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.
Qantas CFO Peter Gregg plans to step down, effective Sept. 30, and will be replaced by current deputy CFO Colin Storrie. Storrie will take Gregg’s place on the airline’s board. To assist with the transition, Gregg won’t leave Qantas until Dec. 31. He has been CFO since 2000. Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon plans to leave his position at the end of November.
TSA is defending the actions of one of its inspectors who climbed up the outside of American Eagle aircraft parked at Chicago O’Hare Tuesday morning, causing the airline to ground nine aircraft while it checked for damage. American described the inspection as “unorthodox” and “unfortunate,” but TSA said it “encourages its inspectors to look for and exploit vulnerabilities of this type.” Eagle delayed 40 flights due to the checks.
Continental plans to furlough 140-180 pilots in September but will avoid further layoffs due to a high number of employees who accepted voluntary packages. The carrier in June said it wanted to eliminate about 3,000 positions to match its planned September domestic mainline capacity cut of 11%. It offered voluntary leave, retirement, job sharing and other programs.
