Adrian is Auckland bureau chief for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adrian was previously based in Aviation Week’s Washington office for nine years, writing for a range of the group’s publications and covering many aspects of the commercial aviation industry. He has won Australasian and international awards for his aviation writing.
Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2002, Adrian covered aviation industry and policy issues for two other publishing companies in Washington. He has also worked for newspapers in Texas and New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics. Adrian graduated from Auckland University with a degree in history and English in 1992.
What the U.S. aviation industry needs in 2010 is action from its government — both Congress and the White House — instead of more delays in tackling the big problems. Various industry groups have told Congress that its approach should be “do no harm.” However, it should perhaps be “first, do no harm.” Sure, it’s important that lawmakers do not pile on any additional restrictions or costs, particularly after a tough 2009. But beyond that, there are important areas where decisions are sorely needed.
FAA will defer the cancellation of 22 instrument ground-based approaches due to comments from AOPA, the group said. AOPA gathered information from pilots on 154 instrument approaches that were earmarked to be removed, and recommended that 22 be retained.
The U.S. Transportation Dept. is opening another comment period for the oneworld antitrust immunity application, which will likely delay a decision until at least late January. DOT said the new comment deadline of Jan. 11 is intended to give all interested parties the opportunity to respond to late submissions. The most notable of these is a statement of objections filed by the U.S. Justice Dept. on Monday that was highly critical of the application by American, British Airways and Iberia to form a joint venture for transatlantic services (DAILY, Dec. 22).
