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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Andre Dosé resigned his post as CEO of Swiss International Airlines last month amid a continuing investigation into the Nov. 21, 2001 crash of a Crossair Avro RJ100 near Basseldorf, Switzerland. Swiss chairman Pieter Bouw has replaced Dosé as CEO.
 Dosé left the company as Switzerland’s Bureau of Air Accident Investigation (BFU) prepared to launch a probe into accusations that negligence on the part of former Crossair managers contributed to the crash. Just 10 months earlier Dosé assumed the CEO position from Crossair’s founder, Moritz Suter. The airline subsequently absorbed the assets of its bankrupt parent company, Swissair, and reemerged as Swiss in early 2002.
The BFU issued a report in February that the Avro’s captain allowed the airplane to descend below minimum descent altitude on its approach to Zurich, despite the lack of prescribed visibility, and that the copilot did nothing to prevent continuation of the flight below MDA. The report also said the 57-year-old captain, who accumulated several blemishes on his record during his piloting career, suffered from exhaustion.
In a written statement, Dosé said the Swiss board of directors had asked him to take a leave of absence until the BFU closed its investigation. Instead, he chose to resign, due partly to the airline’s persistent financial problems. The airline has yet to turn a quarterly profit since its establishment in April 2002.

CEO Dosé Quits Swiss

Andre Dosé resigned his post as CEO of Swiss International Airlines last month amid a continuing investigation into the Nov.

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