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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Harrods Aviation has achieved Stage 3 registration under IBAC’s International Standard for Business Aviation Handling (IS-BAH). The company earned the program’s highest level at both its London Luton and Stansted airport locations, making it the first in the UK to do so.
<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2014-05-22/ibac-unveils-new-ground-handling-standard">Launched</a> in 2014, IS-BAH is an audit-based process that requires companies to integrate safety management systems (SMS) into their operations. Following the successful completion of each audit, the company must demonstrate the requirements for the next level over a certain period before they can schedule their next audit.
"We started our IS-BAH journey in 2016 and have found the implementation process to be profoundly beneficial in enhancing our Safety Management System,” said Dan Holian, Harrods director of operations, adding that the IS-BAH framework allowed the company to build its safety landscape in a smart, manageable, and measurable way. “We highly recommend its adoption to other FBOs looking to elevate their SMS compliance, especially with new ground handling regulations on the horizon."
This latest acceptance brings the number of IS-BAH Stage 3 ground handlers to 36 worldwide.
"As one of the early participants in the program, Harrods have progressively built on their achievements at Stage 1 and Stage 2 and have been able to evidence a positive safety culture in meeting Stage 3 registration criteria," stated IS-BAH program director Terry Yeomans.

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Harrods Aviation is the first UK ground handler to achieve Stage 3 registration under the International Standard for Business Aviation Handling.

Harrods Aviation Scores 1st IS-BAH Stage 3 in UK

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