2008 GBAA NEWS

08/27/2008 GBAA's 3rd Annual Safety Day At the Marriott Century Center, Atlanta, GA.

GBAA would like to thank all that attended the 2008 Safety Day! This day was devoted to discussing important safety topics including:

Managing Safety in Corporate Aviation
Hangar Safety
The Role of Scheduling/Dispatch in Safety Management
Landing Distance Calculations
Human Factors
Distraction Management

6/18/2008 The Good, Bad & Ugly of Aicraft Documentation hosted by FlightWorks in Kennesaw, GA.

GBAA was excited to offer their second Symposium of the year featuring Aircraft Documentation.

The Symposium focused on learning about common mistakes made in aricraft records, insurance coverage for record less and damage, record retention and back-up solution, the impact of accurate and complete records on resale value and the legal aspects of record keeping.

There was also a Round Table Discussion featuring record keeping best practices with Dan Lane of Epps Aviation, Eddie Wolfe of AMB Group, Len Beauchemin with AeroTechna Solutions and Elaine Karabatsos with Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Commission for a New Georgia

Govenor Sonny Perdue established the Commission for a New Georgia to be a private-sector partner in his mission to upgrade the operating performance of the ninth largest state, so the "workings" of the government work better. The GBAA was represented by David Small, Chairman who worked on the Aviation Task force for over three months.

The Governors goal: to make Georgia the best-managed state in America.

The Commision assembled a board of top-level business executives from all over Georgia. They have enlisted pro-bono expertise from the most respected consulting firms in the nation and the service of hundreds of accomplished citizens with private-sector experience.

Short-term task forces were created for many of the states functions. Chaired by respected executives, task forces were served by accomplished citizen-expers who brought multiple perspectives to issues. The resear, findings and recommendations were reported to the Commision in 90 to 120 days and posted to the Commission's public website. The site address is: http://newgeorgia.org/aviation.html

To date, the task forces have generated more than 80 innovative, actionable recommendations. About 90 percent of these have been implemented or are moving through the pipeline. Many actions already noted statewide are 153 million in cost savings, increased efficiency through improved processes, created standards for financial management and brought state agencies together to work on common issues and related functions. The Georgia Business Aviation Association is proud to have served the state and honored to be asked to be a part of such a transformation in state government.

5/2/2008 Annual Member's Meeting and Golf Tournament held at Marriott's Stone Mountain Evergreen Resort.

The GBAA had approximately 180 golfers and we raised in excess of $16,000 for the Scholarship fund!

The GBAA would like to recognize Vicki Adams and Terry Britt for their 6+ years of work with the GBAA. We are grateful for all their hard work and dedication to the GBAA over the years.

We welcome Scott Carter, Assistant Vice President with the U.S. Aviation Underwriters, Inc. to the board and Mark Hewlett, Director of Aviation with B & C Aviation to the board once again.

4/3/2008 Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) Symposium

The GBAA conducted a free Symposium at the Georgia Department of Transportation Hangar, FTY Airport in early April. Attendees learned about EFB history and evolution, software and hardware and the future of EFBs and integrated flight decks. An Operator Panel discussed the deployment of EFBs, planning considerations and lessons learned.

The EFB Symposium Agenda consisted of: EFB History and Evolution, EFBs Today, Hardware and Software, EFBs Where are They Headed and EFBs and Integration. Our Speakers included - David Smith, SouthEast Sales Director, Jeppesen. George DeClue, Director of Sales & Marketing, Dube Air and Randy Gaston, Vice President of Flight Operations, Gulfstream Aerospace.
The Operator Panel disucussed Deployment of EFBs, Planning Considerations and Lessons Learned. The Panel consisted of Sheldon Brinson, The Coca-Cola Company, Andrew McCulloh, The Home Depot and Brad Mears, ICS, Inc.

02/19/2008 - The GBAA welcomes Eddie Wolfe to the board. Eddie is the Maintenance Manager for the AMB Group Flight Operations.

01/01/2008 - 2008 Scholarship Applications are now available. Click on our scholarship page for details.

Go to 2007 News Archives