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.
Meanwhile, at the other end of Wichita's Kellogg Avenue, Cessna has begun deliveries of its M2 light jet and new Sovereign+, providing the planemaker with a much needed boost. Last year the company phased out production and sold off what original Sovereign and Citation X jets remained, posting losses of $50 million in the second quarter and $23 million in the third quarter as a result. Powered by Williams FJ44 engines, the M2 flies at speeds of 400 kt., has a 1,300-nm range and can operate at airports with 3,250-ft. runways.
The FAA will keep its minimum random drug and alcohol testing percentage rates the same for calendar year 2014, testing at least 25% of covered employees for drugs and 10% for alcohol, the agency has determined. The decision, set to be formalized in a Federal Register notice, is made each year based on full-year testing results from the last full calendar year. If positive test rates exceed 1.0% for drugs or 0.50% for alcohol in a year, FAA must boost the percentages of employees tested.
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, named Craig Olson vice president and general manager, Business and Regional Systems. He succeeds Jeff Standersky, who was recently named senior vice president, Information Management Services. Olson has been with Rockwell Collins for more than 27 years.
