A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;from the broadcast industry where he was a national science and technology television reporter and producer. He writes on the FBO field, aviation finance, and sustainable aviation and occasionally contributes to&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;Business Jet Traveler. Curt was a member of the AINtv reporting staff that won the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for Best Airshow Daily. That same year, he was a finalist for another AJOYA award. He earned an AJOYA for Best Business Aviation Submission in 2018 and was a finalist in that category in 2021. He received the National Air Transportation Association’s&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;Consumer Reports’ television division, CRTV, and for several local television news staffs. An honors graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in 1995. Curt lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons.

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Texas-based Tac Air (Booth 2956) has become the first large FBO chain to achieve Stage 2 registration under the International Standard for Business Aviation Handling (IS-BAH) at all of its bases. In 2016, the company earned Stage 1 registration for all 14 of its locations, and it successfully earned the next level in the voluntary safety management system (SMS)-based program of industry best practices, within the specified two years. This week at NBAA 2018, the company was awarded 14 certificates of registration by IBAC, which administers the program.

 


“The International Business Aviation Council congratulates Tac Air in achieving IS-BAH Stage 2 registration by demonstrating its implementation of safety management and risk mitigation,” said IS-BAH program director Terry Yeomans. The certificates are awarded to locations that have demonstrated conformity to the safety practices as confirmed by a three-stage external audit conducted by an IBAC accredited auditor.

 


“Tac Air is committed to operating at the highest level of safety and is continually seeking ways to improve its operations,” said company vice president and COO Christian Sasfai. “Achievement of Stage 2 IS-BAH certification is confirmation of this commitment.”

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