04/28/2012 15:09 FAX 2024935142

U.S. Department ofTransportation federol Aviotion Administration 

### February 16, 2012 In Reply Refer to: AGI,-7M FAA 

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# HEARINGDOCKET "' OMS

GreatLakesRegion 2300E. DevonAvenue DesPlaines,IL 60018



### Area Code 847/294-·/313 CER'.f'IFIED 

### Hearing Docket Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S. 

### w. Washington; DC 20591 

### .Attn: Bearing Docket. 

### Clerk AGC-430, Wilber Wright Building Suite 2Wl000 

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. Re:**Midwe~t** 

### JeL Charter Inc. fAA 

### Case No.! 

### 2011-GL-19-0021 

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### Enclosed herewith please original and one Gopy of 

### proceeding. find al,90PY of a request for hearin:.ljand the Complaint in the**above-refer~nced** 1
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The F'AA 

### requests that the hearing in this matt€x·be held .in 

### Springfield or Chicago, Illinois, and expeCt3 that 

### Lhe hearing will last one day. Please address all communications for 

### the**~M** 

### to the undersigned 

### at:**Enclosu-re::~:**

### Federal Aviation Administration Regional Counsel (AGL-7) 7.300 Ease 

### Devon Avenue Des Plaines, IL 60018Si

### ncer:ely,

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# t .Briana Martino Attorney Request for ing Complaint
cc: Respondent (w/copy of Complaint.)04/28/2012 15:09 FAX 2024935142 FAA -+ OMS

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### CERTIFICnTE OF SERVICE
I 

### hereby cercify that 1 

### have, this date, served the foregoing Complaint by mailing the following copies, Certified Mail (Returl?- Receipt Requested) :**Orig~~)al** 

### and 1 

### Copy:

One Copy; Hearing Docket**Fed~ral** 

### Aviation Administrat.ion BOO Independence Avenue, S. 

### W. Washingt.on, 

### DC 20591 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk AGC-430, Wilber Wright:. Huilding Suite 

### 2WIOOO
Tim Lodes Director of Human Resources Midwest Jet Charter Inc. 412 Airport Ro<:td Mattoon, Illinois 61938
Dated this 161.11 

### day of February, 2012.

# ¥~~Li~ FAA, Great Lakes Region**~**002/00804/26/2012 15:09 FAX 2024935142 FAA "' OMS**~**003/006

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFI·CE OF HEARINGS

WA$HI:NGTON, D.C. 

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IN THE MATTER OF Midwest Jet Charter, Tnc. FAA DOCKET 

### NO. (not assigned) (Civil Penalty Action) OMS 

### NO. (not assigned) FAA CASE NO. 2011-GL-19-0024

COMPLAINT 

## FEB2 22012 

# HEARINGDOCKET

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), by counseL her-el;y files its Complaint., pursuant to Rule 208 of the P.ules of Practice (11 

### C.F.R. 13.208), and states as follows; I 

### 1. On January 18, 2012, Respondent Midwest Jet Charter Inc.
was advised through a Final Notice or ProposedCivil Penalty that.**Lh~** 

### I:'AA proposed l.o 

### assess a civil penalty in the amount o:t 

### $6,600. On January 

### 30,. 2012, Respondent**submi~ted** 

### a written request for a hearing. 2. At**c:~ll relevan~**  

### times herein, Midwest. ,Jet**Chi'J..['L~L·,** 

### Inc. (MidwE;st) was the holder of Air Carrier Cer.·l.**ifica~e** 

### Numbe:r HMOA452K and authorized to conduct common carriage operations.
3. Midwe:'.:lt. .i.s t:.he registered owner and operator of civil aircraft N350RK, a**B~ech** 

### Model B300.04/26/2012 15:09 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS @004/006

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4. In its air carrier operation Midwest employed the services of a commercial pilot, David D. Cole (Cole), and operated a N350RK. 5. At all times relevant hereto, Cole acted as pilot in**comm~nd** and**operat~d** N350RK as a pilot of, and agent of, Midwest. 6. On .January 20, 2011, Cole operated N.3.50RK on a flight under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) from Henderson ExecU1:ive Airport (I<HND) in Nevada to Des Moines International Airport (KDSM) in Iowa.
7. Prior to the January 20, 2011 flight.,**Col~ filed;;~**  flight. plan indicating the flight was authorized for Reduced VerH Ca1 Separation Minimum (RVSM) operations.
8. The flight plan filed for N350RK**f~om** KHND to**KDS~** on January 20, 2011 included a planned cruising altitude of Flighc Level (F'L) 290.
9. During the flight, N350RK climbed to a cruise altitude of 

### FL 290 and entered RVSM designated

### air~pF.Ice**cont.roll~d** by 1o.s Angeles and Denver C8nters.
10. At all times relevant hereto, N350RK did not comply with the minimum standards in Appendix C of Part 91, to operate in RVSM airspace.


### 11. At all times relevant hereto, Midwest did not comply with Appendix Gof Part 91 and was not authori:z;ed by 

### the Administrator to conduct operations in RVSM airspace.04/26/2012 15:08 FAX 2024835142 FAA + OMS 

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II By reason of the foregoing facts and circumstances, Respondent violated**Sec~ion(s)** 91.180(a) of the Federal**Avia~lon** RegulaLions. 1. Purauant to Title 49 of the United States Code, Section 46301 (49 

## u.s.c. §46301), Respondent is subject to a civil penalLy noc to exceed $11,000 for each violation alleged. 2. Under the facts and circumstances of this case, u civil penalty of $6,600 is appropriate. WHEREFORE, the Agency, by counsel, respectfully requests that the Administrative Law Judqc ant€ran Order that Respondent be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of $6,600. Respectfully submitted this 16th day of February, 2012
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.iriana Martino**Attorn~y** Federal Aviation Administration**Grea~** Lakes Region, 

### AGL-7 2300**Er1~1.** Devon A.venue Des Plaines, IL 60018 (847) 294-7313 FAX: (817) 294-7498 AGL-7M04/28/2012 15:09 FAX 2024935142 FAA 

### "' OMS

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### I hereby certify that the foregoing Complaint has been mailed this date by 

### Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to:**Origi~?.l** 

### and 

### One Copy:

One Copy; Hearing Docket Federal Aviat.ion Administration 800 Independence Avenue, 

## s. W. Washington, DC 20591 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk AGC-430, Wllber Wright Building Suite 2Wl000



### 'l'im Lodes Director of Human Resources Midwest Jet Charter Inc. 41?. 

### Airport Road Mattoon, Illinois 61938

Dated this 16th day of February, 2012.

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