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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Citing the rising tide of new Covid cases,&nbsp;spurred by the virulent Omicron variant&nbsp;and the fluid, uncertain situation it has created, NBAA has decided to postpone next month’s Schedulers &amp; Dispatchers Conference (SDC). The four-day show, which was scheduled to begin in San Diego, California&nbsp;on January&nbsp;18, is now slated to take place as a three-day event at the San Diego Convention Center on April 5-7.

 


Last week, California’s Department of Public Health issued a <a href="https://covid19.ca.gov/masks-and-ppe/">mandate that everyone in the state wear a mask in indoor public spaces</a> and workplaces. The initial order is in effect at least until Jan.&nbsp;15, 2022.

 


SDC was canceled this year, a casualty of the continued disruptions of the initial Covid wave, and the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-03-13/nbaas-sdc-2020-goes-out-quietly">2020 show was ended mid-event</a> amidst a flurry of pandemic-related national shutdowns as the virus was beginning to gain a foothold in the U.S.

 


“With the recent emergence of the Omicron variant&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;a lot we are still learning about this virus,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen.&nbsp;“Moving the conference from immediately after the holiday season&nbsp;will provide us&nbsp;with a firmer understanding of this situation so we can ensure appropriate safety protocols are in place as we move forward with our exciting and dynamic 2022 events.”&nbsp;

NBAA Postpones SDC2022 Until April

NBAA's annual Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference, originally scheduled for January, has been rescheduled to early April.

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