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 FAA continued to investigate charges leveled at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Gulfstream International Airlines last month after proposing in May that the carrier pay a 
<link news>$1.3 million fine for duty-time violations and installing automotive air-conditioner compressors and improperly maintained vent blowers on its fleet of 27 Beech 1900Ds.
Although the FAA found that the airline inaccurately transferred data from its manually generated aircraft logbook records into its electronic system, it stopped short of accusing anyone of falsifying records. “I’ve had a lot of talks with our attorneys and what they have told me is that we have no evidence to indicate that this was deliberate,” said an FAA spokesperson. “However, we’re continuing to look at them.” 
Meanwhile, revelations that Gulfstream International pilots allowed a regular passenger to sit in a Beech 1900’s cockpit jumpseat during revenue flights added another dimension to what has become a public-relations dilemma for the company. The FAA spokesperson confirmed that the agency received complaints related to that issue, but wouldn’t provide details because, she said, “there are other cases that are open [related to Gulfstream International], so I can’t really discuss them.” She said the FAA began investigating Gulfstream International in “June or July” last year after one of its pilots filed a lawsuit and a whistleblower complaint charging the airline with firing him for his refusal to fly with a malfunctioning TCAS.

Gulfstream Intl. under FAA Scrutiny

The FAA continued to investigate charges leveled at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Gulfstream International Airlines last month after proposing in May that th

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