A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;from the broadcast industry where he was a national science and technology television reporter and producer. He writes on the FBO field, aviation finance, and sustainable aviation and occasionally contributes to&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;Business Jet Traveler. Curt was a member of the AINtv reporting staff that won the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for Best Airshow Daily. That same year, he was a finalist for another AJOYA award. He earned an AJOYA for Best Business Aviation Submission in 2018 and was a finalist in that category in 2021. He received the National Air Transportation Association’s&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;Consumer Reports’ television division, CRTV, and for several local television news staffs. An honors graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in 1995. Curt lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons.

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The Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) has issued an objection to plans from the Montreal Airport Authority that will prioritize commercial passenger flights over general and business aviation at Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (CYUL) due to construction projects that will last through September.
The development consists of the extension of Taxiway Bravo, which will last through June 9, and the planned closures of Taxiways B4 and B6 from June 18 to September 22.
Plans from the authority call for the prioritization of airline slots during the peak hours of 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and beyond.
CBAA argues that CYUL is owned by Transport Canada and leased to the airport authority. As such, it is beholden to federal obligations under the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines, which govern airport coordination globally and call for voluntary, mutually-agreed-upon schedule adjustments, rather than unilateral slot allocation. It noted that stakeholders such as CBAA should be consulted to ensure decisions are reflective of community and industry needs, with equitable access for all aviation sectors.
The group noted that business aviation directly supports more than 13,000 jobs in Quebec, with $7.43 billion in direct economic output. It requested immediate negotiations with a facilitator to ensure its members are not disproportionately impacted, along with a transparent demand and capacity analysis to justify the restrictions and explore possible infrastructure solutions.

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