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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A coalition of six general aviation organizations on Wednesday sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging the Department of Transportation to work with them on addressing what they called pressing congestion issues in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). The letter—signed by AOPA president Mark Baker, EAA chairman&nbsp;Jack Pelton, GAMA president Pete Bunce, HAI president James Viola, NATA president Timothy Obitts, and NBAA president Ed Bolen—asked for a meeting to discuss how the general aviation community can help ensure the aviation system “best serves all Americans, in cities and towns across the U.S.”

 


Although the group cited factors largely affecting airlines—namely, acute air traffic controller shortages,&nbsp;airline scheduling challenges, evolving traffic conditions, and unique weather circumstances—as the main contributors to the disruptions, it urged Buttigieg to consider their effects on the entire aviation community.

 


“Although DOT data has never suggested that general aviation operations are a major cause of delays, we share in the agency’s goal of operating an aviation system that runs efficiently and safely, while equitably serving all stakeholders,” reads the letter. “Together, we can leverage proven tools and airspace-management techniques to address the challenges of the moment, even as we continue to transform the aviation system to meet the needs of the future.”

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Genav Groups Urge DOT To Address Airspace Congestion

In a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, six general aviation groups ask for a meeting to discuss solutions to air traffic disruptions.

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