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 DOT on July 15 issued Trans States Holdings’ GoJet unit tentative approval for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, bringing it a step closer to launching service as a United Express carrier. The new entity, established in December to fly 70-seat jets for United, would start flying by the end of this month with a pair of CRJ700s if all goes according to schedule. Interested parties have 14 days to object to GoJet’s plans, and the airline still needs to finish its consultations over manual adjustments with the FAA before earning its operating certificate.

The first of 10 CRJ700s ordered by GoJet arrived in St. Louis in late June; the company expected the second by the end of last month. The airline plans to fly 10 of the airplanes by the end of this year as one of the United Express carriers recruited to replace Air Wisconsin. Flying 73 airplanes for US Airways, American Airlines and United, Trans States established GoJet late last year specifically for the 70-seat jets because the American Airlines’ pilot contract scope clause bars it from flying airplanes holding more than 50 passenger seats for any partner.

GoJet Aims To Fly This Month

The DOT on July 15 issued Trans States Holdings’ GoJet unit tentative approval for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, bringing it a step cl

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