A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;from the broadcast industry where he was a national science and technology television reporter and producer. He writes on the FBO field, aviation finance, and sustainable aviation and occasionally contributes to&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;Business Jet Traveler. Curt was a member of the AINtv reporting staff that won the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for Best Airshow Daily. That same year, he was a finalist for another AJOYA award. He earned an AJOYA for Best Business Aviation Submission in 2018 and was a finalist in that category in 2021. He received the National Air Transportation Association’s&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;Consumer Reports’ television division, CRTV, and for several local television news staffs. An honors graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in 1995. Curt lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons.

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Curt Epstein

Against a backdrop of falling fuel prices and steadily increasing flight activity, NBAA will kick off its 26th annual Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference on Tuesday at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif. The price of crude oil has tumbled by 55 percent over the past year and the resulting downstream pressure on aviation fuel and its effects on the service provider industry is sure to be one of the prevailing topics of discussion at S&amp;D 2015, which is anticipated have more than 450 exhibitors and 2,500 attendees.

 


With safety and emergency preparedness the focus of this year’s show and a format extending to four days for the first time, one highlight will be a second-day general session featuring a live 90-minute crash scenario drill on stage with 10 roleplayers, ATC audio clips and video segments. “There is a part of the job that every scheduler and dispatcher must be prepared for, yet rarely talks about,” said Jo Damato, NBAA’s director of educational development and strategy. “If there’s an aircraft accident or incident, they’ll be the first to know and on the front line of the company’s response to protect its people and reputation.” 
 
	 
 
	AIN will be providing live coverage from the show on <a href="http://www.ainonline.com" target="_blank">AINonline</a>. Exhibitors can send news announced at S&amp;D to <a href="mailto:cepstein@ainonline.com?subject=S%26D%202015%20News">Curt Epstein</a>.

Expanded Schedulers/Dispatchers Confab Set for Tuesday

Safety and emergency preparedness is the focus of this year’s Schedulers and Dispatchers show, which is being extended to four days for the first time.

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