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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Last month Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and St. George, Utah-based SkyWest Airlines announced a new partnership in which aeronautical science students with a certified flight instructor rating (CFI) can enroll in the airline’s Pilot Cadet Program while continuing their education at Embry-Riddle. After undergoing an initial interview and a day of orientation at the airline’s training facility in Salt Lake City, students judged acceptable will receive a conditional offer of employment.
Unlike an internship, the Pilot Cadet Program allows students to remain at their Embry-Riddle campus to complete their degree program and flight training. It also allows them to stay enrolled in the cadet program for as long as it takes them to meet SkyWest’s airline transport pilot (ATP) standards.

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