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 European Regions Airline Association and the Regional Airline Association formalized a “long-standing working relationship” during a signing ceremony on Tuesday during the RAA’s annual convention in St. Louis. The memorandum of cooperation between the groups involves sharing best practices and joint communications and public relations work to raise the profile and influence of regional operators and operations on both continents. The associations also plan to exchange intelligence and proposals by U.S. and European regulators. 
 
	Specific areas of cooperation also include mutual involvement in each group’s annual convention/conference; exchange of information and, where possible, direct collaboration at an expert level on operations, maintenance, political, security and safety issues; joint communications and public relations efforts; regular contact between the heads of both association and the possibility of regular joint board and/or working group meetings. 
 
	“ERA’s and RAA’s members share a great deal of common challenges and opportunities, and it makes perfect sense to work even more closely together for the benefit of both our memberships,” said ERA director general Simon McNamara. “Collectively, our members move over 200 million passengers on both sides of the Atlantic; today’s agreement means that our shared experience and knowledge can be put to good use to defend, protect and support our airlines and the value chain of suppliers that we also work with and represent.”


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ERA, RAA Formalize Cooperation 

The RAA and the ERA signed a broad memorandum of cooperation at the U.S. group's annual convention.

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