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.
April 26 — About 1835 CDT, a Beech G36 (N222GL) experienced a loss of engine power and performed an emergency landing near Hoxie, Kan. The airplane was registered to and operated by Garmin International Inc., Olathe, Kan., as a business flight. It was VFR for the flight, which operated on an IFR flight plan. The flight originated from Centennial Airport (APA), Englewood, Colo., about 1605 MDT, and was en route to New Century AirCenter Airport (JCI), Olathe, Kan. According to a statement provided by the pilot, while flying at 11,000 ft.
FAA Flight Standards Director John Allen wants to change the agency's approach to enforcement regarding minor issues, but is getting slowed by the agency's attorneys. Speaking at the recent Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association Spring Meeting, he said his office had hoped to move away from a punitive system to one that enables inspectors to help operators correct small problems before immediately jumping into an enforcement action.
California's Santa Monica Airport is more than doubling its aircraft landing fees of $2.07 certified maximum gross landing weight per 1,000 lb. to $5.48 beginning Aug. 1. The fees will be applied both to transient and based aircraft. City officials say the airfield side is not self-sustaining and has tapped into the city's general fund for an estimated $13.3 million in capital improvement projects. The fee increases, they say, will be used to put the airport in the black and pay for its upkeep.
