Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.
He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the National Business Aviation Association; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aerospace Media Awards; the Aviation Journalism Award from the National Air Transportation Association; and an Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award for Business Aviation.
Previously, Bill served as Managing Editor of Aviation Week Television. He was the top editor for both Flying and Professional Pilot magazines, as well as a member of the senior editorial staff at Reader's Digest. He also managed communications for FlightSafety International.
Bill has authored or co-authored three aviation books, was an essayist for National Public Radio, wrote aviation documentaries for The Discovery Channel and has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, Popular Mechanics and The Associated Press, among others.
An active aviator, Bill holds a Commercial Pilot license, along with multiengine, instrument, seaplane and glider ratings.
Photograph: David Hurley, CEO, PrivatAir Group When Geneva-based PrivatAir acquired Flight Services Group earlier this year, it installed FSG founder Hurley as head of the entire operation. PrivatAir now manages or owns 57 aircraft, including three BBJs, a Boeing 757, a 737-300 and five FBOs. 1What are you going to do with all those Boeings? Hurley: Executive charter, board meetings and special events. We're already booking for the Athens Olympics in 2004. We see great potential in the shuttle business.
Planning for the future is a necessary role for any manager. It's our job to help minimize the missteps in the imperfect exercise. Not long ago I got a call from a flight department manager, asking whether I, or another staff editor of my choosing, would be willing to address his local aviation group. ``What's the topic?'' I asked. ``The future of aviation,'' he said.
Photograph: Richard T. Santulli CEO, Executive Jet, Inc. A Brooklyn-raised mathematician, Richard Santulli ran Goldman Sachs Leasing Corp. before buying Executive Jet in 1984. Two years later, he began marketing NetJets, the original fractional aircraft ownership program and an idea of his own invention. Berkshire Hathaway acquired Executive Jet in 1998, leaving Santulli, 56, in charge. 1 NetJets has been phenomenally successful, but weren't there some hard times? Santulli: We were in big trouble in 1990.
