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.
NetJets has made across-the-board cuts to its U.S. operations of about 5 percent of its approximately 7,000- to 8,000-employee work force worldwide, according to a statement released by spokesman Ted Lowen. Fewer than 300 people in Ohio are affected, he added. NetJets has about 2,000 employees at its Port Columbus International Airport operational headquarters and surrounding offices.
The city of São Jose dos Campos in Brazil will be the site of a new service center for Embraer. The 19,380-square-foot center (17,440 square feet for aircraft and 1,940 square feet for administration) will be located at the company’s headquarters and offer Embraer executive jet owners a dedicated maintenance facility. Embraer will offer scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for Phenom and Legacy aircraft as well as remote assistance for aircraft that cannot go to the center.
FACTS Training, a division of AirCare Solutions Group, has created a customized training program designed to assist corporate flight departments in meeting full compliance with the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO). FACTS IS-BAO ASSET Training offers an intensive one-day program designed to address a flight department’s IS-BAO specific training needs, using proven FACTS procedures, according to the company. The course is a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on practice with emergency equipment.
