Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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“After opening a new Phenom series full-flight simulator in April, we are announcing two new ones in the U.S. and Europe,” said Carlos Naufel, president and CEO of Embraer Services and Support. “We are working with CAE to be where our customers need us to be, providing them with our latest technological updates and best-in-class support.”
ECTS now operates seven Phenom-series simulators located in Las Vegas, Dallas, London Burgess Hill, and Guarulhos, Brazil. &nbsp;
“The two new simulators will double our Phenom 300 training capacity in Las Vegas and London and allow ECTS to train more pilots at a critical time,” explained Alexandre Prevost, CAE’s division president for business aviation and helicopter training. “Over the next 10 years, CAE forecasts a need for 32,000 business aviation pilots, and we are working with our partners at Embraer to ensure Phenom 300 customers have the highly qualified pilots they need to keep them flying. &nbsp;
With 700 airplanes in operation, the Phenom 300 has ranked as the best-selling light jet in the world for 11 years in a row and has become the most-flown jet in the U.S., according to Embraer.

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