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In The Matter Of: 

### SERVED: April 6, 2016 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION· 

## OFFICE OF HEARlNGS WASHINGTON, DC 

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- ) ) Docket No. FAA-2014-0322 SkyWest Airlines, Inc. ) Case No. 2012NM060030 Respondent ) ) Docket No. FAA-2014-0686 ) Case No. 2014WP910006 ) ) Docket No. FAA-2014-0809 ) Case No. 2012NM060029 ) ) Docket No. FAA-2014-0810 ) Case No. 2012NM060123 ) ) Docket No. FAA-2014-0811 ) Case No. 2013NM060083 · ) ) Docket No. FAA-2016-4267 ) Case No. 2015WP910079 )



### .ORDER GRANTING IN PART PARTIES' JOINT MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS 

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On March 31, 2016, in accordance with 14 C.F.R. § 13.218(a),_the parties filed a Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings as they continue to negotiate a possible settlement in six related
cases. The parties note that, due to the complexity ofthe issues involved, the negotiation ofa global settlement is "expectedto last sometime." 1
Under the Rules governing these proceedings, the parties are encouraged to consider the possibility ofsettlement and compromise. It is not, however, in the best interests ofthe part~es or the public to allow a case to stop orderly proceedings indefinitely for such discussions once a

I Parties' Joint Mot. to Stay Proceedings at I.request for hearing has been submitted.2 Therefore, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. 

### § 13.205(a)(8), 

### it is hereby ORDERED: 

### I. The parties'joint motion to stay proceedings is granted for a period of

### 60 days. 

### 2. The parties must submit ajointreport stating the progress ofthe global settlement negotiations, including an indication ofhow much additional time, if

### any, the negotiations require, 

### no later than June 6, 2016.



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Attachment: Service List

2See Rules <1fPractice for FAA Civil Penalty Actions, 55 Fed. Reg. 27548, 27554 (Jul. 3, 1990) ("The FAA does
· recognize, however, that i;:ompliance and enforcement objectives are enhanced when enforcementactions are ...

adjudicated expeditiously.''). ' 2

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SERVICE LIST- 

### BY U.S. MAIL 

### ORIGINAL & 

### ONE COPY Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20591
. Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building-Suite2WlOOQ3

Todd Emerson, 

### Respondent's Cotf,nsel SkyWestAirlines, Inc. 444 S. River Road St. George, UT 84 790 TEL: 

### 435-634-3530 FAX: 

### 435-634-3505 ONE COPY



### Jeffrey M. Harper, 

### Complainant's Counsel Federal Aviation Administration
·Northwest Mountain Region, ANM-7

1601 Lind Avenue Southwest Renton, WA 98057 TEL: 425-227-2161 FAX: 425-227-1007 The Honorable Douglas M. Rawald,

### Administrative Law Judge Office ofHearings, M-20 U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 NewJersey Avenue, S.E.(E11-310) Washington, DC 20590 TEL: 202-366-5

### J21 StaffAssistant FAX: 202-366-7536 DocketNo.FAA-20\4-0686 (Civil 

### Penalty Action)

· 3 Service was by U.S. Mail. For service in person or by expedited courier, use the following address: Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence·Avenue, S.W., Wilbur Wright Building-. Suite 2Wl000, Washington, DC 20591; Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430.