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March 21, 2009

NBAA, Alliance For Aviation Across America Denounce JetBlue Ad

"Welcome Bigwigs" Campaign Draws Fire

A tongue-in-cheek advertising campaign introduced this week by JetBlue Airways -- offering 'helpful hints' for fat-cat CEOs now relegated to traveling on commercial airliners -- has drawn significant objection from two organizations fed up with stereotypical portrayals of business aviation users.

Machinists Among Nearly Latest To Lose Their Jobs At Planemaker

As part of its effort to slash 10,000 jobs companywide this year, on Friday Boeing handed out a new round of layoff notices... advising 900 employees they would no longer have jobs 60 days from now.

Recession Hits Aviation Marketplace Hard, And It's Spreading Outside US

The Air Transport Association of America, industry trade organization for most US airlines, issued its first of what is expected to be a series of reports on the impact of the global recession on passenger and cargo airline traffic. And the news isn't good.

Company "First And Only Vendor" Able To Make That Claim

Captain Robert Holleran, Jeppesen chief technical pilot, has successfully completed the flight validation training course per FAA notice 8260.66 [Flight Validation of Satellite-Based Performance Based Navigation (PBN) and Special Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP)]. This makes Captain Holleran one of only four individuals who have received this authorization, and makes Jeppesen the first and only third-party vendor authorized to flight check PBN procedures. Required Navigation Performance (RNP) falls under the overall umbrella of PBN.