Bill Boisture has resigned as president of US fractional-ownership company NetJets, but will continue to work with the business on strategic projects. Boisture joined NetJets in October 2003 from Gulfstream and negotiated five-year labour contracts with the company’s pilots and flight attendants. He also introduced changes that paved the way for operational improvements.
Source: Flight International
French investigators have found that a Cessna 525A Citation departed Paris Le Bourget after personnel failed to realise nose-gear maintenance was incomplete, forcing the jet to return for a gear-up landing.
Textron Aviation now says it will exhibit at this month’s NBAA business aviation exhibition in Las Vegas, reserving course after last week backing out of the event amid a machinists strike in Wichita.
Textron Aviation’s machinists walked off the job on 23 September after members of the 5,000-strong work group voted down the company’s proposed new employment contract. The Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer, which owns the Cessna and Beechcraft brands, confirms that workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) went on strike. ...
