Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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The lawyer representing former Fairchild Dornier employees issued a statement on May 14 that reasserts a court petition to force the company’s U.S. subsidiaries into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The statement came just two weeks after the law firm of Campbell Miller Zimmerman expressed optimism over Fairchild Dornier’s assurances that it would “immediately” address its U.S. subsidiaries’ funding requirements, and that such funding included the severance payments. 
However, at press time the company had yet to issue a proposal for disbursing the $970,000 in severance payments to which the employees claim rights, prompting their Leesburg, Va.-based legal representatives to resume the petition process. Filed on behalf of some 500 ex-employees not covered by individual employment contracts, the lawsuit charges that Fairchild Dornier illegally terminated its severance policy. According to the petition, Fairchild Dornier did not notify employees, executive staff or its Herndon, Va.-based human resources representative of the change, which became known only after it fired the employees in early April.

Ex-Fairchild Employees Resume Chapter 7 Petition

The lawyer representing former Fairchild Dornier employees issued a statement on May 14 that reasserts a court petition to force the company’s U.S.

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