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 Regional Airline Association (RAA) board of directors elected Atlantic Coast Airlines president Tom Moore chairman of the association during its annual fall membership meeting last month in Washington, D.C. Moore replaces Andy Price, president of Plattsburgh-N.Y-based CommutAir. The board also chose Atlantic Southeast Airlines president Skip Barnette as its vice chairman, Express Airlines I president and CEO Phil Trenary as treasurer and Cape Air president Dan Wolf as secretary.
Senior staff from the FAA held a closed session to discuss security and operational issues with 23 regional airline CEOs during the meeting’s presidents’ council. The CEO elected four new board members, including Bryan Bedford of Chautauqua Airlines, Tim Kombrec of Empire Airlines and Paul Landis of Era Aviation. 
RAA also added a pair of new members to its ranks–Las Vegas-based Boeing 757 operator National Airlines and Miami-based charter operator IBC Airways. RAA’s 50 member carriers now account for roughly 94 percent of total regional airline industry enplanements.

Regionals Update: RAA names new chairman

The Regional Airline Association (RAA) board of directors elected Atlantic Coast Airlines president Tom Moore chairman of the association during its annual

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