In the latest print edition of Aviation International News sister publication Business Jet Traveler and on its website, you’ll discover BJT's Second Annual Book of Lists feature, which we hope you’ll find both informative and entertaining. Meanwhile, here’s another list about another yearly feature—BJT's third annual Readers’ Choice poll. The survey is now available online, and I hope you’ll agree that this list offers six compelling reasons for you to participate in it:
1. You have clout. The business aviation companies you deal with pay attention to the results of our annual survey. If you and our other readers express pleasure—or displeasure—with something, they’ll notice.
2. You won’t have to invest much time. We’ve configured the survey to automatically skip you past questions that don’t apply to you, based on your answers to earlier queries. The whole thing won’t take you more than about 10 minutes.
3. You can help cancer patients. If you complete the survey, we’ll make a contribution on your behalf to Corporate Angel Network, which provides cancer patients and their families with transportation on business jets to treatment.
4. You could win a $250 American Express gift card. Everyone who completes the survey will be entered in a drawing for the card. Our poll elicits a good response but trust us: Your odds of scoring this gift card are way better than your chances of winning a lottery. And unlike a lottery, this costs you nothing.
5. You can get free stuff. At the end of the survey, you’ll have an opportunity to sign up for or renew free subscriptions to BJT (print or digital—your choice) and BJTwaypoints, our twice-weekly email newsletter, which keeps you up to date with the best of the print publication and our web-only features and blogs.
6. You’ll benefit from the survey results. Want to know which business jets our readers consider most desirable? Which manufacturers' aircraft have the most reasonable maintenance costs? Which offer the best value? Do you wonder how your fellow readers rate charter, fractional and jet-card companies for customer service, value and other factors? Want to know which aircraft models BJT subscribers would fly if money were no object? The survey will answer all of these questions and more—but only if readers like you participate.
Convinced? Just click here to take the survey. Then watch for the results in our October/November issue.
Jeff Burger joined Business Jet Traveler in March 2004, a few months after the publication’s launch. Besides editing the magazine, he has written many articles for it and conducted its interviews with such luminaries as Sir Richard Branson, James Carville, Suze Orman, Donald Trump, F. Lee Bailey, and Steve Van Zandt. Burger helped to oversee the introduction of BJT’s annual Readers' Choice surveys and Buyers’ Guide.
During his years with the magazine, it has won well over a hundred editorial awards. In 2011, Burger received the Gold Wing Award for Reporting Excellence from the National Business Aviation Association and the Aviation Journalism Award from the National Air Transportation Association. He has also won writing and editing awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. BJT, meanwhile, was named Best International Publication in 2017 in the Aerospace Media Awards. It was also a Magazine of the Year finalist in 2011, 2013, and 2016 and an Overall Excellence winner in 2018 in competitions sponsored by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.
Before coming to BJT, Burger spent 14 years at Medical Economics, the nation’s leading business magazine for doctors, where he served on the editorial board; directed staff recruiting; oversaw a $2 million annual budget; and was financial editor, news editor, and director of special projects. He has been editor of several publications, including Phoenix Magazine in Arizona, and has been a consulting editor at Time Inc. His articles have appeared in more than 75 magazines and newspapers, among them The Los Angeles Times, Barron’s, Reader’s Digest, Gentlemen’s Quarterly , and Family Circle. Chicago Review Press published his books, Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters, Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounter, Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon, and Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters. His music writing appears on multiple websites, including his own byjeffburger.com.
Burger, a summa cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, lives in Ridgewood, N.J. He and his wife, Madeleine, have two grown children. His off-hours passions include cooking, travel, technology, movies, and music.
