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 pilots of U.S. regional airline ExpressJet reached a tentative agreement with airline management this week on a new program that will allow current flight crew and new-hire applicants with similar experience at other carriers to count previous years of service toward their total longevity at ExpressJet and/or Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA). The tentative deal would allow pilots to count up to 10 years of previous experience at Federal Aviation Regulation Part 121 carriers toward their tenures for purposes of hourly pay according to the specific equipment and status. That experience would also count toward benefits such as the 401(k) retirement match, defined contributions and vacation accrual. Applicants must have parted from their prior employer in good standing and have accumulated at least one year of equivalent experience in order to qualify. Current ExpressJet/ASA pilots who previously separated in good standing from a Part 121 carrier would receive the benefits of the agreement upon the date of signing.

 


“We anticipate this agreement will encourage prospective pilots to apply at ExpressJet,” said Chromer Smith, chairman of Atlantic Southeast Airlines’ Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) unit.

 


St. George, Utah-based SkyWest, the parent company of Atlantic Southeast, bought ExpressJet Airlines in 2010. ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast began operating under a single FAA certificate in November 2011 and a month later ASA adopted the ExpressJet name. However, the pilots of the two units continue to bargain as distinct groups.

 


SkyWest remains in broader negotiations with ALPA over new contract for ExpressJet’s two pilot groups. The pilots of its SkyWest Airlines subsidiary agreed to terms on a new four-year deal that took effect July 1.&nbsp;

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