8/9/2019 FAA complaint against David Robinson

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U.S, Deportment

of

Trorportqtlon

Federol

Aviolion

Administrolion

March

17,

20]-0

Souhwest

Region

Arkansas.

Lousiana.

New Mexico,

Oklahoma

Texas

Ofice

of

Regional Counsel

2601 Meacham

Blvd.

Fort

Worth, TX

761

37-0007

(81

7)

222-5099

181

7't

222-5945 I

50

92 FAX

Case

Nunber : 20095W290175

Regrlar

fifall &

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CERIFID fAII

-

Return,

F,eceip

Requested

I"fr.

avid

Huner

Robinson

ORDER.

SSESSIIG

CMI

PEifTY

On Sept.ernber

76,

2009,

you

were

advised

through

a NoE.ice

of Proposed

Civil

PenalEy

thaE

the

FA.A.

Broposed

to

assess

a

civil.

penal.y

in

he

amount

of

$5,000.00.

However, aft.er

further

review

and consideration

it is

determined

to

accept

your

agreed

sectlemert

of

91,000.00

with

payment.

by

promissory

note,

in

this mat.ter.

After

considering

all

the

evidence

in this

matter,

including informaEion from

the

informal

conference heLd

on December

8,

2009,

the forrowing incrudes

that:

On

March

I0,

2009,

you

lvere

a

passeng'er

aboard

SouthwesE

irlnes,

fligrht

33?,

ar air

carrier

operatng

from

Birrningham, Alabama

(BHM),

to Jacksonville,

Florida

(rlAxl.

During

the

passenger

boarding

process,

you

made

your

vray to

the

back

of

the

aircraft,

ad

made

an

apologiy

to

f-ight

aEEendant B because

ofan

inappropriae

conment

you

had

made .o

her

earLier

when

you

\rere

boarding.

fter

flighE

attendant

B finished

the

safety Demonstration,

you

went

to the back

ga11ey

aqain,

ad

asked

her

out.

She

t.old

you

Ehanks but

no

hanks

and

you

were

told.

to ret:rn

to

your

seat

Again, while

the

seat belt

sigrn was

illuminaEed

you got

ouL

of

your

seat, and

frigh

aEtendant

instructed you

to

return Eo

your

sea.

You continued

t.o Ery

t.alking

with flight

attendant B, and EoId her

you

had

a surrrise

f

or

her

J-n

your

pants.

FligrhE

aEtendat

B

EoId

you

EhaE

you

were

oue-of-line,

and ehat

you

needed

to

sEop

trying

t,o

talk wifh

her using

obscene

\,ulgar

langnrage.

FlighE

aLtendant

B

was

distracted

from

her

normal flight duies

because

you

continued

trying

to

make

conversaEion

witb

her.

t/hile

fJ.ighr

attendant

B was

serving drinks

in

the

front of

the

plane.

you

all-of-a-sudden,

grabbed

her

from behnd.

L.

)

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

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9. Fright

attendant

B

Lol-d

lzou

to

return

to

your

seat,

and

informed

you

that.

the

seat

belt.

sigrn

was on.

l-0

-

You

did

not

return

to

your

seat.

at,

that.

pont-in:time

but tried

to

huq

her.

11-.

The

f1ght

attendant

pushed

again,

and

she

t.o1d

you

not

12.

You

contnued

trying

o

hug

continued

to

push

you

away.

l-3.

Then,

you

tried

to

gral

her

defending

herself,

from

you.

you

off

because

you

tried

o

hug her

to

t,ouch

her.

flight

attendant

B, and again

she

yanked

her hand

avay,

take

your

seat

or she

refused

to

serve

you

alcohol, and

you

made

get

them

fired

because

you

worked

for

the

hand,

except

she

L4.

At

that

point,

f1ght

at.tendant

B

told

you

to

would

inform

he

Captain

of

your

behavior.

17. All

three

flight

attendant

threats

that were

going

to

Goverrunen.

L5.

Because

of

your

harassing

behavior

and.

your

physical

assault to flight

attendant

B, flight

attendant

A

& B

exchanged

assigned.

duty

positions

n

an

attempt

for

B

t.o

get

away

from

you.

l-6.

You

then

went

to

the

back

of

the

plane

and

asked flght

attend.ant

C

for

an

alcoholic

beverage

and

because

you

appeared

to

be

intoxicated

were

refused

alcohol_

l-8.

You

int.erfered

with

the flight

crew

in

their

normal

flight.

duties when

you

would

not

remain

seated

while

the

seat. belt sigrn was on, and

your

continual

efforts

to intimidate

flight

att.endant

B.

1-9.

Upon

arrival,

you

were

detained

by law

enforcement in ,facksonville.

By

reason

of the

foregoingr

facts

ard

circumstances you

violated

Section

121-.580,

of

the

FAR

in

that

no

person

may

assault,

threat,en,

intimidae,

or

inLerfere

with

a

crewmeniber

in

the

performance

of

the crewmeniber,s duties

aboard

an

aircraft

being

operated

under

this

part.

under

49

u.s.c.

s46301-

you

are

lia-ble

for

a

civir

penalty

noE

to exceed.

$l-L,000.00

for

each

of the

Federal

avat,ion

Regnrlat,on

violaLions.

By reason

of the

foregoing

facts

and

crcumstrances,

\de

proposed

to

assess

a civil

penalty

in

the amount.

of

$5,000.00.

However,

the

Financial

Statement

of ebtor

you

submitted dated

Decenlcer

20, 2009,

shows

tha

you

currently

have

a

financial

hardship

and

as an

agreed

setlement.

you

will

pay

a lower civil

penalty

amount

of

$1-,000.00

bypromissory

note

d.uring

a

1O-month

timeframe,

at

9100.00

month.

The

civiL

penalty

is

waived

in

the

amount

of

$4,000.00,

leaving a

bal-arce

due

in

the amount

of

$1,000.00.

NOVV,

IT IS

ORDERED'

Pursuant

to

49

U.S.C.

46301,

by reason of the foregoing

facts

and

circumstances,

it,

is determned you

pay

a civil

penalty

in

the

amount

of

$1-,000.00,

in

order

t,o

settle

this

matter.

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You

are

hereby

ordered

to

pay,

as

detailed

in

the

promissory

Note, the

assessed

anount

by

mailing

or

delivering

a certified

check

or money order,

$100.00

each

over

L0-months

beginning

May

1, 201,0,

or until

gl-,000.00

is

fu1ly

paid,

payable

to

"Federal

Aviat.ion

Administration"

please

include

your

case number

2009SVrI290Lj5

on

your

payment

inst,rumenE.

Addressed

to:

OT/FAA/MMAC

Attn:

Tina

Le

Accourtts

Receivable,

AMZ-350

P.O.

Box

25770

OkLahoma

Cty,

OK

731-25-4915

The amount

of

civil

penalty

assessed

in this

order

constitutes

a debt

owed.

to

the United.

Stat.es.

You

have

now

exhausted

your

right

to

seek

review

of the

validity

or amourrt

of ths

debt.

If

this

debt

is

not

paid

in full within

30

days

of

your

receipt

of this

letter,

the

debt

is

considered delinquent.

For delinquent

debts,

Federal

Regulation

(49

C.F.R.

Section

89.23)

requires

us

to

charge

nteres,

from

the

date

of this

Order,

at a

fixed.

annual

rate of lt,

along

with

an administratve

charge

of

$1-2

per

monh,

representing

our

costs

of

adminsrative

collection.

Furthermore,

if the

full amount

assessed is not

paid

in

futl

within

L20

days

of

your

receipt

of this letter,

we are required

to

assess

an

additional

penalty

at

an annual

rat,e

of

3.252, accruing from

the date

of

delinquency.

Delinquen

debts

may

be reported

to

consmer

report.ing

agencies

or

conrnercial

credit

bureaus,

which

could

adversely

affect

your

credit

rating.

Nonpalment.

of

this

debt

may

ultimately

resuLt

in

a

referral

to

a

collection

ag:ency,

the

fnternal

Revenue

Service,

or

the

United

SLates

Department

of

.Iustice

for

enforced

collecLion.

LYNETTE

V\7ORD

Regrional

Counsel

Southwest.

Region

By:

Yolanda

Ayala

Attorney

Safety

Enforcement

Branch

(8L7)

222-5070

:

FAx

(81-7)

222-594s/5092

Email

:

yolanda.

a.

bernaIGFAA.

qov

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