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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The FAA has granted provisional approval to Boeing Training &amp; Flight Services for its 787 Dreamliner pilot training courses, according to the company. Boeing expects the training program to allow experienced 777 pilots to qualify to fly the 787 in as little as five days, given the high level of commonality between the models. Generally, according to Boeing, the program can ready a pilot to fly the 787 in five to 20 days, depending on his or her experience.&nbsp; 	Boeing Training &amp; Flight Services continues to work with the FAA to obtain provisional approval of the training devices, at which point formal pilot training will start. The FAA will remove the “provisional” designation once the Dreamliner gains full certification. &nbsp;	The Boeing 787 pilot-training program uses a suite of training devices including a full-flight simulator, a flight-training device and a desktop simulation station. The company has placed training suites at Boeing Training &amp; Flight Services locations in Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Seattle and Gatwick, UK.

787 Dreamliner Training Program Gains FAA Nod 


The FAA has granted provisional approval to Boeing Training &amp; Flight Services for its 787 Dreamliner pilot training courses, according to the company

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