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In The Matter Of: 

SERVED: April 6, 2016 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION· 

OFFICE OF HEARlNGS 

WASHINGTON, DC r·b · ,.. 8 ·: t , .... ,1 -

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) Docket No. FAA-2014-0322 

SkyWest Airlines, Inc. ) Case No. 2012NM060030 

Respondent 

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) Docket No. FAA-2014-0686 

) Case No. 2014WP910006 

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) Docket No. FAA-2014-0809 

) Case No. 2012NM060029 

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) Docket No. FAA-2014-0810 

) Case No. 2012NM060123 

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) Docket No. FAA-2014-0811 

) Case No. 2013NM060083 · 

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) Docket No. FAA-2016-4267 

) Case No. 2015WP910079 

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. 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 of the issues involved, the negotiation of a 

global settlement is "expected to last some time." 1 

Under the Rules governing these proceedings, the parties are encouraged to consider the 

possibility of settlement and compromise. It is not, however, in the best interests of the 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 a joint report stating the progress of the global settlement 

negotiations, including an indication of how much additional time, if any, the 

negotiations require, no later than June 6, 2016. 

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WALD -----. 

Administrative Law Judge 

Attachment: Service List 

2 See Rules <1f Practice 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 enforcement actions are ... 

adjudicated expeditiously.''). 

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Federal Aviation Administration 

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Washington, DC 20591 . 

Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

Wilbur Wright Building-Suite 2WlOOQ3 

Todd Emerson, Respondent's Cotf,nsel 

SkyWest Airlines, Inc. 

444 S. River Road 

St. George, UT 84 790 

TEL: 435-634-3530 

FAX: 435-634-3505 

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Jeffrey M. Harper, Complainant's Counsel 

Federal Aviation Administration 

· Northwest Mountain Region, ANM-7 

1601 Lind A venue Southwest 

Renton, WA 98057 

TEL: 425-227-2161 

FAX: 425-227-1007 

The Honorable Douglas M. Rawald, Administrative Law Judge 

Office of Hearings, M-20 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.(E11-310) 

Washington, DC 20590 

TEL: 202-366-5 J 21 Staff Assistant 

FAX: 202-366-7536 

Docket No. FAA-20\4-0686 

(Civil Penalty Action) 

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address: Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence· A venue, S. W ., Wilbur Wright 

Building-. Suite 2Wl000, Washington, DC 20591; Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430.