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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Bankrupt Mesaba Airlines has asked a bankruptcy court judge to void contracts with its three labor unions after employees refused to agree to a 19.4-percent cut in payroll costs. In response, the airline’s pilots, flight attendants and mechanics staged protests at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on February 8 and Memphis Shelby County International Airport on February 9, and jointly petitioned the judge in the case to consider the $120 million held by parent company MAIR Holdings during the hearing, scheduled to start February 24. 
The employee groups argue that MAIR Holdings started siphoning the airline of its liquidity in 2002, when it acquired Big Sky Airlines, and that “despite the failed growth strategy, MAIR Holdings executives have rewarded themselves with salaries, bonuses and stock options at levels that exceed their peers’ at both regional and mainline carriers.” The judge rejected the employees’ argument, ruling that a one-time infusion of funds into the insolvent airline would do little to change its future prospects.

Mesaba Moves To Void Contracts

Bankrupt Mesaba Airlines has asked a bankruptcy court judge to void contracts with its three labor unions after employees refused to agree to a 19.4-percen

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