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Inmarsat
Satellite-communications organisation Inmarsat, of London, UK, has appointed Noel Isotta as an interim director-general. Isotta, who recently retired as deputy director-general, takes over from Olof Lundberg, who resigned in March, to become chief executive of affiliate company, Inmarsat-P. Isotta, who joined Inmarsat in 1980, was previously with the European Space ...
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JAL
Akiro Kondo, Japan Airlines' (JAL) senior managing director responsible for corporate planning, will be JAL's next president, subject to shareholder approval at the annual general meeting to be held on 29 June. He will succeed Matsuo Toshimitsu, who will remain on the board as an advisor. Akio Kohno, managing director ...
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America West Pact
America West Airlines has reached a tentative five-year labor pact with pilots represented by the Airline Pilots Association. Details of the agreement will not be released until the pact is approved by the carrier's 1,000 pilots and by the board. Source: Flight International
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GPS commitment is impossible
Sir - US President Bill Clinton has stated that the USA is committed to provide global-positioning-system (GPS) signals to the international civil-aviation community (Flight International, 5-11 April, P9). While one does not doubt his sincerity, he cannot commit his successors. Unless controlled and financed by an international organisation ...
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FTL proposals are 30 years old
Sir - I have followed the controversy over the European Joint Aviation Authorities' (JAA) proposed flight-time limitations (FTLs). The proposals are almost an exact copy of those which existed in 1964. The JAA must answer the questions: how can it justify introducing 30-year-old FTLs? What medical ...
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Mixing types is not the answer
Sir - After reading the article "SAS defects to Boeing from MDC" (Flight International, 22-28 March, P5), I felt I had to make some comments from an aircrew point of view. It may seem to SAS fleet-development vice-president Ulf Abrahamsson and his board that the correct course of ...
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BAE Airbus
British Aerospace Airbus, of Bristol, UK, has restructured some senior management responsibilities. Ray Wilson becomes director of product operations, reporting to BAe Airbus managing director Chris Geoghegan. Wilson will be supported by Jeff Jupp, director of engineering, and David Waring, director of manufacturing, who was formerly with Dowty Aerospace Landing ...
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AMR Eagle
Ralph Richardi has been named president of AMR Eagle carrier Simmons Airlines, in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas and David Kennedy becomes president of Flagship Airlines, of Nashville, Tennessee. Richardi, most recently vice-president at Dallas/Fort Worth for American Airlines, succeeds Peter Piper. Kennedy, previously vice-president of field services at American, succeeds John ...
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TRW
Bob Mason has become managing director for TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group's unmanned air vehicle (UAV) business, directing the US Joint Tactical UAV programme, based in San Diego, California. Mason, with TRW since 1961, was formerly director of engineering integration. Source: Flight International
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IDB Mobile
Inmarsat telecommunications provider IDB Mobile Communications, of Culver City, California, has appointed Michael Jalbert president and chief executive. He was formerly president for Diversey's CSD division in Livonia, Michigan. Source: Flight International
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Universal
Aircraft-extrusions specialist Universal Alloy, of Anaheim, California, has promoted Robert Lobb to vice-president of sales in North America. He was formerly sales manager. Yukio (Young) Murakawa becomes vice-president of sales for Asia-Pacific. He was previously Asia sales manager. Nancy Newmyer is named sales manager for North America. ...
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America West
Frank Ryan has been elected to the board of America West Airlines of Phoenix, Arizona. He is a professor of mathematics at Rice University. Robert Nichols is named senior vice-president for customer service. He was formerly senior vice-president for total quality management with Marriott Hotels, Resorts and Suites. Douglas McKeen ...
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FlightSafety
Garylee Clark has been named assistant director of customer support for training company FlightSafety International (FSI), of Flushing, New York. She will be based at FSI's Houston, Texas, learning centre. Chris Lyons becomes assistant director of customer support, based at New York, where he has been accounts manager for customer ...