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U,S,
Deporiment
Southwest Region
Arkanss, Louisiana.
New Mexico. Oklahoma
of Tronsporiotion
Federsl Aviolion
Adminislrotion
Texas
August 4,2010
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As the flight was preparing for landing, you were asked by flight
attendant, Maxwell, to put your seatbelt on and to shut off your cell
phone.
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You got out of your seat and started yelling you wanted your cell phone
back because you paid $800 for your ticket and you had obeyed every
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The Flight attendants told you to sit down and put your seatbelt on as the
flight was about to land.
rule.
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By reason of the foregoing facts and circumstances, you violated the following Federal
Aviation Regulations (FAR):
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THEREFORE, lT lS ORDERED under 49 U.S.C. 546301 that you are assessed a civil
penalty in the amount of $4,000.00.
Southwest Region" page. You must then complete the requested information and
click "submit" to pay by credit card.
The amount of civil penalty assessed in this Order constitutes a debt owed to the
United States. You have now exhausted your right to seek review of the validity or
amount of this debt. lf payments on this debt are not paid in full within 30 days of
yrhen each payment is due, the debt is considered delinquent. For delinquent debts,
federal regulation (49 CFR 589.23) requires us to charge interest from the date of this
Orde at a fixed annual rate of LO9/o, along with an admnistrative charge of $12.00 per
month, representng our costs of administrative collection. Furthermore, if the full
amount assessed is not paid in full in accordance with the terms of the promissory
note, we are required to assess an additional penalty at an annual rate of 3.259/o,
accruing from the date of delinquency. Delinquent debts may be reported to consumer
reporting agencies or commercial credit bureaus, which could adversely affect your
credit rating. Nonpayment of this debt may ultimately result in a referral to a collection
agency, the Treasury Department,.or to the United States Department of Justice for
enforced collection.
LYNETTE WORD
Regional Counsel
Southwest Region
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