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Arbitrator
DISTRICT COURT

CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA

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MILTON J. WOODS and CIRRUS )

corporation, )

AVIATION SERVICES, INC., a Washington ) Case No. A546250

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Plaintiffs,

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EAGLE JET AVIATION, INC., a Nevada

corporation; ALEX PENL Y; STUART M.
WARRN; PRIVATE JET SERVICES, INC.,
a Nevada corporation; MILT'S EAGLE, LLC,
Nevada limited liabilty company; and
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This matter came before the undersigned arbitrator for hearing on the following days in

accordance with the parties' agreement and the Court's Order:

. August 14, 15,20,21,22, and 28,2014;

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. September 3, 12, 15, and 18,2014;

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. October 3, 15,28, and 29, 2014;

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. November 3,4, and 24, 2014; and

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. December 8,9, and 10,2014.

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Plaintiffs/Counterdefendants Milton Woods and Cirrs Aviation Services, Inc. (individually

"MWoods" and "Cirrs," respectively, and collectively, "Plaintiffs") were represented by their
counsel, Gus W. Flangas, Esq. Defendants/Counterclaimants Eagle Jet Aviation Inc. and Alex

Penly (individually "EJA" and "Penly," respectively, and collectively, "Defendants") were
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represented by their counsel, Mark C. Fields, Esq. and Jay A. Shafer, Esq.l Defendants

submitted their Post-Closing Arbitration Brief on December 29,2014, at which time the

arbitration was closed.

Upon considering the parties' arbitration briefs, the Stipulation As To Undisputed

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Facts, the testimony of

the paries and witnesses, the substantial evidentiary submissions, the

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closing arguments of counsel, Defendants' post-closing brief, and all other matters properly

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submitted at arbitration, the arbitrator makes the following determinations and award.2

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I. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

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the arbitrator, the parties

A. Stipulation As To Undisputed Facts. At the request of

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submitted, and the arbitrator accepted and hereby incorporates, a Stipulation As To Undisputed

Facts, which is attached to this Arbitration Award as Exhibit "A."

B. Quantity and Quality of

the Evidence. This matter, and specifically the parties' abilty to

present admissible evidence in support or defense of their respective claims and counterclaims

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was materially plagued by the undisputed fact that a substantial portion ofEJA's business and

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financial records disappeared immediately after the time that MWoods depared from EJA in

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April 2007. While the paries were unable to provide any clear indication as to what happened

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The other paries identified in the Complaint (or Amended Complaint) and listed in the caption were either

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dismissed under N.R.C.P. 41(e) or had sought and obtained bankptcy protection.

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this Arbitration Award (Le., a simple award VS. a

reasoned award). Ultimately, they stipulated to a simple award with summary reasoning.
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to those records, it is undisputed that Penly, under oath and in his own declarations, asserted that

he is familar with the creation of, maintenance of, and has line responsibilty for the business

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records (including the accounting records) of each of

the two companies (EJA and Private Jet

Services, Inc.) for all relevant times. There was no credible evidence presented that MWoods
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(or anyone under his control) took or was otherwise responsible for the disappearance ofEJA's

business and financial records.3 Therefore, in the absence of any plausible explanation for their

disappearance, the responsibilty to account for EJA's business and financial records falls upon

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C. Credibilty of Key Witnesses.

a. Alex Penly. It is disconcerting and material to the findings that give rise to this
Arbitration Award that Penly admittedly: (i) was less than honest with the Court (Judge
Gonzalez) during a hearing in this matter on July 21,2009, when he failed to disclose that EJA's

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MSP payments due on its Lear 35 aircraft were current only because the finance company for
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the aircraft made the payments by increasing the debt on the aircraft; and (ii) intentionally

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misled and deceived the Cour (Judge Gonzalez) during a hearing in this matter on January 21,

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2010, and the shareholders ofEJA during a shareholders' meeting on March 11,2010, when he

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failed to disclose that EJA had gone out of

business; that EJA's Par 135 Certificate-issued by

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the F ederal Aviation Administration (the "F AA")-had been surrendered in favor of a new
company (i.e., The Berkeley Group, LLC dba NV Jets) owned by Penly's relatives and others;

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During discovery, Plaintiffs were awarded $80,000.00 for attorneys' fees and costs against Penly in
presumption at the

connection with the disappearance of EJA's business and financial records, and received a

arbitration hearing that Penly engaged in spoliation ofEJA's (and other companies') business and financial records.

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See, Arbitration Orders dated April 9, 2013, and May 21, 2013. It should be noted that Penly was awarded
$2,590.75 as deposition sanctions against Plaintiffs. See, Arbitration Order dated February 26, 2014.

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and that NV Jets was operating a business substantially similar to that which EJA had operated
(i.e., a private jet charter service) by using EJA's location, phone number, and other assets.4

b. Milton Woods. Although he clearly and undeniably dislikes Penly, MWoods

was generally credible. While he certainly acted in his own best interest after his departe from
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2007, it was uncontradicted that he was not under any restrictive covenants that

EJA in April

would have prohibited him from competing directly against EJA, despite having an ownership

interest in EJA (through Cirrus).

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c. Stuart Warren. It was uncontradicted that Mr. Waren, like MWoods (through

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business in 2009.

his ownership interest in EJA when EJA went out of

the events that transpired among Penly,

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While Mr. Warren's personal knowledge about all of

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MWoods, and EJA was limited by his lack of a physical presence in Las Vegas, Nevada, his

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testimony about matters in which he was directly involved was very credible.

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D. MWoods' Bonus. It is undisputed that EJA (through its Board of

Directors)

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unanimously granted bonuses to MWoods (in the amount of$200,000.00), Penly (in the amount
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$100,000.00) on December 29,2006.5

$ 100,000.00), and Stuar Waren (in the amount of

There were no plausible explanations from any of the parties as to why these bonuses were not

paid either immediately or sometime in January 2007, when EJA's bank account records

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indicated that such fuds were available. Nonetheless, upon his separation from EJA in late

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The Lear 35 aircraft was owned by Milt's Eagle, LLC, which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of EJA.
There was no evidence showing that NY Jets ever paid EJA any consideration for the acquisition of EJA's assets.
The transfer of such assets directly inured to the benefit of Penly and his relatives at the expense of the EJA's other
shareholders; namely, Cirs and Stuart Warren.

While Mr. Warren's bonus was characterized as a payment oflegal fees; the parties testified that each of
the principals was essentially being awarded a bonus.

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April 2007, MW oods took his bonus.6 Then, on May 1, 2007, after MWoods' deparure from
EJA, the EJA Shareholders (excluding Cirrs) took action to "disapprove payment of such

bonuses and/or the making of such payments to the extent not heretofore made due to the

Corporation's lack of adequate fuds to support its operations. . .." At the time that MWoods
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bonus had not been

took his bonus, EJA had sufficient fuds to pay the bonus and such

"disapproved." While not an ideal situation, MWoods was nonetheless entitled to his bonus

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from EJA at the time he took it. Accordingly, he is entitled to the $111,750.00 of

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Company Expenses. Defendants assert that the

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reimbursement monies MWoods received from EJA greatly exceeded the actual amount he was

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entitled to for legitimate company expenses-an assertion MWoods adamantly disputes. Due to

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business and financial records ofEJA and missing credit card statements for

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MWoods during the relevant time period, neither pary was able to present evidence suffcient to
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either prove or defend its position on this issue. Consequently, Defendants have failed to meet
their burden of proof on this counterclaim.
F. Penly's Breach of

Fiduciary Duties. The paries (primarily, MWoods and Penly) spent a

significant amount of time pointing fingers at each other and accusing one another of

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mismanagement.8 While individual actions taken years ago, through the benefit of

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an interpleader action initiated by Bank
$200,000.00) was subsequently the subject of
of Nevada. From all of the evidence presented, which is conflcting, it appears as though EJA received $111,750
from the interpleader action and MW (through Cirrs) received $86,750 from the interpleader action in October

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2007.

7 From the evidence, it appears as though Bank of Nevada received $1,500.00 for attorneys' fees in
connection with the interpleader action. Under the circumstances, neither side should be entitled to keep or recover
the $1,500.00.

Much of the evidence (testimony and documents) presented, as well as arguments of counsel, were
irelevant to the claims/counterclaims asserted.

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hindsight, may appear to be less than prudent, it does not appear that MWoods, during the time
that he was in charge of

the daily operations ofEJA, intentionally took any actions designed to

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its shareholders. On the other hand, while Penly inherited EJA at a

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difficult time (e.g., employees loyal to MWoods left the company, and starting a year or so later

the national and local economy lapsed into a recession), he was untruthful to the Cour and

shareholders about material matters involving EJA. Moreover, he ultimately breached his

fiduciary duties to EJA's shareholders when he failed to disclose that EJA's Part 135 Certificate

had been surrendered in favor of a new company-i. e., The Berkeley Group, LLC dba NV Jets10
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-owned by his relatives and others, and that NY Jets was operating a business substantially

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similar to that which EJA had operated by using EJA's location, phone number, and other

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G. Damages. Based on all the evidence, it is clear that Cirrs lost its investment in EJA (a

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30% interest) due to Penly's breaches of

the fiduciary duties he owed to the company. It is

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diffcult to determine the exact value of

the Cirrs' interest in EJA because Penly's breaches

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occurred over a period ()f time (i. e., between April 2007 and early 2010) and the value of such

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interest decreased after April 2007 due to the onset of the national and local economic recession

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(which cannot be attributed to Penly). Instructive in determining the value of Cirrs' interest in
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EJA (and damages) is the valuation given to such interest by Stuar Warren in his e-mail
29, 2007, wherein he valued

communication to Penly, Greg Woods, and MWoods dated April

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The Berkeley Group, LLC. See, Plaintiffs' Exhibit 116. Furher, these same documents from
the FAA state: "THE BERKELEY GROUP LLC is A NEW LLC AND CERTIFICATE, THE SAME BASIC
GROUP OF PERSONS HOLDING EAGLE JET AVIATION, INC (EWJA 136K) HAVE APPLIED FOR THE
NEW CERTIFICATION UNDER THE BERKLEY GROUP LLC (DBA NV JETS). CERTIFICATE ISSUED
ON JANUARY 21, 2010." Id.
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such interest at approximately $2,000,000.00.10 Though diffcult to determine, Cirrs' damages

his fiduciary duties can be calculated by looking at all of

due to Penly's breaches of

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admissible evidence-for example, evidence that EJ A's Part 135 Certificate in and of itself had

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Based on such, Cirrs suffered damages of$1,500,000.00 in the loss of

in EJA due to Penly's conduct.

its shareholder interest

II. AWARD

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arbitrator has decided, in full and final resolution of the claims and counterclaims submitted for

determination, as follows:
1. Defendant Eagle Jet Aviation, Inc. is liable for and shall pay Plaintiff

Milton J. Woods

compensatory damages in the amount of$111,750.00.

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2. Defendant Alex Penly is liable for and shall pay Plaintiff Cirrs Aviation Services, Inc.
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compensatory damages in the amount of$1,500,000.00.

3. Any and all relief

not specifically addressed herein, including punitive damages, is

expressly denied.

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and "other companies," and was contingent upon other specified conditions. It is noted that MWoods never agreed
to accept Mr. Warren's offer. Additionally, there was testimony presented by Plaintiffs about offers that were made

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to purchase EJA in the range of $3,000,000.00 to $6,000,000.00; however, there was no written evidence of any

bona fide offers.

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Each party shall bear its own fees and costs, including attorneys' fees, relating to this

Arbitration.

DATED this 2ih day of January, 2015.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I hereby certify that on the 28th day of January, 2015, a copy of

the foregoing

ARBITRA nON AWARD was served by sending a copy via electronic mail and by depositing a
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true and correct copy in the U.S. Mail, first class postage prepaid, and addressed to the following
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at their last known addresses:

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Gus W. Flangas, Esq.

(E-mail: GWF~fdlawlv.com)
Michelle Di Sestro Alanis, Esq.
(E-mail: mda~fdlawlv.com)

FLANGAS DA ACAS LAW GROUP

3275 South Jones Blvd., Suite 105
Las Vegas, Nevada 89146
Phone: (702) 307-9500

Fax: (702) 382-9452

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Mark C. Fields
(E-mail: [email protected])
Law Offices of Mark C. Fields, APC
333 South Hope Street
Thirty-Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
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Jay A. Shafer, Esq.

(E-mail: [email protected])
Premier Legal Group

1333 N. Buffalo Drive, #210

Las Vegas, Nevada 89128

Attorneys for Defendants/Counterclaimants

Eagle Jet Aviation Inc. and Alex Penly

~uu-Li. dt~
Alice N. O'Hearn, an Employee of
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Exhibit A

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JAY A. SHAFER, ESQ.

Nevada
Bar
No. 9184
PREMIER LEGAL GROUP

1333 North Buffalo Drive, Suite

Las Vegas, NY 89128

Telephone: (702) 794-4411
Facsimile: (702) 794-4421

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Attorneys for Defendant ALEX PBNL Y

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EAGLE

JET AVIATION, INC.

PRIVATE BINDING ARBITRATION

MILTON WOODS; CIRUS AVIATION )

Case No.: A-07-546250-B

SERVICES INC., a Washington Corporation, )

Dept. No.: XXVII

Plaintiffs,
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v.
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EAGLE JET AVIATION INC. , a Nevada

Corporation; ALEX PBNLY; STUART M.
WARN; PRIVATE JET SERVICES INC., a

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Nevada Corporation; MILT'S EAGLE LLC, a

Nevada Limited Liabilty Company; DOES I

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through x, Inclusive,
Defendants.

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EAGLE JET AVIATION INC., a Nevada

Company; ALEX PENL Y, an Individual,

STIPULATION AS TO UNDISPUTED
FACTS

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Counterclaimants,
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MILTON WOODS, an Individual; CIRUS

AVIATION SERVICES INC., a Washington
Corporation; DOES I through X, Inclusive,

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Counterdefendants.
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by

and between Defendants ALEX

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PENLY and EAGLE JET AVIATION, INC., being

represented by Jay A. Shafer, Esq. ofthe law

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firm of

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Premier Legal Group, and Plaintiffs MILTON WOODS and CIRUS AVIATION

1 SERVICES, INC., being represented by their counsel Gus D. F1angas, Esq., and the law offces

2 ofF1angas McMilan Law Group, that the following facts are stipulated to as undisputed:

3 1. The Plaintiff, MILTON J. WOODS (hereinafter referred to as "Mr. Woods"), is a United

an aircraft pilot with an

4 States citizen residing and working in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is

5 Airline Transport Pilot ("ATP") rating and he has 48 years of experience as a pilot. He
6 has lived in Las Vegas for over

ten years. Mr. Woods became a United States Citizen in

7 2009.
8 2. The Plaintiff, CIRUS AVIATION SERVICES (hereinafter referred to as "Cirrs"), is a
business in Clark County, Nevada.

9 Washington corporation with its principal place of

10 Mr. Woods, along with his two sons, are the shareholders of Cirrs. Mr, Woods presently
11 owns Ten Percent (1O%) ofthe shares in Cirrs and his sons Mark Woods and Greg
12 Woods each own Forty Five Percent (45%) of

the shares.

13 3. The Defendant, EAGLE JET AVIATION, INC. (hereinafter referred to as "Eagle Jet"),
business in Clark Coimty, Nevada.

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15 4. Eagle Jet was an aviation company that offered the general public the abilty to charter

16 private aircraft. Eagle Jet had aFAR Par 135 Cerifcate (hereinafter referred to as the
17 "Operating Certificate") from the Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter refen'ed
18 to as the "FAA") to operate jet aircraft capable of carrying nine passengers or less
19 anywhere in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
20 5. Eagle Jet was formed on or about January 5, 1999.
21 6. Cirrus's shares represented a minimum Twenty Five Percent (25%) interest in Eagle Jet.

referred to as "Mr. Penly"), is a

22 7. The Defendant, ALEXANDER PENLY (hereinafter

Las Vegas, Nevada.

23 citizen ofthe United Kingdom, and a resident of

24 8. Mr. Pen1y was an offcer and director in Eagle Jet, and shareholder in Eagle Jet.

25 9. PRIVATE JET SERVICES, INC., (hereinafter referred to as "Private Jet") was and is a
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the State of

business in Clark County, Nevada.

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Nevada with its principal

1 10. MILT'S EAGLE, LLC, (hereinafter referred to

as "Milt's Eagle") was a

2 Liabilty Company organized under the laws of

3 status, with its principal place of

the State of

Ncvada Limited

Nevada, currently in revoked

business in Clark County, Nevada.

4 11. Milt's Eagle was the owner of a Lear 35A Jet aircraft which is used in the operations of

5 Eagle Jet.
6 12. Milt's Eagle was owned by Eagle Jet.
7 13. Milt's Eagle filed bankruptcy in 2009.
8 14. Eagle Jet was originally formed and owned by Walter M. Frehe (hereinafter l'efeiTed to as

9 "Mr. Frehe") and Roderick Thomson (hereinafter referred to as ''M. Thomson").

10 15. Mr. Frehe and Mr. Thomson each owned a fifty percent (50%) interest in Eagle Jet.
11 16. After Mr. Frehe departed the company, shares in Eagle Jet were owned by his two sons,
12 Justin Thomson and Roland Thomson, with 49% each, and 2% being owned by Stuart

Woods, Pen1y and WaiTen with the sons

13 Warren. Later shares were 25% to each of

14 splitting 25%.
15 17. At the time Eagle Jet was formed, Mr. Thomson was the owner of a Sabreliner Jet Model
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as the "Sabreliner").

17 18. Mr. Thomson owned the 8abre1iner through a company called Lear 25, Inc. (hereinafter

18 referred to as "Lear 25").

19 19. In forming Eagle Jet, Eagle Jet entered into an agreement with Lear 25 for Eagle Jet to

20 manage leasing and chartering operations using the Sabre1iner. Mr. Frehe was put in

21 charge of running Eagle Jet and the Sabreliner operations,

22 20. When Eagle Jet was formed, it did not have an Operating Certificate to operate the

23 Sabreliner so the aircraft was operated under the Operating Certificate of Scenic Airlines

24 (hereinafter referred to as "Scenic") and managed by a company known as Eagle Jet

25 Chaiter, Inc. (hereinafter referred to

as "Eagle Charter").

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after Eagle Jet was formed, Mr. Thomson created an entity known as "The Flying

2 Hospital, Inc." (hereinafter referred to as the "The Flying Hospital"), a nonprofit

3 corporation funded by Mr. Thomson.

The Flying Hospital and was responsible for its

4 23. Mr. Frehe became the president of

5 management. Around February of2000, Mr. Woods became employed by Eagle Charer

Pilot for Eagle Charer,

6 as a Captain for the Sabreliner. He was hired by the then Chief

7 Douglas Wright.
8 24. Mr. Woods and the other employees related to the Sabreliner were considered employees
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Scenic.

10 25. Subsequent to Mr. Woods staring with Eagle Charter, Mr. Pen1y arved in Las Vegas

Mr. Thomson, brought in to check the outflow of

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12 money from Eagle Jet to The Flying HospitaL.

13 26. Besides checking into the Flyig Hospital, Mr. Penly became involved with the
14 operations of

the Sabreliner.

15 27. Scenic terminated the agreement it had with Mr. Thomson that had allowed the

16 Sabreliner to operate under Scenic's Operating Certifcate, Because Scenic terminated its
17 relationship with Eagle Jet, Eagle Jet was faced with either terminating its Sabreliner
18 operations or acquiring its own Operating Certificate. It was decided that Eagle Jet would

19 obtain its own Operating Certificate, and it assumed full responsibilty for the Sabreliner.
20 28. To obtain an Operating Certificate, the FAA, as one its requirements, commands that a

21 company conduct 25 hours of proving runs with FAA personnel present in the aircraft for
22 each type of aircraft the company intends to operate under the Operating Certificate.

23 29. Because jet aircraft can cost several thousand dollars per hour to operate, conducting
24 proving runs can be very expensive. Eagle Jet conducted the Sabreliner proving nms

25 during July, 2002 and was issued an Operating Certificate on July 16, 2002.
26 30. In or about November 2001, during the time Eagle Jet was working to obtain its
27 Operating Certificate, Mr. Frehe and Mr. Thomson had

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2 was improperly siphoning money.

3 31. Mr. Frehe agreed to leave the company and tender his shares in the Sabreliner operation

4 and in Eagle Jet to Mr, Thomson for a purchase price of $36,000, payable at $3,000 per

5 month for 12 months.

6 32. This surrender of shares by Mr. Frehe left Mr. Thomson as the sole shareholder in Eagle

Thomson (500 shares) and Roland

7 Jet. Mr. Thomson's ownership was held by Justin

8 Thomson (500 shares), while Stuart Warren (hereinafter "Mr. Warren") was issued 20

of

9 shares. Upon Mr. Frehe's deparre from Eagle Jet Mr. Pen1yacted as a representative

10 Mr. Thomson.
11 33. On December 21,2001, Mr. Warren was elected as President and Mr. Penly was elected

12 as Secretary/Treasurer of Eagle Jet,

13 34. Mr. Frehe subsequently initiated a lawsuit against Mr. Thomson because Mr. Thomson

$3,000 per month. Mr. Thomson countersued, alleging malfeasance

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Mr. Frche and mismanagement offtuids through Eagle Jet. Prior to

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16 adjudication ofthis action, Mr. Frehe passed away.

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2002 or January of

Pilot for Eagle Jet

2003, Mr. Wright, the Chief

Mr. Thomson,

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19 approached Mr. Woods about Mr. Woods assuming the position of

the Chief

Pilot.

Pilot the company would have

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Pilot under the conditions that

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Eagle Jet.

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23. 37. Mr. Pen1y agreed to accept those conditions under which Mr. Woods would assume the
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Pilot position.

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Eagle Jet.

Pilot, Mr. Woods managed the operations of

Pilot, Eagle Jet

was operating at a

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2 he ended up runnng the entire Eagle Jet operation, including the charterig operations,
3 41. At the time Mr. Woods took over as ChiefP.i1ot, Lear 25 was in arrears on the Sabreliner

and it became apparent that it was going to lose the Sabreliner to the finance

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6 42. By law, without an aircraft, Eagle Jet could not retain its Operating Certificate.
7 43. Mr. Woods faciltated an agreement with the owner ofD&O Aviation (hereinafter

8 referred to as "D&D") out of Salt Lake City, Utah wherein D&D agreed to lease Eagle
9 Jet a Lear 35 Jet Aircraft so that Eagle Jet could continue its operations and maintain its

10 Operating Certificate,
11 44. Mr. Woods took delivery of

the Lear 35 (hereinafter

referred to as the "0&0 Lear 35")

12 from D&b on February 11, 2003.

13 45. Eagle Jet returned the Sabreliner to the finance company by delivery to Scottsdale,

14 Arzona on February 16, 2003.

15 46. Mr. Woods used his personal credit cards to purchase fuel, parts and supplies for Eagle

16 Jet.

17 47. Mr. Woods used more than one credit card account for the payment of expenses for Eagle
18 Jet

and aircraft managed or operated by Eagle Jet prior to April 26, 2007.

19 48. Mr. Woods directed reimbursement ofthe charges on his personal credit cards, and

20 received payments from Eagle Jet for charges on his personal credit cards.
21 49. During the latter part of2003, Mr. Woods asked for an ownership iiiterest in Eagle Jet.
22 50. The owners of

Eagle Jet approved distribution of 1,000 shares in Eagle Jet to Mr. Woods.

23 51. Mr. Woods directed that the 1,000 shares be issued to Cirnis.
24 52. At the time Woods executed the "Shareholder Buy-Sell Agreement", all other
25 shareholders, save Justin Thomson and Roland Thomson, signed this agreement.

26 53. Except for his interest in Cirrus Aviation, LLC, Milton Woods has no direct ownership of

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1 54. On or about November 3,2003, Ciirus received 250 shares in Eagle Jet via Stock

2 Certificate Number 9. Stock Certificate Number 9 was signed by Mr. Penly as Secretary

3 and by Mr. Warren as President of Eagle Jet.

4 55. Approximately one month later, on or about December 1,2003, Cirrs received the
5 remaining 750 shares in Eagle Jet via Stock Certificate Number 14. Stock Certificate

Mr. Warren as

6 Number 14 was similarly signed by Mr. Pen1y as Secretary and by

7 President.
8 56. Sometime in November 2003, Eagle Jet obtained another Lear 35 Jet Aicraft, under a

Monterey, California.

9 more favorable lease from Robert Buck of

10 57. Accordingly, the borrowed D&D Lear 3S was returned to D&D in Salt Lake.
continued to increase and eventually

11 58. Thoughout 2003 and 2004, Eagle Jet's business

it

12 reached a point where it became necessary to obtain a second Lear Jet.

13 59. Mr. Pen1y obtained a lease on a Lear 35 from CIT Ban( (hereinafter referred to as the

14 "CIT Lear 35").

15 60. The FAA requires that each company holding an Operating Certficate have both a Chief

16 Pilot and a Director of Operations/General Manager. Sometime in 2003, the FAA

Pilot or Director of Operations/General

17 required that Mr. Woods become either Chief

18 Manager. Mr. Woods became the Director of Operations/General Manager and a new

19 Chief Pilot was hired.

20 61. In or around November of2004, Mr. Woods found and negotiated the sale of a late serial

21 munber Lear 35 Jet Airc1'ft through Rolf Smith. On November 29, 2004, the Board of
22 Directors of

Eagle Jet, by unanimous wrtten consent, authorized Eagle Jet to purchase

23 the 1987 Gates Lear 35A Aircraft for $2,300,000, pursuant to an Aircraft Purchase
24 Agreement dated Sept 30, 2004 between M/G Transport Services, Inc. and J effWyler
25 Dealer Group, Inc. The Board of

Directors further diotated that Eagle Jet take title to the

26 Lear 35A in a previously formed company known as "Milt's Eagle, LLC."

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guarantee the

162. Pursuant to the resolution, Eagle Jet's Board agreed that Eagle Jet would

2 obligations of Milt's Eagle with respect to the 10~ The written consent document shows
3 Mr. Penly, Mr. Woods and Mr. Warren as the Board of

Directors of

Eagle Jet.

4 63. Mr. Penly was personally handling all the financing arangements for the purchase ofthe

5 Lear 35A,and was told that a $250,000 down payment was necessary for the purchase,

$1 00,000 to come

6 Upon completion, the down payment requirement was $350,000, with

7 from the assets of Eagle Jet.

is no applicable sales

8 64. Woods arranged to pick up the Lear 35A in Oregon because there

9 tax. When Mr. Woods arved in Oregon to take possession of the Lear 35A, the

10 financing to purchase the Lear 35A was not imediately available. Mr. Penly worked to
11 obtain replacement fiancing, which was obtained at a higher premiumTo complete the
12 purchase of

the Lear 35A, the finance company JODA required a personal commitment

13 from the Eagle Jet owners. Mr. Woods put up $100,000, Mr. Warren agreed to put up

14 $60,000, Mr. Penly put up $90,000 and Mr. Thomson elected not to participate in this
15 transaction. Mr. Wan-en required that his $60,000 contribution be considered a loan.
the loan for the Lear 35A,

16 While Mr. Woods and Mi'. Penly agreed to personally guaranty

17 Mr. Warren did not.

18 65. Eagle Jet, through Milt's Eagle LLC, received the Lear 35A in December of2004

19 (hereinafter referred to as the "Purchased Lear 35A") and discontinued leasing the Lear

20 35 from CIT. Milt's Eagle LLC was to lease the Purchased Lear 35A to Eagle Jet. Eagle
21 Jet made the mortgage payments directly to the finance company.

22 66. Mr, Penly was reimbursed for his $90,000 contribution.

23 67. Mr, Waren received his $60,000 back within approximately two years thereafter,
24 comprised of

25 68. As of April

two payments of$30,OOO.

2007, Mr. Woods had not been reimbursed for his $100,000 contribution,

26 69. About six to eight months later after obtaining the Purchased Lear 35A, Eagle Jet

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1 under much more favorable terms, with the monthly mortgage payments being reduced

2 from approximately $30,000 per month to $20,900 per month.

3 70. Again, both Mr. Woods and Mr. Penly had to personally guarantee the loan. Mr. Warren

4 did not commit to the guaranty.

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5 71. On July 22,2005, the Board

Directors of

Eagle Jet resolved to issue 2,000 Eagle Jet

6 shares to Messrs. Pen1y, Waren and Woods.

Eagle Jet.

7 72. On January 6, 2006, Mr. Woods was elected as :president of

8 73. Sometime in 2006, Mr. Penlyobtained a hanger at the McCarran Airport from which

9 Eagle Jet could operate.

10 74. In June of

2006, Mr. Woods found an aircraft and assisted a group of

local Las Vegas

11 businessmen in the purchase of a Lear 55 Jet Aircraft, that was added to Eagle Jet's

12 Operating Certificate as a managed aircraft pursuant to an agreement with those

13 businessmen (hereinafter referred to as the "Managed Lear 55 One").

14 75. Ths aircraft was owned by4 Romeo Whskey LLC, who in tu was owned by Randy

15 Kidd, Steven Aizenburg and Mr. Ostergaard.

16 76. Mr. Woods did not charge 4 Romeo Whiskey a finder's fee for the work in acquiring a

17 Lear 55.
18 77. Eagle Jet did not receive a

finder's fee from 4 Romeo Whiskey.

19 78. Pursuant to the agreement, Eagle Jet was to receive 15% of the revenue derived from

20 charer operations for the Managed Lear 55 One, as well as a hanger and maintenance

21 contract for $9,000 per month.

22 79. On December 29,2006 the Board of

Directors by Unanimous Written Consent voted to

$200,000 and to Mr, Penly in the amount of

23 give bonuses to Mr. Woods in the amoimt of

24 $100,000 (hereinafter referred to as the "December Resolution"). In additon, the Board

25 voted to pay $100,000 to Warren.
26 80. The December 29,2006 resolution was rescinded by a resolution dated May 1,2007.

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1 81. In February of2007, Eagle Jet began managing another Lear 55 owned by Jim Monaghan
2 in Scottsdale, Arizona (hereinafter referred to as the "Managed Lear 55 Two"). The

3 Managed Lear 55 Two was also added to Eagle Jet's Certificate as a managed aircraft
4 pursuant to an agreement with Mr. Monaghan.
5 82. Mr. Woods located for Randy Kidd, Steve Aizenberg and associates a Challenger 601-

6 3AER (hereinafter referred to as the "Challenget') which the businessmen purchased in

7 February of

2007.

8 83. At a called meeting of the Eagle Jet Board, in February of 2007 the Company elected to

9 not paricipate in the purchase of this aircraft.

10 84. Because the Challenger had more than nine seats, Eagle Jet would have had to expand its
11 Operating Certficate and conduct proving runs with the Challenger.
12 85. Eagle agreed that Advanced Air Management, Inc., a California corporation located in

13 Van Nuys, California (hereinafter referred to as "Advanced Air") should operate the
14 Challenger. Mr. Woods did not agree to have the Challenger operated by Advanced Air,
15 86, Advanced Air Management, Inc., a California corporation located in Van Nuys,

16 California was purchased in September 2006 by Eagle Jet and Private Jet Services and
17 shares were given to Mr. Woods (1,000 shares), Mr, Penly (1,000 shares), Mr. Warren

18 (1,000 shares), John Kaylor (500 shares) and Scott Chikar (500 shares).
19 87. Advanced Air Management was purchased for $171,500, and Eagle Jet made the

20 purchase with an expenditure of company ftmds.

21 88. After the pre~buy inspection for the Challenger was completed in Tucson, Arizona, Eagle
22 Jet flew the owners of

the Challenger down to take possession of

the Challenger. Mr.

23 Woods was not type-rated in the Challenger.

24 89. Woods took pilot Bob McKenna (hereinafter referred to as "Mr. McKenna"), with him to

25 fly the aircraft back to Las Vegas with the owners on board.
26 90. Mr. Woods and Mr. McKenna violated an FAA regulation which requires that prior to

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as an infraction. Mr. Woods

2 onboard the aircraft; nevertheless the FAA viewed this

3 claims this was inadvertent.

Eagle Jet's Certificate,

4 91. The Challenger was never part of

5 92. A letter signed by Mr. McKenna reports this violation to the FAA. Mr. Woods then

6 received a letter of investigation from the FAA.

23, 2007, discussing

7 93. Messrs. Penly and Warren wrote a letter to Mr. Woods, dated April

8 Mr. Wood's position with the company and setting forth several terms for his separation.
9 94. The proposal was conditioned on Mr. Woods not worldng for any Eagle Jet competitor,
10 being supportve of

Jet.

Eagle Jet, and not making derogatory statements about Eagle.

11 95. Mr. Woods was presented with the letter by Mr. Warren and Mr; P'enly.
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13 96. On or aboutApri127, 2007, Mr. Woods issued checks to pay for the charges on Mr.

14 Woods's personal credit cards for expenses alleged to have been incured by Eagle Jet
15 including $34,000 for a Lear 55 windshield, $23,000 for installation ofthe windshield,
16 $14,000 for training at Simuflte, miscellaneous fuel charges, ramp charges and aircraft

17 parts.
the $100,000 he loaned

18 97. Mr. Woods also issued a check to himse1ffoi' reimbursement of

19 Eagle Jet for purchase ofthe Purchased Lear 35, plus $15,000 interest.
20 98. Lastly, Mr. Woods cut check number 3304 to Cirrus for $200,000. Mr. Woods cut the
21 checks to Cirs instead of

himself

22 99. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Peii1y and Mr. Waii'en, owning a majority interest of Eagle Jet,

23 told Mr. Woods they were voting 1m out.

24 100. At about this time Mr. Penly had the locks changed at Eagle Jet, and called to

25 cancel Mr. Woods's security badge for airport access,

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Nevada, tellng the

On or about April 30, 2007, Mr. Pen1y sent a letter to Bank of

2 bank there was a dispute and to put a hold on all funds regarding check number 3304.

Nevada subsequently interpled the funds suing both Mr. Woods and Eagle Jet.

3 Bank of

102.

The owner ofthe Managed Lear SS One took back its aircraft from Eagle Jet..

103.

During all times he was the President, Chief Pilot and Director of Operations for

6 Eagle Jet, Milton J. Woods was a Canadian citizen,

104.

Milon J. Woods obtained US Citizenhip in 2009.

105.

Mr. Woods directed the payment of expenses for Eagle Jet prior to Apri126,

2007.

Milt Woods opened a ban account called 'Eagle Jet Maintenance' at Bank West

106.

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Nevada.

107.

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contact with Randy Kidd since April

108.

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Eagle Jet. Mr. Woods has had

Mr. Woods had access to the customer lists of

26, 2007,
Eagle Jet on or about July

Mil Woods and Greg Woods appeared at the offices of

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DATED this IIli/day of June, 2014.

DATED this Il(day of June, 2014.

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Jay .

Nevada Bar No. 4989

FLANGAS MCMILLAN LAW GROUP

s Vegas, Nevada 89128

3275 S. Jones Boulevard, Suite 105

Las

Vegas, Nevada 89146

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

MILTON WOODS and
CIRUS AVIATION SERVICES

E-Mail: [email protected]

Attorneys for Defendants

AVIATION, INC.
EAGLE JET
and ALEX PENLY

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