Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.

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Mark Huber

A sample of 100 diverse aviation companies conducted by JSFirm.com, an aviation jobs website, found that 83 percent do not require Covid-19 vaccines and 68 percent do not require Covid-19 testing of their employees, while 93 percent have resumed business/corporate travel. Of the companies that do require testing, 65 percent pay for the tests.&nbsp;

 


“Seeing business/corporate travel resume is exhilarating,” said Abbey Hutter, executive director of JSFirm.com. “At the same time, we can still feel the shortage of aviation professionals across all facets of the industry. JSfirm.com is continuing to extend our resources for job seekers and hiring companies to do our part to address this shortage of professionals.”&nbsp;

 


The Biden administration is proposing either mandatory Covid vaccinations or weekly testing at companies with more than 100 employees and at those of any size that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid funding.&nbsp;The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is drafting rules to enforce this, with fines up to $14,000. However, draft legislation in the U.S. House, contained in the budget reconciliation bill, could potentially bump those fines up to between $70,000 and $700,000, depending on whether&nbsp;the violation was serious or willful and repeated. Last month, the federal government estimated that 53 percent of the U.S. population had received the vaccine. Major airlines mandating employee vaccinations include Delta, United, Southwest, Frontier, and Hawaiian. The IRS said it is drafting rules to provide a tax credit for small businesses to cover employee time off to receive/recover from the vaccine.&nbsp;

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News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

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News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

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