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AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. of L. "SCHEDULE WITH SAFETY" Air Line Pilots Association INTERNATIONAL 3145 WEST SIXTY-THIRD STREET CHICAGO 29 TELEPHONE GROVEHILL 6-2200 [[logo]] 537 July 28, 1949 Mr. Michael A. Gitt 188-40B 71st Crescent St. Flushing, New York Dear Mr. Gitt: We have all the material forwarded by you in the matter of the violation charged by the CAA. We have carefully gone over the matter with our Engineering Department and are prepared to give you the benefit of our collective appraisal of the situation. In view of all the circumstances, we feel that your conduct in questioning the necessity to be recleared to 6500' is not so reprehensible as to require that you admit a violation or pay a penalty, notwithstanding that under the strict interpretation of the pertinent regulations, there may be a technical violation. This is our feeling upon the subject and while we will not advise you definitely to decline the Administrator's offer of a compromise, this being strictly a decision which you will have to make, we know of but two instances in which the Administrator has brought an action in the Federal District Court where penalties have been declined by Association members. If you decide to refuse the penalty, we suggest a letter to the Administrator in which you set forth (underline)no facts(underline), and say that you do not feel yourself guilty of a violation of any of the regulations and that you respectfully decline to make any offer of compromise. If you decide against this course of action, you should know that in all cases of this character, the Administrator is always amenable to accepting a sum less than that which has originally been offered and in your case, we certainly would not offer a sum more than fifty dollars. Yours very truly, AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION [[signature]] F. Harold Bennett Legal and Conciliation Dept. FHB:md