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.
Industry groups were quick to applaud the White House pick for TSA Administrator, and a TSA union believes the move will help its drive to win bargaining rights for screeners. The Obama administration last week revealed its intent to nominate Erroll Southers for the TSA job. He is a former special agent with the FBI and is currently a senior security official with Los Angeles World Airports (DAILY, Sept. 11).
A House Judiciary subcommittee is still deciding when — or if — it will hold an oversight hearing on airline antitrust issues, which was to be held this week but was canceled. Staffers with Judiciary’s antitrust and competition policy subcommittee say nothing has been decided yet about a new date for the hearing, although it is unlikely to be held within the next two weeks. The tentatively scheduled date of Sept. 16 apparently clashed with some legislative business in the full committee.
A proposal to restructure and consolidate National Weather Service operations at FAA en-route centers “poses new risks and has little chance of success” unless a number of challenges are addressed first, the Government Accountability Office says.
