VIRGINIA:

 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 OFFICE OF HEARINGS

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION,

 PLAINTIFF,

VS CASE NO. FAA-2014-0324

GLOBAL AIRCRAFT INTERIORS, INCORPORATED,

 DEFENDANT.

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 TELECONFERENCE BEFORE

 THE HONORABLE J. E. SULLIVAN

 TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015

 1:31 P.M.

 HISTORIC JORDAN SPRINGS

 1160 JORDAN SPRINGS ROAD

 STEPHENSON, VIRGINIA 22656
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1 APPEARANCES

2 ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF,

3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION:

4 ZACHARY BERMAN, ESQUIRE

5 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

6 OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL COUNSEL

7 1 AVIATION PLAZA

8 JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11434

9 TELEPHONE: 718.553.3258

10 FACSIMILE: 718.995.5699

11 EMAIL: ZACHARY.BERMAN@FAA.GOV

12

13 ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT,

14 GLOBAL AIRCRAFT INTERIORS, INCORPORATED:

15 ROBERT ROTH, PRESIDENT, PRO SE

16 GLOBAL AIRCRAFT INTERIORS, INC.

17 2075 SMITHTOWN AVENUE

18 RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK 11779

19 TELEPHONE: 631.981.8470

20 FACSIMILE: 631.981.9469

21 ROBERT@GLOBALAIRCRAFTINTERIORS.COM

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1 TELECONFERENCE

2 TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015

3 1:31 P.M.

4 THE COURT: This is Judge Sullivan, do I

5 have Mr. Berman on the line?

6 MR. BERMAN: Yes.

7 THE COURT: And Mr. Robert Roth?

8 MR. ROTH: Yes, that is correct, Judge.

9 THE COURT: Thank you, and I should also

10 have a Tammy Keckley, with County Court Reporters?

11 COURT REPORTER: Yes, ma'am.

12 THE COURT: And, Ms. Keckley, are you ready?

13 COURT REPORTER: Absolutely, Your Honor.

14 THE COURT: Okay, we're on the record in the

15 matter of Global Aircraft Interiors, Inc. This is

16 docket number FAA-2014- 0324. Today is Tuesday,

17 August 11, 2015, and the parties have convened for

18 another litigation scheduling conference. The FAA is

19 represented by its attorney of record, Mr. Zachary M.

20 Berman. The respondent, Global Aircraft Interiors,

21 Inc., is represented by its lay representative, Mr.

22 Robert Roth. Good afternoon to you both.

23 MR. BERMAN: Good afternoon, Judge.

24 MR. ROTH: Good afternoon.

25 THE COURT: As you all may recall, we last
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1 convened on June 30, 2015. At that time, the parties

2 agreed to a brief continuance to try and see if they

3 could exchange some additional financial information

4 and further discuss any potential settlement that

5 might be available. Mr. Berman, I'm going to turn to

6 you. Can you tell me the status of the case at this

7 point?

8 MR. BERMAN: Ma'am, we still haven't

9 resolved it, but that doesn't mean, there's still a

10 possibility that what's happened was Global Aircraft

11 claims that even though the records that the FAA

12 observed didn't show training. He said he could

13 produce affidavits from the individuals who did

14 receive training, and then he submitted some

15 affidavits, but they didn't appear to be the notarized

16 in the proper form, so he had them redone and just

17 within the last day, within the last 24 hours he's

18 submitted to me four affidavits, so we haven't had a

19 chance to have settlement discussions in the aftermath

20 of that information.

21 THE COURT: Okay, and just so that I'm

22 clear, I know that when we last talked there was an

23 interest for the FAA to have a variety of different

24 individuals, and as I understand what you're telling

25 me you received most, if not all of those individual
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1 testimonial statements by affidavit at this point?

2 MR. BERMAN: I received, I think there were,

3 well, we received four.

4 THE COURT: Okay.

5 MR. BERMAN: Out of I believe, like, seven

6 or eight done.

7 THE COURT: And which four were those?

8 MR. BERMAN: Mr. Murray Roth, Anthony

9 Deorio, maybe Mr. Roth can help me out here.

10 MR. ROTH: Yes, Loretta Sequela, and Jose, I

11 can't pronounce his last name. I apologize, Judge.

12 THE COURT: Well, the last time you

13 pronounced it, it was Callait?

14 MR. ROTH: Callait, yeah, yeah. Sorry.

15 THE COURT: Okay, so the four affidavits

16 that have been produced for the FAA are from Mr. Roth,

17 Mr. Deorio, Ms. Sequela, and Mr. Callait, is that

18 correct, Mr. Roth?

19 MR. ROTH: Yes, that is correct, Judge, and

20 as per your request that we spoke last time, we've

21 elaborated, as per your request.

22 THE COURT: Well, it was a suggestion.

23 MR. ROTH: Oh, I know, as per your

24 suggestion, I apologize. It was done. We were closed

25 for two weeks and we just got back on Monday.
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1 THE COURT: Okay.

2 MR. ROTH: And then it was just trying to

3 get in touch with people and such forth. We

4 originally did something, it was not, I guess, legal.

5 The original ones that we had notarized, we had

6 touched, did the research. We had new forms made,

7 sent out, and I think those would be acceptable to

8 you, Judge.

9 THE COURT: Okay, well, I haven't seen them,

10 and I won't see them, because these are materials that

11 you submitted directly to the FAA as part of your

12 settlement negotiations. Do you understand that? I

13 don't work for the FAA. I'm not a member of the FAA.

14 MR. ROTH: Yes, Judge, I understand, and I

15 apologize.

16 THE COURT: Okay, so this is material that

17 you've produced and given to Mr. Berman in your

18 private settlement discussions over which I've had

19 some general dialogues about with both of you while

20 we've convened. Obviously, if you don't settle the

21 case, which you may or may not do, you could always

22 potentially call these individuals as witnesses later

23 on if a hearing was convened in the matter, but that's

24 in the future. Mr. Berman, I'm going to turn back to

25 you. So, given the status of what you're received,
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1 what does your client recommend that we do at this

2 point?

3 MR. BERMAN: Well, I think there's still a

4 chance, you know, based on the information, there's a

5 better chance now than there was 24 hours ago that I

6 have enough information that I could work with to try

7 to settle the case.

8 THE COURT: Okay, well, how much time do you

9 think you would need to do that? Because I don't want

10 to be a position where I start directing people to

11 engage in discovery if you have the potential for

12 settling the matter. If I start to give you discovery

13 deadlines you're going to have to start doing

14 discovery, and if that's not necessary let's not go

15 that route.

16 MR. BERMAN: Yeah, ordinarily I would say

17 about a week or two, but I'm going on vacation next

18 week and the following week we have an FAA conference

19 I need to attend out of town.

20 THE COURT: Okay.

21 MR. BERMAN: And I'm trying to finish up

22 stuff in the office this week, so.

23 THE COURT: What would you like? What would

24 you ideally like to have for your client, and then I

25 can turn to Mr. Roth and see if that's acceptable to
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1 him?

2 MR. BERMAN: I'll say one month.

3 THE COURT: Okay, so today is August 11,

4 2015, one month from now would be September 11, 2015.

5 Is that about the time frame you're looking at, Mr.

6 Berman?

7 MR. BERMAN: Yes.

8 THE COURT: Mr. Roth, turning to you, would

9 continuing this matter another month be acceptable to

10 you?

11 MR. ROTH: That would be acceptable, Judge.

12 THE COURT: Okay.

13 MR. ROTH: Judge, with all do respect, is it

14 possible to do a different date than September 11th?

15 THE COURT: Sure. What date?

16 MR. ROTH: I have some ties to that date and

17 it's just not a good day. If you want to do the day

18 before, the day after that's fine, if that's at all

19 possible, Judge, I'd appreciate it.

20 THE COURT: Of course, let me look at my

21 calendar very quickly and then I'm going to suggest

22 one or two different dates to you both.

23 MR. ROTH: Thank you, I do appreciate it.

24 THE COURT: How about September 15th, which

25 is the following Tuesday? Starting with you, Mr.
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1 Berman?

2 MR. BERMAN: That's a holiday, Rosh

3 Hashanah.

4 THE COURT: Okay. What about September

5 16th, would that work, Mr. Berman?

6 MR. BERMAN: Yeah, I'm scheduled for a

7 hearing that day.

8 THE COURT: Why don't you tell me, Mr.

9 Berman, so that I don't ...

10 MR. BERMAN: All right, I think the week

11 after the week of, well, let me just check.

12 THE COURT: Okay.

13 MR. BERMAN: Either September 21st or

14 September 24th, or September 25th.

15 THE COURT: Okay, so it was Monday, Tuesday,

16 or Friday? I'm sorry, could you say those dates again,

17 please?

18 MR. BERMAN: Thursday or Friday of the week

19 of Monday, September 21st, so I'm suggesting September

20 21st, 24th, or the 25th.

21 THE COURT: Okay, Mr. Roth, any of those

22 days work for you?

23 MR. ROTH: Any of those are more than

24 acceptable for me, so whatever works out, Judge, is

25 fine.
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1 THE COURT: Okay, why don't we try for

2 Monday, the 21st at 1:30, and that would be September

3 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m.

4 MR. BERMAN: I just marked it down in my

5 calendar.

6 THE COURT: Okay, and Mr. Roth, I'd like you

7 to make sure that you've heard that date, too.

8 MR. ROTH: I scheduled the 21st, 1:30,

9 Monday.

10 THE COURT: Perfect. Now, before we close,

11 I just want to chat with Mr. Roth for a moment, and

12 Mr. Berman, I'd like you to stay on the line in case

13 you don't know about this. Mr. Roth, you have a

14 second case before me that is entitled docket number

15 FAA-2014-0859, and according to the materials that I

16 have, Mr. Berman is the counsel in that matter as

17 well.

18 MR. ROTH: Yes.

19 THE COURT: So I just want to alert you all

20 that an order has been sent out regarding that, and

21 Mr. Roth, you have a responsibility to do something if

22 you choose about that case as well. And since Mr.

23 Berman is of counsel, you may want to be talking to

24 him about this case as well.

25 MR. ROTH: I will take care of that, Judge,
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1 and speak to Mr. Berman with regards to that case.

2 THE COURT: Okay, with that, then, Mr.

3 Berman, on behalf of your client, is there anything

4 you would like to add or correct to the record today?

5 MR. BERMAN: No, Judge, thank you.

6 THE COURT: Okay, and Mr. Roth, on behalf of

7 yourself, anything you would like to add or correct to

8 the record?

9 MR. ROTH: No, Judge, thank you very much.

10 THE COURT: And I'll simply note that in

11 this case, and this is only about the case with docket

12 number FAA-2014-0324. In this case, it appears our

13 business is complete, and I will look forward to

14 talking with you all on September 21, 2015 at 1:30 if

15 you do not settle the case prior to that. With that,

16 we can go off the record, and I wish you all a good

17 day. Thank you.

18 MR. BERMAN: Thank you, have a great day,

19 Judge.

20 THE COURT: All right, bye, bye.

21 (WHEREUPON, the teleconference was concluded at 1:44

22 P.M.)

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