ARTICLES
Sample of Recent Articles and Publications:

• “Hot-Wash Your COVID-19 Response”,
  AEA Avionics News, June 2020
  
  
• “Safety Alerts for Operators and Information for Operators: When They Matter to Maintenance Organizations”,
  AEA Avionics News, April 2020
  
  
• “FAA Warns of Illegal Charter Schemes”,
  AEA Avionics News, March 2020
  
  
• “Sustainable Fuel in Focus for Business Aviation”,
  AEA Avionics News, February 2020
  
  
• “Aviation’s Greatest Evolution”,
  NATA Aviation Business Journal, Fall 2019
  
  
• “Urban Air Mobility – How Do We Get There from Here?”,
  AEA Avionics News, October 2019
  
  
• “Aerobearings Wins Appeal – Questions Remain for Repair Stations and Technicians”,
  AEA Avionics News, September 2019
  
  
• “All Politics Are Local: Be an Advocate for Aviation”,
  AEA Avionics News, August 2019
  
  
• “What the Aerobearings Enforcement Case Means for Technicians, Aircraft Owners and Operators”,
  AEA Avionics News, June 2019
  
  
• “An Introduction to the Aviation Safety Action Program”
  AEA Avionics News, May 2019
  
  
• “May Cause Drowsiness: The Impact of Impairing Medications on Pilots and Mechanics
  AEA Avionics News, April 2019
  
  
• “Best Practices for Electronic Manuals, Recordkeeping and Signatures”,
  AEA Avionics News, March 2019
  
  
• “Criminalization of Aviation Accidents”,
  AEA Avionics News, December 2018
  
  
• “General Aviation Security: How to Develop a Risk-Based Security Plan”,
  AEA Avionics News, October 2018
  
  
• “FAA Enforcement Action: Understand the Process and Know How to Respond”,
  AEA Avionics News, September 2018
  
  
• “Safety Management Systems: A Global Perspective”,
  AEA Avionics News, April 2018
  
  
• “Safety Management Systems Made Easy”,
  AEA Avionics News, April 2018
  
  
• “Update on the Safety Assurance System: What We’ve Learned About SAS”,
  AEA Avionics News, April 2018
  
  
• “Compliance Philosophy: Latest Buzz or Effective Method of Oversight?”,
  AEA Avionics News, March 2018
  
  
• “Cybersecurity in the Sky”,
  AEA Avionics News, June 2017
  
  
• “Safety Assurance System: What Does the FAA’s New Oversight System Mean to You?”, AEA Avionics News, January 2017, page 52
  Read this article to learn about the FAA’s Safety Assurance System (SAS) and the impact it could have on your company.
  
  
• “Advocating for ADS-B now is good business for Part 135 operators”,
  Aircraft Electronics Association – Pilot’s Guide to Avionics 2016-2017
  This article makes a business case for prompt ADS-B upgrades and helps Part 135 operators explain the benefits of the technology to their aircraft owner clients.
  
  
• “ADS-B for flight schools: Making the case to equip now”,
  Aircraft Electronics Association – Pilot’s Guide to Avionics 2016-2017
  This article explains the benefits – some obvious and some unexpected - of ADS-B for flight schools.
  
  
• “FBO Compliance Check Up: A Look at Overlooked Regulations and Requirements”,
  NATA Aviation Business Journal, 1st Quarter 2015, page 21
  
  
• “The Odyssey: An Epic Story of Regulating Air Charter Brokers”,
  NATA Aviation Business Journal, 1st Quarter 2014, page 14
  
  
• “Doing Business in the Part 135 Environment”,
  NATA Aviation Business Journal, 1st Quarter 2013
  What do you need to know before considering Part 135 certification? This article outlines some general requirements and unexpected hurdles. 
  
  
• “The Broker Issue – Brokers Tell Their Side”,
  NATA Aviation Business Journal, 2nd Quarter 2012, page 13
  Love air charter brokers or hate them. Most air charter operators do business with brokers. In fact, almost every air charter operator acts as a broker at some point in time. Have you ever sold off a trip after a mechanical problem prevented your company from completing it? If so, then your company acted as a broker. In this article, we are going to look at the brokers’ side of the story.
  

• “Falsification – A Deadly Sin”,
  NATA Aviation Business Journal, 4th Quarter 2011, page 14
  Falsifying records is one of the FAA’s deadly sins. It seems a discussion about falsification of records should start with, “It’s bad” and end with “so don’t do it.” The issue is not quite that easy. Where is the line between correcting or “modifying” a record and actually “falsifying” information?
  

• “Swift Justice: DOT Enforcement”,
  NATA Aviation Business Journal, 2nd Quarter 2011, page 19
  Running afoul of Department of Transportation rules can be painful, especially for “non-operators” in the aviation industry, such as brokers, ticket agents, and others. Find out what lessons can be learned from prior enforcement proceedings and how businesses can avoid attracting the attention of the “swift justice” Enforcement Office.
  

• “Cowboy Charter Operations: Putting a Stop to Part 134 ½ Charter Activity”,
  NATA Aviation Business Journal, 1st Quarter 2011, page 17
  The legitimate on-demand charter community – those with a valid Part 135 air carrier certificate – refer to those operators conducting illegal charter activity as “Part 134 ½ operators.” Our industry has been tarnished enough by the improper actions of Part 134 ½ operators. It’s time to tame the cowboys.