Fri, May 14, 2010
Airport Management Issues Have Been Resolved
ANN has learned that a judge has dismissed all charges against
Jason Blair, the Executive Director of the National Association of
Flight Instructors, which stemmed from a allegations of
embezzlement at an airport where he had been manager
Blair's attorney James Mikel McEwen, said in a statement: "All
criminal charges brought against Jason Blair have been dismissed.
The charges which were brought against Mr. Blair, and ultimately
dismissed, involved a corporation in which Mr. Blair has an
ownership interest. In the past, this corporation was contracted to
provide management services at an airport in Southwest Michigan and
a question, which has been resolved, arose over a fuel account. The
above-described charges, in no way, had any relationship to Mr.
Blair's duties or position with the National Association of Flight
Instructors."
As
ANN reported last month, the charge stemmed from some 2,510
gallons of fuel that allegedly went unpaid while Blair was the
manager of the Hastings City/Barry County Airport (9D9) in
Michigan.
It was never clear where the unpaid fuel went. The Hastings
Banner reported that an audit of airport records from 2008
uncovered the discrepancy, but Barry County administrator Michael
Brown that the cause could have been anything from a faulty
accounting system to a broken pump. Investigating officers found
that access to the fuel pumps was open, and they could drive up to
the pump and find one of the gas nozzles unlocked and lying on the
ground. At that time, it was determined that a conviction would be
difficult to obtain due to the access to the fuel pumps.
The investigation was re-opened in 2009 when a new manager was
appointed at 9D9.
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