  2 of804/08/2014 09:27 4252271007 ANM7

d. 

### Mr. Ford

### was added to Great Westem's 

### DOT random testing pool on 

### July 17,2013.
e. 

### Mr. Ford was a flight crewmember en flights operated by GreatWestem under 

### 14 C.F.R. Part 135 on: (1) March 10, 20\3; (2) April 3, 2013; (3) April23, 2013; (4) May 3, 2013; 

### (5) May 

### 5, 2013; (6) May 6, 2013; 

### (7) May 

### 7, 2013; and (8) June 16, 2013. 

### 5. 

### Mr. Wayne Blake:
a. 

### Mr. Blake was hired by Great**Westen:~** to perfoDU a safety-sensitive functi.on on March 

### I, 2013. 

### b. 

### Mr. Blake was not in Great Westem's 

### DOT random testingpool on April!, 

### 2013.
c. 

### Mr. Blake 

### was not 

### in GreatWestern's 

### DOT randomtesting pool 

### on Ju1y 1, 2013. d. 

### Mr. Blake was added to Great Western's 

### DOT random testing pool on 

### July 17,2013.


### c. Mr. Blake 

### was a flight crewmember on flights operated by GreatWestern under 

### 14 C.F.R. Part 135 on: (1) March 13, 2013; (2) March )4, 20 13; (3) March 19, 2013; (4) May 9, 2013; PAGE 05/10

Comph-d:nt In. the. Mattw- ofGreat**Wc~tcrn** Air_, LLC JEFFRF.!'l' M.**1-IARP.Bl~.** FAAAlTO'RNEY TEL: (425) 227·2161; FAXo (425) 227-1007 FAA Case No. 2013WP9J0239, DMS No. Not Azoigned Page 3 of804/08/2014 09:27 4252271007 ANH7

(5) June 28, 2013; and (6) July 10,2013. 6. Ms. Felicia Rin.don:


### a. Ms. Rindon was hired by Great Western to perfom1 a safety-sensitive function on April 16,2013. b. Ms. Rindonwas not 

### in Great Western's DOT random testing pool onJuly 

### 1, 2013.
c. Ms. Rindon was added

### to GreatWestern's DOT random testing pool on July 

### 17, 2013. d. Ms. Rindon was a fl.ight crewmember O!J flights operatedby GreatWestern under 

### 14 C.F.R. 

### J?art 135 on: (1) May 9, 2013; 

### (2) June 

### 6, 2013; (3) June 28, 2013; and (4) July 7, 2013. 

### 7. Mr. 

### Jam.es Walker
a. 

### Mr. Walker was hired by GreatWestern to pexform a safety-sensitive function on June 27, 

### 2013. b. 

### Mr. Walker was not in Great Western's DOTrandom testing pool on 

### July 1, 2013.


### c. 

### Mr. Walker 

### was added to Great Western's DOTrandom testing pool on July 

### 17, 2013. d. Mr. Walker was a 

### flight crewm.ember on a flight operated by GreatWestern under 14 C.P.R. Part 135 on July 

### 1, 2013. 8. Random selections from Great Western's DOTrandom testing poolwere made on:


### a. 

### January 1, 2013; b. April 1, 2013; and PAGE 05/10

C(lmplaint ln the: M11.t1:er ofOrco.t Western Air, LLC JEFFREY M.. HARPER. FAAATTORNlN 'lllL:**(-1~5)** 227·2161; J'AX: (4:!5) 227·1 007 FAACas< No. 2013WP910239. DMS No. Not Asslg"ed P•go4 of804/08/2014 09:27 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 07/10

c. July 1, 2013. 

### 9. Mr. David Ciarochi:
1;1. 

### Mr. Ciarochi was hired by GreatWestern to perform a safety-sensitive function on October 31,2012. b. Great Western did not receive a verified negative drug testresultfor 

### Mr. Ciarochi untilNovember 2, 2012. 10. 

### Mr. Chance D\1vaiJ:
a. 

### Mr. Duvail wru; hired by Great Western to perform a safety-sensitive function on July 3, 2013. b. Great Western did not subject Mr. DuvaiJ to a pre-employment drug testbefore July 4, 2013.


### c. Great Western did notreceive a verified negative drug test 

### result for 

### Mr. Puvail beforeJuly 4, 2013. d. On July 3, 2013, Mr. Duvail performed )Tlaintcnance or preventive maintenance on civil aircraft N400KP.
e. On July 3, 2013, Paragraph DOSS ofGreatWestern's OpSpecs authorized it to use N400KP inthe conduct ofits Part 135 operations. 

### IlL 1. By reason ofthe foregoing circumstance(s), Great Western violated the following provisions ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations (14 C.F.R.):
a. Section 120.105, in that employees performing safety-sensitive functions were not subjectto a drug testing program implemented in accordance with 14 C.F.R. Part 120, Subpart E. b. Section 120.109(a)(1), in that ithired an. individual for a safety-sensitive function listed in 14 C.F.R. Section 120.105 when it did not first conduct a preemploymenttest and receive a ved.fied negative drug test result for that individual.
c. Section 120.215(a), inthat employees performing safety-sensitive functions were not subject to an alcohol testing program implemented in accordance with 14 C.F.R. Part 120, Subpa1t F. Compla.int J.n 1:heMatter ofGreat Western Air, LLC F.A.A Case No.**2013WP9l023~-** DMS Nll- NotAssigned Page 5 of8 JEFl'!;>..i::Y M. HARPf):lt, F.A..t\. A1TC1R:Nf.;Y TEL: (425) 227-216\; !'AX:**(4~5)** 227-JOOl04/08/2014 09:27 4252271007 ANM7

2. Under 49 U.S.C. 

### §§ 46301 (a) and (d), Great Western is liable for a civil penalty not to exceednotto exceed $1!,000 for each ofthe violations noted. 

### 3. Under the facts and circumstances ofthis case, a civil penalty of$35,925 is appropriate. Respectfully submitted this 

### 8'h day ofApril, 2014.

# ~~.#'~ J.
. 

### Harper F · Attorney PAGE 08/10

Corn.phl.int In the Matter ofGreat V\·'cstcm Air. LLC**JEF.F,R,~Y** 1\1. HARPER. F tl.A. AYr'ORNEY TEL: (425) 227,2161; FAX: (425) n7-l007 FAA Case No. Z013WP910Z3!1. DMS No. Not Assigned P<>go 6 of804/08/2014 09:27 4252271007 ANM7

ANSWER In accordance with. Section l3.209(a) ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations, Great Western must answer this Complaint not laterthan 30 days afterthe date the Complaint is served. Failure to file an Answer within 30 days without good cause shall be deemed an admission ofthe truth ofeach allegation contained in the Complaint. 14 C.F.R. 

### § 13.209(f). PAGE 09/10**Compl~1.im** Jn "l:he Mattct**ofGrca~** Western AJr. 

### u:.c JEFW,REY M.**HAg)>~R,** F.AJ\.ATI"ORNEY TEL;**(4~5)** 227-21**~I;** I' AX; (425) 227·.1 007 FAA Case No. 20DWP910239. DMS No. N<•t Assigned Page7 of804/08/2014 09:27 4252271007 ANM7



### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing Complaint has been sen'ed via facsimile and Certified Mail- Return ReceiptRequestedthis date, to the following: Federal Aviation Administration 

### Attn: Heating Docket 

### Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2W!000 800 Independence Avenue Southwest Washington, 

### DC 20591 Fax: (202) 493-5142 

### Mr. Mark J. Connot, 

### Esq Fox Rothschild, 

### LLP 3800 HowardHughes 

### Parkway, Suite 

### 500 Las Vegas, NV 89169 

### Pax: (702) 597-5503 Dated 

### this 8th day ofApril, 2014.

Office ofRegional 

### Counsel (ANM-7) Federal Aviation Administration 1601 LindAve. SW Renton, W A 98057 (425) 227-2164 PAGE 10/10**Cornp\~J.int** In t11e M.3:ttcr ofGrcut Western A.i.r, LLC JEFTKE y M ..1-l.A**i~J!£R~** FAA A**1"f.'ORN!~.V** n;L; (425) 227-2161; l'AX.: (425) 227-1007 FAA Case N"- 2013WP9I0239. DMS Nt>. Not Assigned Page. S. of 8