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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Curt Epstein

The ninth-annual JetNet iQ Summit kicked off this morning with a panel discussion featuring NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen; GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce; and, making his first appearance at the conference, EBAA secretary general Athar Husain Khan.

 


Each described key challenges faced by their constituencies. Khan noted that EBAA continues to see business aircraft facing perception challenges, citing as examples criticism of the arrival of hundreds of private jets to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, where delegates discussed climate change, and safety questions following the death of a popular soccer player in a general aviation accident, among others.

 


Bunce spoke to the increased scrutiny the industry is facing in the aftermath of the Boeing 737 Max&nbsp;accidents, describing it as a tumultuous three months. “GAMA’s entire membership is affected tremendously by what has happened and the scrutiny that is being placed on how we certify aircraft each and every day.” The organization has increased its educational efforts on Capitol Hill in attempts to dispel misconceptions about the FAA’s supervisory role in the certification process.

 


“The challenge that is clear is we need talent,” said Bolen, addressing the pilot and technician shortage. “But I think we’ve got a story that is better than virtually every industry that is out there.”

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