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 will for the first time integrate voluntary safety information collected from pilots under the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) and from air traffic controllers under the Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP), the agency announced yesterday. United Airlines and its pilots have signed the first agreement to participate in a demonstration program. The agency said it expects to sign similar agreements with other carriers in the future.
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“This revolutionary program will give us an incredible amount of data that will help us find problems, make corrections and avoid incidents,” said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. “I applaud air traffic controllers, pilots and airlines for their dedication to keeping our aviation system as safe as possible.”
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According to the FAA, the program will develop processes and policies to share and analyze relevant safety information in a non-punitive way, consistent with the basic principles of safety management systems.&nbsp;
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Today, 73 air carriers participate in 169 ASAP programs for pilots, mechanics, flight attendants and dispatchers. However, not all employee groups believe the program has worked as intended. For example, Comair’s mechanics <a href="?q=node/25737">withdrew from their ASAP</a> program this summer after employees complained that management had, in fact, used the voluntary reports as a basis for punitive action. &nbsp;



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FAA To Merge ASAP, ATSAP Data  

The FAA will for the first time integrate voluntary safety information collected from pilots under the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) and from air t

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