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

The change in format for NBAA’s annual Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference to three full days of programming this year paid clear dividends as the show welcomed 2,707 attendees, a record. Last year’s 25th anniversary edition in New Orleans hosted 2,671 guests. The 455 exhibitors in the main hall at the McEnery Convention Center included 43 making their&nbsp;debut at the show.

 


In addition to the exhibition floor, the show boasted 29 educational sessions, most approved for CAM program credit. Topics included managing mission risk in disruptive weather situations, international operations and understanding fuel buying.

 


For the fifth time, the S&amp;D advisory committee sponsored its “Pay It Forward” drive, which collects gently worn business attire from attendees and financial donations for local charities. When the program began in 2011, it collected 75 garments. This year, attendees and exhibitors donated 1,453 items, and the collection drew major donations from companies Shirt Boy, Landmark Aviation, World Fuel, Universal Weather and Aviation and&nbsp;Signature Flight Support, which&nbsp;sponsored a pedometer challenge to determine who walked the most during the three-day event. The challenge raised&nbsp;$4,060, which will be split between Dress For Success San Jose and Sacred Heart.

 


Next year’s conference will be held in Tampa, Fla., from January 19 to 22.

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