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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St. George, Utah-based SkyWest on May 11 named former CFO and executive vice president Brad Rich president of the company as part of a restructuring that saw vice president of finance and treasurer Michael Kraupp become chief financial officer. Long-time SkyWest chief executive Jerry Atkin remains chairman of the board and CEO.&nbsp;
Under the restructuring, SkyWest Airlines president and COO Chip Childs and Atlantic Southeast Airlines president and COO Brad Holt will report directly to Rich.
In his new role as CFO and treasurer, Kraupp will oversee structured finance, fleet planning, information technology, investor and banking relations, benefits, risk management and overall treasury functions.
A SkyWest executive for nearly 24 years, Rich served as the company’s CFO since 1991 and led negotiations for the acquisition of Atlanta-based Atlantic Southeast in 2005 and, most recently, the <a href="?q=node/27596">acquisition of Houston-based ExpressJet</a>.

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