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.
“The Empty Leg Syndrome” contained an error regarding aircraft depreciation. The correct rates of depreciation are fives years for personal use (FAR Part 91) aircraft, and seven years for commercial (Part 135) aircraft. (February 2010, page 23)
Associated Aircraft Group (AAG), Wappingers Falls, N.Y., named Thomas McQuade president. He succeeds founder and President John C. Agor. AAG is a Sikorsky Aircraft company. City of Rock Hill, Rock Hill, S.C., announced that Eric Ramsdell, the city’s airport administrator, has been elected president of the South Carolina Aviation Association for a one-year term. Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Lynnwood, Wash., promoted Brian Barrett to vice president, Aftermarket Services for the Aerospace Group. He is located in Burbank, Calif.
Digital Cyclone, Inc., a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd., has a new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch called Pilot My-Cast that is a premium aviation weather, flight planning and flight filing application for customers in the United States and Canada. The app includes five menu tabs at the bottom of the page: routes, flight plan, weather, airport information and settings. Garmin claims Pilot My-Cast is unique because it receives aviation data directly from providers such as the National Weather Service, Environment Canada and the FAA.
