Chad Trautvetter
Online Editor
Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group. He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion, the student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot magazine, he joined AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.
Latest from Chad Trautvetter
Charter & Fractional
O'Neill Out, Schultz In as CitationAir Chief
Bill Schultz, currently executive vice president and COO of CitationAir, took over as president and CEO of the private air services company.
Knebel Tapped as Embraer's VP for Bizjet Sales
Embraer today named industry veteran Robert Knebel its vice president of executive aircraft sales for the U.S., Canada and Caribbean.
Jetcraft Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Jetcraft, which provides sales, acquisitions, trading and brokerage services of business aircraft, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Aircraft
Quest Kodiak Completes Latin American Demo Tour
A Quest Aircraft Kodiak today completed a three-week demonstration tour in Brazil, the Caribbean and other Latin American countries.
Gulfstream Names Neal as VP of Marketing and Sales
Gulfstream announced its appointment of Scott Neal as vice president of sales and marketing.
Regulations and Government
AOPA Member Starts Online Petition Against Aviation User Fees
AOPA member Kevin Mossey started an online petition on September 23 to get the Obama Administration to take aviation user fees off the table.
Aircraft
Boeing Philadelphia Employees Busted in Prescription Drug Sting
DEA and FBI agents yesterday arrested 22 employees and former employees of Boeing’s Ridley Park, Pa.
Regulations and Government
Court Showdown Over Barr Repeal To Start December 2
Court hearings will start December 2 in the lawsuit filed by
Regulations and Government
EBAA Seeks Fair Access to European Airports
While EBAA praised the European Commission’s initiative to revise the regulation on airport slots today at the European Airport Coordinators Association’s
FBOs
Sheltair To Operate Iconic FBO at JFK Airport
Sheltair signed a lease agreement yesterday with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to manage and operate the general aviation facility at John F.
Bolen Touts GA’s Positive Trade Balance for U.S.
In testimony yesterday to the U.S.
JetNet: Pre-owned Bizjet Prices, Transactions Climbing
“For the first time this year, some long-anticipated good news came for pre-owned business jet retail sale transactions,” JetNet said yesterday.
JPMorgan: Bizjet Deliveries To Rise 20 Percent in 2012
According to JPMorgan North American Equity Research’s latest business jet monthly report, business jet deliveries will remain flat this year at about 549
Regulations and Government
26 Groups Urge Congress to Reject Aviation User Fees
Twenty-six aviation and labor associations representing virtually the entire U.S.
United Technologies To Acquire Goodrich for $18.4B
United Technologies, the parent company of engine maker Pratt & Whitney Canada and helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky, reached an agreement yesterday to
Business Aviation Flight Activity Levels Off
Business aircraft flight activity in the U.S.
Avionics
Garmin Unveils iPad-esque Aviation Navigation Devices
Garmin unveiled its aera 795 and 796 portable aviation navigation devices yesterday.
Regulations and Government
House DOT Appropriations Bill Supports Barr Program
Yesterday NBAA welcomed language in a congressional appropriations bill that would preserve the Block Aircraft Registration Request (Barr) program.
Environment
JetBio To Grow Jatropha Fuel Crops in Brazil
San Diego-based SG Biofuels (SGB) announced today it has teamed with JetBio–an initiative that includes Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioven
NBAA Touts Strong Lineup for Convention Opening Session
With less than 30 days until the 2011 NBAA Convention takes place in Las Vegas, NBAA announced yesterday an “outstanding” lineup of featured speakers at th
Accidents
Citation 550, Taildragger Nearly Collide on Runway
A Cessna Citation 550 cleared a piston single taildragger by only 15 feet while the jet was taking off last week from Caruaru Airport, a non-tower airfiel
Security
Remembering 9/11, In Your Own Words
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, AIN asked you–our readers–to write the narrative by sharing your own personal stories of that
Regulations and Government
AIN Blog: Remembering 9/11, In My Own Words
As editor of AINalerts, I recently asked readers to share their accounts of 9/11, so I thought it only fair to share my own story from that day.
Security
GA Security Elevated as 9/11 Anniversary Nears
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued an intelligence bulletin warning on Friday that “violent extremists with knowledge of general aviati
JetNet: Pre-owned Bizcraft Inventory Continues To Shrink
While deliveries of new business aircraft lagged significantly in the first six months of 2011 on a year-over-year basis, JetNet said pre-owned business ai
Bizjet Market Still Remains Stable, Says Jetcraft
Despite worries over government debt in the U.S.
Hawker Beechcraft Workers Approve New Contract
Almost 70 percent of unionized Hawker Beechcraft machinists voted in favor of a five-year work contract that increases benefit costs, maintains pensions an
ATC
FltPlan Flight Privacy Program Exposes Tangled FAA Policy
In the days and weeks leading up to the August 2 changes that eliminated the Block Aircraft Registration Request (Barr) program, which for
