Jessica is Executive Editor of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine. She started as Editor of ShowNews Online, Aviation Week's on-site trade show daily published at the Paris Air Show, NBAA Annual Convention, Singapore Air Show and at other significant aerospace gatherings.
Jessica has worked in television production and management consulting. While not yet a licensed pilot, Ms. Salerno has received flight instruction and has soloed.
Michelin and the Federal Aviation Administration Safety Program (FAASTeam) have teamed to offer pilot and aircraft maintenance technicians an online tire maintenance course titled “The Impact of Tire Maintenance on Aircraft Safety.” FAASafety.gov is the primary training website for pilot and aircraft maintenance technicians. There are FAA incentive credits available for taking the training courses, which cover a variety of topics. This new course helps expose pilots and AMTs to the possible consequences of inadequate tire inflation pressure and the damages of FOD.
Cessna has begun providing AOG maintenance for Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft in Europe, building on the service that the Wichita airframer recently rolled out in the U.S. Cessna's Citation Service Center in Zurich will perform the unscheduled AOG maintenance, providing services Caravans throughout the region. The Zurich center's Mobile Service Unit, one of three Cessna has in Europe, will be certified on the Caravan, along with Citation aircraft.
Piaggio Aero is already planning to open an authorized service center (ASC) in China, even though it has just two Piaggio Avanti II turboprops in the country. The ASC will be set up as a joint venture with Chinese distributor CAEA (Beijing) Aviation Investment Co. Ltd., at the Zhuhai operating base of CAE's Free Sky Aviation, which makes the aircraft available to private members. Li Xuefeng, president of CAEA, says the ASC will begin to provide services to customers as early as this year.
