Air North America v. Department Of Transportation

937 F.2d 1427 AIR NORTH AMERICA; Richard Neumann, President of Air North America, Inc.; Ross R. Hart, Vice President of Air North America, Inc., Petitioners, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent. No. 89-70245. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 3, 1990. Decided July 2, 1991. Ross R. Hart, and Richard D. Neumann, in pro se. Thomas L. Ray, Sr. Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Transp., Washington, D.C., for respondent. On Petition for Review of Orders of the United States Department of Transportation. Before PREGERSON, REINHARDT and HALL, Circuit Judges. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 Hart and Neumann, respectively the Vice President and President of Air North America, petition this court, pro se, for review of Department of Transportation ("the Department") orders revoking their airline's certificates of authority to provide air transportation. 1 We affirm the Department's orders. 2 * Many years ago Congress established the rule that no one could operate as an air carrier until the Civil Aeronautics Board ("the Board") had issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing airline operations. Section 401(a) of the…