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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A flight attendant strike at Air France reached its sixth day on Monday, forcing the airline to cancel some 20 percent of its domestic and medium-haul flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and 5 percent of its international services. The strike, scheduled to last until August 2, has now affected more than 150,000 passengers.

 


Although Air France expressed confidence it would meet its revised schedule target for August 1, it warned of last-minute cancellations and the possible need to limit the number of passengers on individual flights on which it cannot field a full cabin crew. &nbsp;

 


Air France has promised affected customers that it will inform them of any cancellations one day ahead of time and allow those holding a reservation for a flight scheduled for between July 27 and August 2 to postpone their trips until between August 3 and August 12.

 


Unions representing roughly half of the striking crewmembers called for the weeklong action after they failed to negotiate an extension to the existing contract, which expires in October. Management wants the extension to last 17 months, while unions leaders have asked for between three and five years. At issue remains pay, work rules and promotion policy.

 


Air France’s last strike lasted from June 11 to June 14, when a pilot walkout cost the airline an estimated €40 million ($44 million).

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