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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Atlantic Coast Airlines last month petitioned a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge to force United Airlines to reveal its plans for the continuation of the ACA’s United Express contract by February 28. Operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy since December 9, United could reject or maintain the terms of the current agreement. However, ACA has complained that further delay on the part of United would irreparably harm its chances of securing financing for the 47 Bombardier CRJs scheduled for delivery over the next year-and-a-half. 
Judge Eugene R. Wedoff said he would rule on the petition at a February 6 hearing if the airlines do not come to terms by that time. At the same hearing, Wedoff plans to rule on whether the trustee for the airline’s employee stock-ownership plan may sell its remaining shares in the company. 
United hopes to draw as much as $80 million in contract concessions from its three existing United Express partners: ACA, SkyWest and Air Wisconsin. To help its cause, it has entertained competing bids from other regional airlines. ACA, which derives 84 percent of its revenue from its United Express business and has become a central player at Chicago O’Hare, does not expect to lose its United contract, but needs a firm commitment to present to aircraft financiers to secure CRJ deliveries beyond this month.

ACA Wants Answers from United

Atlantic Coast Airlines last month petitioned a U.S.

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