U.S. Department Southern Region 

of Transportation Office of the Regional Counsel 

Federal Aviation 

Administration 

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CERTIFIED- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 

Hearing Docket Clerk 

FAA, AGC-430, Suite 2W1000 

Wilbur Wright Building 

800 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, DC 20591 

Re: In the Matter of John Walsh 

FAA Case No.2014S0190111 

P.O. Box 20636 

Atlanta, Georgia 30320 

(404) 305-5200 

( 404) 305-5223 FAX 

RECE\VED 

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HEARING DOCKET 

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Enclosed herewith please find a copy of a request for hearing and the original and one copy of 

the Complaint in the above-referenced proceeding. 

The FAA requests that the hearing in this matter be held in the Miami, Florida area, and expects 

that the hearing will last one day. 

Please address all communications for the FAA to the undersigned, at: 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of the Regional Counsel, ASO-7 

Southern Region 

1701 Columbia Avenue 

College Park, GA 30337 

Telephone: (404) 305-5200, facsimile (404) 305-5223. 

Sincerely, 

Enclosures 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 

RECElVED 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 

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HEARING DOCKET 

v. 

JOHN WALSH, 

Compi<Jinant, 

Respondent 

FAA Case No: 

2014S0190111 

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RESPONDENT'S HEARING REQU~ST 

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Respondent, JOHN WALSH, by and through ~is undersigned attorney, 

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pursuant to 14 CFR 13.16 and 14 CFR 13.210, herewithjrequests a hearing on the 

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Administrator's Final Noti<;e of Proposed Civil Penalty, da\ed July 25,2014. 

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Stuart A Goldst~in, P. A. 

7300 North Kendall Drive, Suite 380 

Miami, FL 3315(6 

Tel: (305) 67(H222 

Fax: (305) 40p-0685 

Email: stuartgoJ.i:lsteinpa@attnet 

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Stuart A. Goldstein 

Attorney ror Respondent I 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 11th day of August, 2014, the original and one 

copy of this Request was served via United States mail on: Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, S. w_, Washington, D. C., 20591; 

attention Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430, Wilbur Wright Building, Suite 2W1000, 

and that a copy was served Vii! facsimile (404) 305-5223 and regular U.S. Mail upon 

Christopher R. Stevenson, Esq., Office of the Regional Counsel, 1700 Columbia 

Avenue, College Park, GA 30337. 

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Stuart A. Goldstein 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, 

Complainant, 

vs. 

John Walsh 

Respondent. 

JUDGE NOT YET ASSIGNED 

FAA Docket No. 

Judge 

COMPLAINT 

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), by counsel, hereby files its Complaint, 

pursuant to Rule 208 of the Ru1es of Practice (14 C.P.R. 13.208), and states as follows: 

I. 

1. On July 25,2014, Respondent, John Walsh was advised through a Final Notice of 

Proposed Civil Penalty that the FAA proposed to assess a civil penalty in the amount of $11,000. 

On August 8, 2014, the Agency Attorney received a written request for a hearing from the 

Respondent. 

II. 

2. At no time material herein did you, or any company with which you are 

associated, hold an air carrier certificate. 

3. On or about September 14, 2013, you were verbally advertising seaplane flights 

for compensation or hire, in particular for "three twenty dollar bills." 

4. Investigation by FAA inspectors and law enforcement officers during November 

2013 discovered more extensive advertisements for seaplane flights for compensation or hire, 

using the business name "Legal High." 

5. Begiuning no later than March 13, 2013, you advertised Legal High on Facebook 

at www.facebook.com/legalhigh-ultralightlight-sport and 

www.facebook.com/legalhighultralight. 
6. You advertised Legal High through the Coconut Cay Resort, including having an 

advertisement placed on the Coconut Cay website. 

7. You created and distributed refrigerator magnets advertising Legal High. 

8. You advertised your flights as "High or Low, Fast or Slow ... Million-Dollar 

Thrills for 3 Twenty Dollar Bills! The Next-best Thing to Being:: Bird ... The Most Fun You 

Can Have With Your Clothes On! If You See Me, Don't Pass Me By ... 'Cause I'm The Only 

Way To Get Legal High!." 

III. 

9. As a result, you violated the following section of the Federal Aviation 

Regulations: § 119.5(k) in that no person may advertise or otherwise offer to perform an 

operation subject to this part unless that person is authorized by the Federal Aviation 

Administration to conduct that operation. 

10. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Sections 4630l(a)-(d), Respondent is subject to a civil 

penalty not to exceed $11,000 for each of the violations alleged. 

11. Under the facts and circumstances of this case, a civil penalty of$11,000 is 

appropriate. 

WHEREFORE, the Agency, by counsel respectfully requests that the Administrative Law 

Judge enter an order that Respondent be assessed a civil penalty in me amount of $11,000. 

Respectfully submitted this I~!.W\. day of August, 2014. 

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f!rL 

CHRISTOPiiER R. STEVENSON 

Attorney 

Office of the Regional Counsel 

PLEASE NOTE: 

Pursuant to Title 14 CPR Section 13.209(a), you are required to file a written answer to this 

Complaint, or a written Motion to Dismiss if appropriate, not later than 30 days after the date 

shown on the Certificate of Service which follows. 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Complaint has been mailed this date by Certified 

Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to the following: 

Hearing Docket Clerk 

FAA, AGC-430, Suite 2Wl000 

Wilbur Wright Building 

800 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, DC 20591 

John Walsh 

7196 Overseas Highway 

Marathon, FL 33050 

John Walsh 

202 Biscayne Boulevard 

Islamorada, FL 33036 

Jay Hersh off, Esq. 

90130 Old Highway 

Tavernier, FL 33070 

Stuart A. Goldstein, P. A. 

7300 N. Kendall Drive, Suite 380 

Miami, FL 33156-7839 

Dated 

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