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.
Senior U.S. government officials yesterday launched the airline negotiations that will eventually cut flights at New York Kennedy, while the main airline lobby group vehemently rejected allegations that scheduling practices are the cause of congestion problems.
FAA says the 75 largest U.S. airports responded well to its call to accelerate the introduction of improved taxiway markings to help reduce runway incursions, and in another effort to attack the same problem, FAA is speeding up deployment of new airport surveillance technology.
FAA officials say they have not seen any results from a controversial safety survey conducted by NASA, but they question whether useful conclusions can be drawn from the data. Several media outlets reported Monday that a pilot survey conducted by NASA indicated that safety issues, such as runway incursions, operational errors and equipment failures, are more prevalent than FAA statistics suggest. The NASA study was apparently cut short more than a year ago, and the agency would not release its findings.
