Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Gulfstream parent company General Dynamics promoted the head of its marine unit, Phebe Novakovi, to the newly created positions of president and COO, effective May 2. While it has a chairman and CEO–Jay Johnson–General Dynamics thus far has had four executive vice presidents, including aerospace head Joe Lombardo, for each of its main businesses, but not a company-wide president or COO.

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