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.
Raytheon announced during the Christmas holiday period that it has hired one of the FAA's best-known air traffic control officials, who is also the man the agency entrusted with the high-profile planning effort for the next-generation ATC system.
FAA last week outlined four options it will consider for a massive airspace redesign project that it hopes will improve traffic flow in the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. The redesign will cover a 31,000-square-mile area that comprises five states. The four options were included in FAA's draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), although the agency did not say which alternative it prefers. The public comment period ends June 1, and FAA will make a recommendation after the comments have been considered.
UPS pilots last week asked for a release from mediated contract talks after the latest round of negotiations produced no tentative agreement, but the carrier opposes a release. The Independent Pilots Association said that it has been negotiating for 38 months and that the two sides' proposals are still $40 million a year apart, about 6% of the carrier's pilot labor cost. The union said this is the first time it has asked to be released from mediated talks with UPS.
